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Peer reviewedWard, Chip, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Includes three reports that describe how Utah's government, libraries, and educational institutions at all levels are becoming more effective through the use of computer and telecommunications technology. Highlights include public library connectivity; public school networks that provide Internet access; and higher education technology and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textPratt, Mary Lou, Ed. – Rural Libraries, 1994
The 2 issues in this volume contain 10 articles on rural libraries and information access in rural America. Topics include telecommunications and distance education in Nebraska, the future of small rural public libraries, federal programs to improve rural access to information, outreach issues for public libraries, and the role of information in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Distance Education, Economic Development, Federal Programs
Humphreys, Judy; Cooper, Malcolm – 1998
A joint-use academic/public library has been established by the University of Southern Queensland (Australia), in a partnership with the Hervey Bay City Council, to fulfill the school's commitment to bringing tertiary education to the region. This report examines this unique relationship (one of only three like it in the world) from its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Libraries, Distance Education, Educational Facilities Design
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 12 papers in this collection were presented during the meetings of three sections of the Division of Regional Activities: (1) "Which Way African Librarianship?" (Kingo Mchombu); (2) "The Expansion of the University of the Air of Japan and the Changing Function of Regional University Libraries" (Katsuhiro Jinzaki); (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Information Services, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Fast Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service, 1999
Seventeen issues of a newsletter on recent library statistics in Colorado highlight the following topics: the role of academic and public libraries in distance education; measures taken by public libraries with mill levies to exempt their income/expenditures from restrictions; after-school operations in library media centers; library media…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Achievement Tests, Distance Education
PDF pending restorationJohnson, Aleck; Harris, Leslie; Bond, Jill; Lee, Jee Hang; Raines, Ghani – 2000
Enacted as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the E-rate provides discounts to public and private schools, libraries, and consortia on telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal networking. Discounts vary based on the poverty level of the community. The first section of this report presents findings from surveys returned…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Consortia, Distance Education
Vavrek, Bernard, Ed.; Whitney, Loralyn, Ed. – 1992
The 11 papers in this collection were presented at a symposium that was jointly sponsored by the Wilson Foundation and the Nebraska Library Commission. The papers are: (1) "The Small Library in an Era of Multiple Transformations" (Michael Marien); (2) "Community Needs and the Rural Public Library" (Don A. Dillman); (3)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education
Peer reviewedWolfe, Gary D., Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This overview of information technology in Pennsylvania discusses Internet access in public libraries; technology infrastructure; strategic partnerships; future possibilities; distance learning for small, rural, and/or poor school districts; an electronic communication network; a computer bulletin board for teachers; and a database for school,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
