(especially for the Northwest)'and will be publishing several directories. In addition, keysort _cards are being developed for low-budget filing, mailing list, and directory production. Would appreciate any information on people-oriented and innovative computer projects, or notes from those in the Northwest w.ho are into computers as a tool for social change or building their own machines. Community Computer Services Project 1877 West Fourth Avenue Vancouver, BC (604) 733-8310 Open: Mon:Fri, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. To explore computer use for: an electronic bulletin board (community memory) and information exchange; a social service file retrieval and cataloguing service; an interactive, computer mapping facility, a learning exchange; a computerized research service oriented toward community problems. Key Words: mailing list, social research, local data-base, information network, learning exchange, community-memory, people's access, computer-utility, information retrieval, education, privacy politics. Only funded to.June 30, 1975. The Learning Rxchange 1320 Commercial Drive Vancouver, BC (604) 253-8113 Open: Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. A computerized service to develop listings of: community edu<;:ation resources; teachers and resource people; people seeking others with common learning interests; learning tools, spaces ,and events. Staff is actively canvassing individuals and groups in the community to encourage them to list on the L.E. Key Words: social research, local data-base, information network, learning exchange, community memory, people's access, computer-utility, education. Peter and Linda Bergeron White Mountain Communications Co. 9547 Wallingford Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103 522-1891 , Interests: closed syst. technology, psychology, psychical research, education, video, musical composition, "living efficiently ... with joy." Projects: computerized astro. charting and dietary planning, Alternative Elementary School III (w/in Seattle Pub. Schools). Needs: unlimited access to info. Resources: skills, elec. typewriter, ,computer terminal (after 5/1/75), banjo, misc. electronic equip., unusual library & pamphlets. Fantasies: to establish a self-sufficient tech.-oriented community (maybe on the moon); an educational _ syst. involving family/community, not just children, no separation. Infact 1877 West Fourth Avenue Vancouver, BC V6J 1M4 (604) 733-8310 Open: Mon-Fri, 10 a-;m. - 4 p.m. Registered society in Vancouver,_British ·colurn,bia, Canada. Interested in community use of computers for,information services, information processing and communication. Resources: two terminals, access to U.BC computer (both temporary), community mem-· ory (program), computerized Directory of Social Services. Projects: The Learning Exchange, 1320 Co'mmercial Dr.; Community Computer Services, 1877 W. 4th Ave. Key Words: mailing list, local data-base, information network, learning exchange, ~ommunity memo_ry, people's access, computer-utility, information retrieval. I - The Computer ~n the Community, Report No. One, IIPS (Inter-Institutional Policy Simulator) and Community Information. A report on a two-month demonstration of a computer-based, community information system held at the,V~ncouver Public Library, Mar/April 1974. A cooperative venture of the IIPS Project, City of Vancouver, Community Information Centre and the Vancouver Public Library. Key Words: social research, lo~al data-base, q>mputer-utility, infor-· mation network. Jerr.y Barenholtz 870 W. ·19th Ave. Vancouver, BC (604) 873-2387 Building a computer language & graphics facility for artists, on a PDP-11/40. Hope to expand to video and music synthesis. Looking for contact with people sharing computer art fantasies or experience. Into computer-aided · design, community memory, social research, education. Also associat~d with Infact. Barry de Ville, Dymaxion Rese~ch Ltd. Box 105 3-Armdale ' Halifax, Nova Scotia (902) 429-3175 R~search, design, and implement data systems with ~onviviality and integration in mind. Specialize in: cataloging Sept/Oct 197 5 RAIN Page 9 and retrieval of visuals; social surveys; c·ommunity consensus polling; and technology impact studies. Designs alternatives, offers hardware access, and provides totally integr.ated systtms. Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher Privacy Journal P.O. Box 8844 Washington, DC 20003 , (202) -547-2865, 9-5: 30 EDT Privacy journal publishes monthly 8page newsletter on privacy and computer data collection; also provide research services on privacy/computers. $15 per year. Publisher: Rol;>ert Ellis Smith . . "A Practical, Low-Cost, Home/School Microproce1sor System," IEEE Magazine, 8/74 Computer 585 5 Naples Plaza, Suite 301 Long Beach, CA 90803 This article, by Joe Weisbecker of RCA labs, describes a.computer costing under $500 for home, recreational and educational use. Basic FRED system is the RCA COSMAC microprocessor, 1K RAM, 16 pushbuttons, a TV set, and an audio cassette player. Applications include utility programs (such as a calculator), school drills, games and puzzles, and experimental/user programs (such as simulation, music, etc.). Lists about 85 such applications for cheap microcomputers. 11 pages, 88¢ from Comindex. "Conference on Living/Learning Information Exchanges." Northwestern Univ~rsity Computers and Teaching 2003 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60201 (312) 492-5367 The conference was November 1973 and included conferencing via computer between Resource One in San Franccisco and Northwester,n. Paper is a list of participants (with addresses) and a printout of the on-line dialog. 22 pages; free from above, or $1.76 from Comindex. MIT Community Dialog Project Prof. Thomas B. Sheridan MIT 1-108 Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-2228 This project studies the facilitation of group meetings using electronic voting aids and other procedures. It evaluates this technique as a function of the topic, participants, and moderator of the group. Also into cable-TV citizen participation. fJ-3 pages; ? from Prof. Sheridan or $3 .44 from Comindex. continued on page 10
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