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McElroy, Kelly; Moore, Dan; Hilterbrand, Lori; Hindes, Nicole – Journal of Access Services, 2017
Despite the clear negative impact of high textbook costs on students, limits--including space, funding, and policies--prevent many academic libraries from fully supporting textbook collections. Partnering with other campus units on textbook lending requires creative thinking but can provide students access to other services in addition to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Library Networks, Partnerships in Education, Academic Libraries
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Platt, Richard G.; Carper, William B.; McCool, Michael – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
In early 2004, the Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) required that all of its hotels (both owned and franchised) install high-speed Internet access (HSIA) in all of their rooms by June 2004. This case focuses on how one of its franchise properties located on the northern gulf coast of Florida (the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort &…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Internet, Case Studies, Access to Information
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Wooldridge, Brooke; Taylor, Laurie; Sullivan, Mark – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2009
Developing an Open Access, multi-institutional, multilingual, international digital library requires robust technological and institutional infrastructures that support both the needs of individual institutions alongside the needs of the growing partnership and ensure continuous communication and development of the shared vision for the digital…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Performance Factors, Library Automation, Library Development
Menon, Siddhartha Shankar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Broadband holds a critical position in the progress of economic and social indicators by connecting consumers, businesses and governments. South Korea has consistently been the global leader in broadband deployment since 1999. In the last ten years the Korean government has pursued several strategies for its broadband policy. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Social Indicators, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
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Murray, Adam – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
Designed to assist with the management of e-resources, electronic resource management (ERM) systems are time- and fund-consuming to purchase and maintain. Questions of system compatibility, data population, and workflow design/redesign can be difficult to answer; sometimes those answers are not what we'd prefer to hear. The two primary functions…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Electronic Publishing, Library Administration, Web Sites
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1994
A workshop focused on major research issues in networking and communications. This report defines the context for research priorities and initiatives and deals with issues in networking and communications. Fifteen major research priorities and four research specific initiatives were identified by participants as areas that should be pursued over…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agenda Setting, Computer Networks, Information Networks
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. – 1994
In this report, the National Information Infrastructure (NII) services issue is addressed, and activities to advance the development of NII services are recommended. The NII is envisioned to grow into a seamless web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at users'…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Cooperation, Government Role
McClure, Charles R. – EDUCOM Review, 1991
Discusses the accessibility of networked information services, i.e., NREN (National Research and Education Network), and suggests a focus on research in two particular areas to identify and meet the information needs of network users: (1) a conceptual description of the academic networked environment, particularly from a user perspective; and (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education
Actis, Bev – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
The process that Kenyon College (Ohio) used in researching development of a campus-wide information system (CWIS) is outlined, and the most important issues to be considered in launching a successful CWIS are identified, including resources, needs, ownership, access, personnel, content, policy, design, staffing, marketing, and ongoing development.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Computer Networks, Higher Education
Bender, David R.; Morton-Schwalb, Sandy – 1993
Although it has been widely recognized that the United States has moved into the Information Age, the federal government has been slow to establish a single mechanism to coordinate the many facets of the Information Age. The Special Libraries Association (SLA) proposes the establishment of a National Academy of Information to ensure government and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Delivery Systems, Federal Government
McClure, Charles R.; Bertot, John Carlo – 1997
This report provides an evaluation of the Online at PA Libraries project which was initiated in the Fall of 1996 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Office of Commonwealth Libraries and the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit. The report documents that the following goals were accomplished: (1) provide public access to the Internet through…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Data Collection
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Johnson, Russell; Kemp, Elizabeth; Kemp, Ray; Blakey, Peter – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This article reports on a project that explores strategies for narrowing the digital divide by providing a practicable e-learning option for the millions living outside the ambit of high performance computing and communication technology. The concept is introduced of a "learning computer," a low bandwidth tool that provides a simplified,…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Internet, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
Caballero, Maria Cristina – 2003
This report describes Biblored, the library network in Bogota, Colombia, that received the 2002 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award. Biblored is a network of 19 libraries that attract about 200,000 users per month and serve some of the poorest neighborhoods in Bogota. The network's success in making information and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Grants
Ibsen, David J. S. – 1990
The focus of this project is on the potential implementation of information systems in China which could provide better access to large North American bibliographic databases for the academic community. The development of a general model for implementing any educational innovation in any context is introduced. This general model is then used to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Cooperative Programs, Educational Research
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Guard, Roger; And Others – 1995
The Ohio Valley Community Health Information Network (OVCHIN) works to determine the efficacy of delivering health information to residents of rural southern Ohio and the urban and suburban Cincinnati area. OVCHIN is a community-based, consumer-defined demonstration grant program funded by the National Telecommunications and Information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Demonstration Programs, Health Education, Health Promotion
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