new technology in the human services

Phillips, D. (1994). Recession and Consolidation: Human Services Computing in the Early 1990s. New Technology in the Human Services, 7(4), 2-8.
Abstract: The author provides an overview of the developments in human services computing in the early 1990s through the review of three publications: (1) Human Services and Information Technology: a European Perspective (ENITH), edited by David Columbi, Jackie Raffert and Jan Steyaert (ISBN 0-854-32476-3) (2) Technology in People Services (HUSITA2), edited by Marcos Leiderman, Charles Guzetta, Leny Strminger and Menachem Monnickendam (ISBN 1-56024-456-9) and (3) Human Welfare and Technology (HUSITA3), edited by Byran Glastonbury (ISBN 90-232-2831-6. He concludes his review by noting "The overall impression from these three volumes is that information technology in the human services has now achieved a level of maturity." (p. 8). *.
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