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| Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
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Ryland, Jane – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1989
An overview of responses from a number of higher education associations (ACE, EDUCOM and NASULGC, and Cornell University) to the controversial issues that have arisen from the 1988 Internet "worm" are presented. Preliminary results from a CAUSE survey of higher education institutions are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Ethics
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1988
Guidelines, jointly developed and endorsed by CAUSE and EDUCOM--two key organizations in the field of higher education information technology--are presented. They were created to provide institutions and regional accrediting associations with evaluation guidelines for information technology resources to use as a reference when developing their own…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computers
Chew, Robert – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1987
The evolution of value-added network services (VAN), current technology, and some of the major VAN vendors and types of services for universities are described. A network glossary is included. (MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Glossaries
Slabaugh, Katie; Newsom, Henry W. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
Two Ball State (Indiana) University divisions, Student Affairs and University Computing Services, joined together to create FastFacts, an online system which makes information on hundreds of topics about campus and local resources, programs, and activities available 24 hours a day via more than 2,000 networked computer terminals throughout the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Databases
Lynch, Clifford A. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
This article examines the technical access barriers that inhibit the effective use of the information resources available on higher education networks; the emerging information server technology that promises to alleviate many access problems; and the growing popularity of the Z39.50 protocol, including questions about this information retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software
