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Download full textvan Dusen, Gerald C. – 2000
Public discourse on the pedagogical uses of information technology runs the gamut from utopian to apocalyptic. Two ideologies in particular have received much attention. The first, restructuralism, calls for radically restructuring postsecondary institutions from the ground up to respond effectively to social, demographic, and economic changes in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Schamber, Linda – 1990
For the purposes of this digest, productivity is defined as ways in which library and information services can assist agencies, industries, and individuals in producing goods and services effectively and profitably. Two fundamental issues that affect productivity are access and control; two major strategies for improving productivity are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Freedom of Information
Schamber, Linda – 1988
This two-page digest briefly outlines some of the technological trends in updating a library, and briefly discusses the administrative issues and strategies involved. It begins by describing the wholly integrated information environment, which would include: (1) public-access personal and professional communications networks; (2) information…
Descriptors: Budgets, Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Information Systems
Kerka, Sandra – 1989
The rapidly developing communications technologies (CT) have the potential to deliver education to more learners in more satisfactory ways. CT may overcome barriers to student participation in adult education, enable career educators to provide a higher level of career guidance to greater numbers, and facilitate currency in vocational preparation.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Communications, Career Education, Career Guidance
Bennett, Blythe A. – 2000
This digest is an annotated listing of 50 Internet resources for library media specialists and children's librarians. The resources are organized under the following headings: AskA services; electronic discussion groups; evaluation; Internet basics; keeping current; information literacy; lesson plans; online journals and book reviews; policy;…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Electronic Journals, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy
McKenna, Mary – 1994
The Internet is an international computer network encompassing thousands of smaller interconnected networks. This digest describes various uses of the Internet and its impact on libraries, as well as Internet-related library issues. The Internet applications of electronic mail (E-mail), telnet, and file transfer protocol (FTP) are briefly…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, File Transfer Protocol
