For liberal arts colleges, an alternative method of planning for information technology is to seek nontechnology priorities for which information technology can be justified. Drew University (New Jersey) and Hartwick College (New York) have used this opportunistic approach successfully, in different ways. (MSE)

Presents 19 papers from the Second Southern African Online Information Meeting. The articles are based on practical experience with or applications of information technology, including hypermedia and multimedia, CD-ROM, electronic publishing, network services and gateways, user interfaces, and online searching and software. Contains 83 references…

Ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of communication and record-keeping in college and university planned giving programs are outlined. Simple techniques are offered for using laptop computers, planned giving software, and institutional databases to improve access to information during travel and on campus. (MSE)

Examines factors influencing use of technology by faculty members at an American university. The most important factors are the faculty's need to be certain that the technology will improve student learning and equipment availability. Other factors include funds for materials purchase, advantages over other delivery methods, and contribution to…

Describes various aspects of imaging technologies within the teaching and research programs at the School of Librarianship and Information Studies, the Robert Gordon University (Scotland). Highlights include desktop publishing, image databases, document image processing, hypertext, and image transfer and communication. (three references) (LRW)

Reviews the literature from 1980-93 that discusses information technologies use by state and local governments. Highlights include public sector organizations; a history of information technology management; current information technologies, including information architectures and information resources management; geographic information systems;…

Project Prometheus involves IBM Canada, college faculty, and classroom teachers in Manitoba who cooperate to discover the most effective ways to use information technology to promote mathematics and science literacy. The article analyzes teachers' very positive perceptions of how technology affected their classroom teaching styles and learning…

To grasp fully the opportunity for growth and development in academic administration, it is important to put higher education in a much larger framework, the global information society. The future will depend heavily on talented, effectively prepared administrators to carry out the operations of colleges and universities as information…

Five prescriptions for the future agenda of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education are (1) a core curriculum; (2) informatics; (3) remedial continuing medical education (CME); (4) focus on the individual learner; and (5) practice-oriented CME. (SK)

The survey described was conducted to determine the number and nature of North American library and information science (LIS) schools teaching expert systems (ES); the nature of such teaching; the provision of ES teaching resources; the extent to which ex-students are employed in the ES field; and the type of research being undertaken in ES. (27…

Describes features of laserdisc and discusses its advantages over videotape and audiotape in the areas of image and sound quality, random access, and permanence. Current and future applications of laserdisc technology in art and music are highlighted. (MAB)

Describes strategies library director Dan Wilson used to keep the New Orleans Public Library ahead of budget shortfalls. Successful lobbying efforts to get a tax levy; growth in the library budget, technology, and services; changes in the service population; and Wilson's role as a facilitator are covered. (KRN)

Examines ways in which the federal government will stimulate the growth of information superhighways by reviewing four bills under consideration in the House and Senate; i.e., the National Information Infrastructure Act; the National Competitiveness Act; the Technology for Higher Education Act of 1993; and the Telecommunications and Information…

Discusses ethical considerations and possible censorship that can accompany technological advances in the transmission of information among scholars. Topics addressed include academic ethics and academic library ethics; peer review and scholarly communication; controversies and the selection of library materials; academic whistle blowers; and…

The paper addresses application of new educational technologies to dental education. Noted is technology's ability to create an electronic curriculum that uses images and text to advance problem-solving and problem-based learning. Information technology provides a risk-free (i.e., patient-free) environment for dental students to test decisions.…