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Daniel, John – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2018
Faster and more wide-ranging innovation is often urged as the key to solving the various challenges that currently face humankind, from climate change to income inequality. This article looks at a complex example of innovation, the portability of qualifications proposed in the "Groningen Declaration on Student Data Depositories…
Descriptors: Innovation, Privacy, Trust (Psychology), Student Mobility
Hastings, Robin – Computers in Libraries, 2010
In August 2008, the Missouri River Regional Library (MRRL), where the author serves as information technology coordinator, switched over from an internally hosted Microsoft Exchange email server to the Google Apps product. As the person who led the charge to use Google Apps and the person who actually flipped the switch, he was responsible for…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Public Libraries, Privatization, Electronic Mail
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Trappler, Thomas J. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
Much recent discussion has focused on the pros and cons of cloud computing. Some institutions are attracted to cloud computing benefits such as rapid deployment, flexible scalability, and low initial start-up cost, while others are concerned about cloud computing risks such as those related to data location, level of service, and security…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Vendors, Best Practices
Shi, Yunfeng – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation studies two specific topics on information technologies in health care industry. (1) The status and change of integrated health care delivery system level IT spending and hospital level IT adoption between 1999 and 2006. (2) The potential link between hospital level IT adoptions and quality as quantified by procedural performance…
Descriptors: Health Services, Medical Services, Information Technology, Delivery Systems
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Gray, Terry – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
The University of Washington (UW) adopted a dual-provider cloud-computing strategy, focusing initially on software as a service. The original project--to replace an obsolete alumni e-mail system--resulted in a cloud solution that soon grew to encompass the entire campus community. The policies and contract terms UW developed, focusing on…
Descriptors: Barriers, Program Development, Program Implementation, Computer Software
Emery, David – 2000
This paper discusses copyright issues, focusing on changes due to digital technology. Highlights include: problems for copyright posed by digital technologies, i.e., the identification of copyright works and owners, and the enforcement of copyright rights; electronic monitoring of copyright uses to provide rights owners with data on usage; the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Information Technology
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Vaden, Tere; Suoranta, Juha – E-Learning, 2004
In this article, the authors argue for a leap from a "weak" digital literacy (skills of interpretation and strategies of reception) to strong digital literacy (authorship and autonomous skills and capacities). Strong digital literacy implies politico-structural analysis of the information societies to come. Given the current forms of economic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Information Technology, Media Literacy
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Metcalfe, Amy; Diaz, Veronica; Wagoner, Richard – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Suggests that varied and often understated uses of copyrighted materials exist in academic settings. Introduces four "frames" of reference: Academic, Technological, Social, and Market. Presents court cases relevant to each frame. Explores two scenarios involving use of copyrighted materials. As technology increases both access and control, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Fair Use (Copyrights), Higher Education
Distance Education Report, 1999
Describes findings of a report issued by the United States Department of Commerce that revealed the "digital divide" between households of different races and income levels is growing. Highlights two partnership projects offering computer training and equipment donations. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs
Russell, Carrie – 2001
This digest focuses on the continuing ambiguities libraries and their users face in dealing with copyright in the digital environment. In the networked digital world, the basic principles of copyright are more difficult to apply. Digital copies are easy to create, modify, and manipulate, they are extremely easy to distribute widely over networks,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Futures (of Society)
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Honey, Sadie L. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
Scholars publish in journals to preserve their work and to make sure that it is available for current and future researchers. More and more of this publishing is done in electronic format. Libraries, the institutions that have traditionally overseen the preservation of print publications, are now struggling with the preservation of digital…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Preservation, Economic Factors
Ryder, Martin – 1997
This paper addresses some of the major shifts in thinking about the nature of publishing and in basic beliefs regarding the peer review process in scholarly communication. Changes in the notion of ownership in the an age of technology are considered. Differences between the referee system with print publications and electronic text are outlined…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, Electronic Journals, Electronic Text
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Bortnick, Jane, Ed. – Government Information Quarterly, 1988
Explores the public policy issues raised by the electronic collection and dissemination of Federal government information from the perspectives of Congress, the Executive Branch, the private sector, and the user community. Lists of selected references and texts of relevant Office of Management and Budget source documents are provided. An Update on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Bruwelheide, Janis H. – 1999
The electronic environment is currently forcing educators at all levels to revisit issues concerning intellectual property. Quick availability of information and data through the Internet has changed the way the general public views information since it seems to be in endless supply from any computer on any individual desktop. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights, Educational Resources
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Rooney, David; McKenna, Bernard; Keenan, Thomas – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
This article addresses concerns about the role of education policy in the context of knowledge-related public policy. Specifically, it raises concerns about how the technocratic and anti-social tendencies already observed in knowledge-related policy discourse may adversely influence the intellectual and cultural life of communities. A key goal of…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Educational Policy
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