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Using Bluestem for Web User Authentication and Access Control of Library Resources.
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Cole, Timothy W. – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Describes the security issues Bluestem, a Web authentication and access control system under development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is designed to resolve. Provides an overview of how Bluestem works and details how Bluestem is currently being used to control end-user access to bibliographic resources licensed by the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Unified Information Access for the 21st Century: A Project of The California State University.
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Davis, Doug; Pollard, Marvin; Smith, Gordon – 1999
This paper presents the results of a three-year project of the 22 libraries of the California State University (CSU) system to create an entirely new approach to information access. The Unified Information Access System (UIAS) is designed to provide integrated, single-search access to the full range of library information resources. In addition to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Educational Resources, Higher Education
Intranets and Digital Organizational Information Resources: Towards a Portable Methodology for Design and Development.
Rosenbaum, Howard – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Discusses the concept of the intranet, comparing and contrasting it with groupware, and presents an argument for its value based on technical and information management considerations. Presents an intranet development project for an academic organization and describes a portable, user-centered and team-based methodology for the design and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Evaluating Digital Libraries for Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Education: A Case Study of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT).
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Borgman, Christine L.; Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J.; Leazer, Gregory H.; Mayer, Richard; Gwynn, David; Gazan, Rich; Mautone, Patricia – Library Trends, 2000
Discusses the research design for an educational evaluation of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources. Reviews the deployment of digital libraries in educational settings, the role of information technology in developing students' scientific thinking, and evaluation of digital…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries
Weaving the Web into Course Integrated Instruction.
Wallach, Ruth; McCann, Linda – 1996
In the fall 1995, a professor teaching an undergraduate course asked the Reference Center at the University of Southern California to conduct a research session on Dante related resources on the Internet, and to show her students how to search the Dartmouth Dante Project. A simple homepage was created for the class, which listed the course…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Higher Education, Information Sources
The LIBS Internet Access Software: An Overview and Evaluation.
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Stanton, Deidre E.; Hooper, Todd – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Describes and evaluates LIBS Internet Access Software (also called Sonoma Software), which offers automatic Telnet connection to remote library catalogs, databases, information services, campuswide information services, and other wide-area information access tools. Instructions for obtaining and installing the software are given, and a comparison…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design, Gateway Systems