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Makewa, Lazarus Ndiku, Ed.; Ngussa, Baraka Manjale, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Effective use of technology in areas that include admissions, record keeping, billing, compliance, athletic administration, and more hold untold potential to transform higher education by introducing significant efficiencies and dramatic cost reductions in serving students. How the institution organizes itself will to a large extent depend on how…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Higher Education, Organizational Culture, College Faculty
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2011
This guide is designed for use by information technology administrators, data specialists, and program staff responsible for the "content" in data reports, as well as education leaders (e.g., administrators who prioritize tasks for technical and data staff), and other stakeholders who have an interest in seeing that schools, school…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Laws, Audiences, Disabilities
Shafer, Rita – Library Journal, 1987
Describes the activities at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, including adoption of a strategic plan for the association and discussions of access to health care information, the impact of information technologies, and medical ethics. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Technology, Long Range Planning, Medical Libraries
Fisher, Mark A. – Currents, 1995
Several ways in which colleges and universities without direct access to the Internet can make use of its services are offered, including establishing an account with a commercial vendor, using inexpensive local providers, and connecting through nearby campuses. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Costs, Higher Education
Bernbom, Gerald; Cromwell, Dennis – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1993
The conceptual basis for structured data architecture, and its integration with open systems technology at Indiana University, are described. Key strategic goals guiding these efforts are discussed: commitment to improved data access; migration to relational database technology, and deployment of a high-speed, multiprotocol network; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Databases, Higher Education

Reinecke, Ian – Australian Library Journal, 1987
Reviews the emergence of lobbies, both from within and outside the library profession, that argue for a fee based approach to the delivery of information, and explores the possible effects of this policy on the role of libraries and equal access to knowledge. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Delivery Systems, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
Hew, Khe Foon – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The Association for Educational Communications and Technology defines Instructional Technology as the "theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning" (Seels & Richley, 1994). From the above definition, it can be seen that Instructional Technology can be…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Educational Media
Kiesler, Sara – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1994
Collaboration between professions or disciplines or across distances is discussed. A definition of collaboration is offered, processes and factors making collaboration difficult are identified, and two features of networked communication (access equalization and social equalization) that are important to collaboration are examined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Organization, Cooperation, Geographic Location
Jacobson, Carl – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1992
The University of Delaware developed an intelligent mail server to provide easy, inexpensive access to institutional information for faculty, staff, and students on any node, machine, or operating system on the campuswide computing network. Security concerns have been addressed. The small investment has returned immediate benefits. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
Springfield, John J. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
A discussion of Boston College's system allowing students to display and print their campus records at automated teller machines (ATMs) around the institution looks at the system's evolution, current operations, human factors affecting system design and operation, shared responsibility, campus acceptance, future enhancements, and cost…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, College Students, Cost Effectiveness
Hargrave, Alan – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1993
The approach taken by Baylor University (Texas) to developing a campuswide information system focuses on better use of existing resources to expand information access to nonproduction users. Guiding principles include carefully selecting target workstations, using "information-harvesting" tools, testing prototypes, creating derivative…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Facility Improvement, Higher Education

Moore, Gale – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Explores the social impacts of technological change on the library and the library profession as social institutions, the library as an organization, and librarians as professionals. The effects of automation on the library's role in providing public access to information, library management, professional status, and the work environment are also…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Automation
Zinck, Ann; Leslie, Judith W. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1992
San Joaquin Delta Community College has created a graphic, electronic office environment called "Virtual Desk" to operate on employees' desktops. It is a front end to the computer network depicting a desk on which are mounted a calculator, spreadsheet, notepad, calendar, word processor, electronic mail, and file drawers and bookshelves.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Hoover, Ronald G. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
Data management challenges at the Pennsylvania State University are discussed, including providing user access to data, developing a classification system for data elements, eliminating the manual process for creating tailored user views, and developing data dictionary user enhancements. Solutions are provided to give insight into problem solving.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Classification, Database Management Systems
Avallone, Susan – Library Journal, 1987
Briefly summarizes topics discussed within the theme of global information access at the annual conference of the Special Libraries Association, including information policy in foreign countries, copyright laws, the impact of library automation on access to information, and findings of a task force on the value of the information professional.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Global Approach