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Hanson, Karen; Williamson, Kasi – College and University, 2010
Where do students find out about courses they might take? Potentially, from just about anywhere: friends, bulletin boards, department Web sites, advisors, e-mails, or flyers posted in the halls. Of course, some of these sources are more trustworthy than others. Where should students go to get reliable information that can help them make wise…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Dissemination, Course Selection (Students), Information Sources
Ooi, Teik Chooi; Ho, Henry Wai Leong; Amri, Siti – Current Issues in Education, 2010
This paper looks at criteria on how education service providers' websites could benefit their potential students from overseas. Effective design of education website is important as web users are typically fastidious and want information fast--this serves as the background of this study. The study focuses on three selected education institutions'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Case Studies, Web Sites
Panettieri, Joseph C. – Campus Technology, 2008
Conventional and hosted applications thrive, but open source ERP (enterprise resource planning) is coming on strong. In many ways, the evolution of the ERP market is littered with ironies. When Oracle began buying up customer relationship management (CRM) and ERP companies, some universities worried that they would be left with fewer choices and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Free Enterprise System
Woods, Kam A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Over the past several decades, millions of digital objects of significant scientific, economic, cultural, and historic value have been published and distributed to libraries and archives on removable media. Providing long-term access to these documents, media files, and software executables is an increasingly complex task because of dependencies…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Research Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Archives
Harvel, Lonnie D. – Innovative Higher Education, 2006
A recent survey of studies [Tenopir, Hitchcock, & Pillow (2003). "Use and users of electronic library resources: An overview and analysis of recent research studies." Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources.] concluded "both faculty and students use and like electronic resources and most readily adopt them if the sources are…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Services, Use Studies, College Faculty
Watt, Michael G. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1995
Discussion of the design of information systems for exchanging educational research-based information focuses on the development of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), British Education Index (BEI), Canadian Education Index (CEI), and Australian Education Index (AEI) and examines how they meet the challenges of educational reform…
Descriptors: Background, Computer System Design, Educational Change, Educational Research

Thelwall, Mike – Internet Research, 2001
Discusses business use of the Web and related search engine design issues as well as research on general and academic links before reporting on a survey of the links published by a collection of business Web sites. Results indicate around 66% of Web sites do carry external links, most of which are targeted at a specific purpose, but about 17%…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Information Services, Information Sources

Prevelakis, Vassilis; Keromytis, Angelos – Internet Research, 2003
Proposes the use of a special purpose drop-in firewall/VPN gateway called Sieve, that can be inserted between the mobile workstation and the network to provide individualized security services for that particular station. Discusses features and advantages of the system and demonstrates how Sieve was used in various application areas such as at…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design

Paul, Nancy; And Others – Journal of Career Planning and Employment, 1989
Two articles describe computerized reference systems created for college libraries in New York (Cornell and SUNY Binghamton) and at the University of Virginia, respectively. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Career Planning, Computer System Design

Lamont, Melissa – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Geographic information systems (GIS) are commonly misconceived as expensive and complicated map makers. Although GISs do create maps, they manipulate, organize, and display information, and aid in data documentation and accessibility. Managing GIS services involves not just hardware and software issues but managing digital data. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Management, Information Services
Fensel, Dieter; Angele, Jurgen; Decker, Stefan; Erdmann, Michael; Schnurr, Hans-Peter; Staab, Steffen; Studer, Rudi; Witt, Andreas – 1999
On2broker provides brokering services to improve access to heterogeneous, distributed, and semistructured information sources as they are presented in the World Wide Web. It relies on the use of ontologies to make explicit the semantics of Web pages. This paper discusses the general architecture and main components (i.e., query engine, information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Cibbarelli, Pamela – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Provides a comprehensive list of all the major vendors offering the Windows NT operating system, the latest in integrated online library systems software. Describes features and capabilities; platforms; and libraries where it is installed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Information Services, Integrated Library Systems
Machovec, George S. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1995
Describes the Government Information Locator Service (GILS), designed to help the public identify and acquire federal government information as part of the evolving National Information Infrastructure. Highlights include background information; use of GILS through the Internet; and agency-based information services, including the Government…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Federal Government

Merchant, David – Library Computing, 1999
Most libraries don't have the resources to cross-platform and cross-version test all of their JavaScript coding. Many turn to WYSIWYG; however, WYSIWYG editors don't generally produce optimized coding. Web developers should: test their coding on at least one 3.0 browser, code by hand using tools to help speed that process up, and include a simple…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Coding, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Wasik, Joann M. – 1999
Digital reference services (also known as "AskA" services, as in "Ask-an-Expert") provide subject expertise and information referral over the Internet to their users. This ERIC Digest provides an overview of the growing digital reference movement and its implications on sponsoring organizations, and examines current practices…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Information Dissemination, Information Seeking