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Managing disability information: guidelines on directories and databases
- Authors:
- ROONEY Michael, SHINER Michael
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Manual which aims to provide disability information services with some straightforward advice on the key elements to consider when designing an information service. Part 1 explores basic planning principles and offers suggestions for drawing up a business plan. Part 2 concentrates on the practical aspects of managing information, including classification schemes and databases.
Human welfare and technology: papers from the Husita 3 conference on IT and the quality of life and services held in Maastricht, June 1993
- Editor:
- GLASTONBURY Bryan
- Publisher:
- Van Gorcum
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 290p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Den Haag
Papers from a conference focusing on the use of information technology in the human services. In 3 sections: setting the scene; quality of life; and quality of services. Includes the following papers: client information systems and their built-in values; community computing - linking health and human service resources to the community; supporting independent living through Adaptable Smart Home; an application of video telephones to maintain the quality of life of elderly people with special needs; new technologies and the Americans with Disabilities Act; networking; assessment and training of people with disabilities using new technologies; collecting accurate information about child abuse; issues within emergency planning in the United Kingdom; implementing case management technology; and in search of hidden knowledge - retrieve more information from your client database.