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Pepin, Theresa; And Others – Library Journal, 1997
This report analyzes data gathered from 29 automated library system vendors who responded to a 1996 survey. The survey also requested their perceptions of Java (an object-oriented programming language) and network computers, and issues and trends to be considered by library administrators. Contact information about the vendors is provided. (Four…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Library Administration, Library Automation
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Yellowlees, Peter M.; Hogarth, Michael; Hilty, Donald M. – Academic Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: This article highlights the importance of distributed broadband networks as part of the core infrastructure necessary to deliver academic research and education programs. Method: The authors review recent developments in the field and present the University of California, Davis, environment as a case study of a future virtual regional…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Biomedicine, Delivery Systems, Computer Uses in Education
Henderson, David L.; Renfrow, Raylene – 1994
This paper reviews literature on the use of computers at work and home, computer skills needed by new teachers, and suggestions for administrators to support computer usage in schools. A survey of 52 school districts serving the Houston area of southeast Texas is reported, indicating that 22,664 computers were in use, with a mean of 436 computers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy
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Pal, Joyojeet; Nedevschi, Sergiu; Patra, Rabin K.; Brewer, Eric A. – E-Learning, 2006
The Akshaya project in the rural Malappuram district of Kerala, India is home to the first and largest district-wide e-literacy project in India, and one of the largest known Internet Protocol-based networks. Through a network of 600 kiosks, the project has been designed to reach computer literacy into over 600,000 households, and bring 3.6…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Internet
Plotnick, Eric – 1996
A content analysis was performed to determine the trends in the field of educational technology for the period October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1995. Sources for the analysis included five leading professional journals in educational technology, papers given at annual conventions of three professional associations, dissertations from five…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Smith, Peter – 1998
Forty-one small liberal arts colleges were visited during the 1997-98 school year in order to talk to key information technology staff and to see computing facilities. A survey containing 15 factual and 10 open-ended questions was used to gather information. This paper presents findings in the following areas and comparison with results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Computer Centers
Anukam, Ray I.; Harnish, Dorothy – 1994
These two documents summarize the findings of the 1994 and 1995 rounds of the Technical Institute Information Technology Survey, which is conducted annually to gather information about a broad range of technology uses at Georgia's technical institutes. Both reports included the responses from all of Georgia's 33 technical institutes regarding…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Quality Education Data, Inc., Denver, CO. – 1996
This report focuses on the present and projected usage of technology within United States school districts and schools. The trends and projections outlined in this report are based upon an analysis of 1995-96 school year data as compared with similar data collected since 1987. Data are presented in four major sections: (1) Methodology, (2)…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Finance