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Direct linkRavage, Barbara – Campus Technology, 2012
Why would schools consider partnering with a vendor to operate a pilot? Why not just wait until the final product is released? For starters, pilots provide schools with a golden opportunity to get an early look at the software, take it for a test flight, and ask for changes tailored to their operating environment and business needs. In some cases,…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Database Management Systems, Partnerships in Education, Best Practices
John K. Waters – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
Few districts have more miles on their 1-to-1 computing initiatives than Texas' Irving Independent School District, where the teachers have had laptops since 1996 and the current student program began with a pilot launched in 2001. Today, the Irving 1-to-1 program puts close to 12,000 laptops in the hands of students and teachers throughout the…
Descriptors: Computers, Computer Science, Pilot Projects, Vendors
Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2006
School districts discover that the secret to implement a good laptop program is to find a good partner. This article features educational partnerships that provide tools and support districts need to roll out successful laptop programs. At Cincinnati Country Day School district administrators joined with Toshiba and a solution provider to provide…
Descriptors: School Districts, Day Schools, Partnerships in Education, Vendors
Kochan, Carol A.; Lee, Daniel R. – Computers in Libraries, 1998
Describes the UTAD (Utah Article Delivery) Pilot Project, an innovative resource-sharing service that provides journal articles to the Utah higher education community, developed by the Utah Academic Library Consortium (UALC) in partnership with EBSCO Document Services. Highlights include goals, options considered, challenges, and evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Document Delivery
John, Patricia La Caille – Rural Libraries, 1989
Describes the events that led to the creation of the Rural Information Center (RIC), a joint venture between the Extension Service and the National Agricultural Library to provide information to government officials involved in rural development. The databases accessed by RIC are described, and plans for a gateway system and network of all…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Extension Agents, Gateway Systems, Information Centers
Peer reviewedConway, Paul; Weaver, Shari – Microform Review, 1994
This report documents the second phase of Yale University's Project Open Book, which explored the uses of digital technology for preservation of and access to deteriorating documents. Highlights include preconditions for project implementation; quality digital conversion; characteristics of source materials; digital document indexing; workflow…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Data Conversion, Electronic Libraries
