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Systems Librarian and Automation Review.
Schuyler, Michael – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Discusses software sharing on computer networks and the need for proper bandwidth; and describes the technology behind FidoNet, a computer network made up of electronic bulletin boards. Network features highlighted include front-end mailers, Zone Mail Hour, Nodelist, NetMail, EchoMail, computer conferences, tosser and scanner programs, and host…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Electronic Mail
An Intellectual Utility for Science and Technology: The National Research and Education Network.
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Gould, Stephen B. – Government Information Quarterly, 1990
Provides a brief overview of primary computer network structures serving the academic research community and discusses plans for the transformation of Internet into a National Research and Education Network (NREN). The scope of resources likely to be available to users through the NREN are described, the concept of national collaboratives is…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Databases, Electronic Mail
Products and Services for Computer Networks.
Negroponte, Nicholas P. – Scientific American, 1991
Creative applications of computer networks are discussed. Products and services of the future that come from imaginative applications of both channel and computing capacity are described. The topics of entertainment, transactions, and electronic personal surrogates are included. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
Computers, Networks and Work.
Sproull, Lee; Kiesler, Sara – Scientific American, 1991
Discussed are how computer networks can affect the nature of work and the relationships between managers and employees. The differences between face-to-face exchanges and electronic interactions are described. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
Computer-Supported Co-operative Learning Systems: Interactive Group Technologies and Open Learning.
Davies, Dick – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1988
Discussion of interactive technologies and open learning focuses on computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), especially computer based message systems, and their effects on open learning. Topics discussed include cooperative learning; distance learning; individualized instruction; local area networks; group communication; and design principles…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Cooperative Learning
The National Research and Education Network (NREN): Research and Policy Perspectives.
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1991
This book provides an overview and status report on the progress made in developing the National Research and Education Network (NREN) as of early 1991. It reports on a number of investigations that provide a research and policy perspective on the NREN and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and brings together key source documents that have…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
BIDS ISI--A National Experiment in End-User Searching.
Morrow, Terry – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Describes the implementation and first year's operation of the online end-user bibliographic data service created for United Kingdom academic libraries, the Bath Information Data System (BIDS ISI), which was created in cooperation with the Institute for Scientific Information. Assesses its impact on the activities of computer centers, libraries,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citation Indexes, Computer Centers, Computer System Design