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Peer reviewedAupperle, Eric M. – Library Hi Tech, 1998
Looks back at the innovations/tribulations that went into the making of Merit Network, Inc., Michigan's pioneering Internet provider. Today, Merit is serving as the GigaPoP organization for its two current Internet2 members, Michigan State University and University of Michigan, and will provision a vBNS connection for Wayne State University.…
Descriptors: Background, Computer Networks, Consortia, Higher Education
Bennett, Valerie M.; Palmer, Eileen M. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1993
Compares the use of a telefacsimile network and the Internet-based software, Ariel, for interlibrary loan document delivery in the Health Sciences Libraries Consortium. Topics discussed include document processing efficiency, impact of the Ariel workstations on interlibrary loan procedures, interlibrary loan policies, and possible prototype…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Consortia
Download full textTexas A and I Univ., Kingsville. – 1996
The New Generation System (NGS) is a computer network developed to transfer academic records of migrant students. NGS was developed as a result of the phasing out of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System. NGS is backed by a 29-state consortium that uses the Internet to transfer records because of its speed, availability, and…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
Peer reviewedFergerson, James C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
Software programs and Internet and World Wide Web addresses that are available to facilitate data sharing by colleges and universities are listed. Included are government sites, institutional research offices and services, and information on emerging technologies that offer promise in this area. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Consortia, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWebb, John – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Presents a holistic view of the management of licensed, networked information resources in a university library. Highlights include licensing and copyrights; collection development and acquisitions; aggregators, which combine electronic resources from disparate suppliers or locations into larger resource units for users; consortia; managing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1995
Seven papers are presented from the 1994 CAUSE conference track on partnering within and among higher education institutions in regard to information resources and technology. The papers include: (1) "Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: A Recipe for a Collaborative CWIS in a Decentralized Environment," which discusses the development of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Colleges, Computer Networks, Computers
Clark, Tom; Else, David – 1998
This booklet focuses on issues that schools encounter as they become involved with distance education and electronic networking. The E-Rate (i.e., the Education Rate resulting from the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996) is discussed in the introduction. Five sections cover the following topics: (1) distance education and electronic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Networks
