Identifies presenters' aversion to an Internet-assisted presentations for fear of failed Internet connectivity, and discusses options offered by "offline browsing" software that allows users to download information for later offline use. Lists features of an ideal offline browser. Illustrates problems with early backup methods. Reviews…

Examines the emergence of distance learning within higher education and the need for colleges to provide facilities based on either corporate, convenient, or culture rich educational needs. Why higher education institutions that own valuable course content will profit from distance learning is explained along with the increasing roles of facility…

Describes two alternative strategies for intranet implementation based on experiences at the University of Brighton (United Kingdom). Highlights include differing degrees of staff and student utilization; barriers to success; a unified strategy for effective intranet implementation; and how to manage organizational resistance to change.…

Describes online opportunities for professional development via the Internet. Includes descriptions of four examples that illustrate some of the possibilities; participant views; what to look for as a potential user; additional resources; and an annotated directory of online professional development options. (LRW)

Discusses the impact of the Internet, particularly on higher education. Highlights include a history of the development of the Internet; a leadership plan for higher education; authentication of personal identity; security; information quality; the concept of Internet time; and future possibilities. (LRW)

Results of a study of 120 college students indicated that those who had relevant prior experience with Internet communication technologies had the most favorable perceptions of the usefulness of these technologies and were most apt to use them. Experience and perceived usefulness were the strongest predictors of intent to use them. (Contains 23…

Describes the trend toward customer-focused electronic learning by web retailers. Reasons for the shift include filling a support role, providing a service that competitors do not have, and adding to the revenue stream. (JOW)

Suggests that teachers can help students to use the Internet wisely by using what they already know as reading teachers: help them to read with a purpose. Notes that students should have a purpose for their searches of the Internet. Lists "plusses" for teachers and learners (as well as cautions) regarding using the Internet in the…

Provides summaries of the presentations at the North Carolina Library Association's Biennial Conference, "Choose Quality, Choose Libraries," (Raleigh, NC, October 8-10, 1997). Some of the topics covered include library instruction, Internet access to public documents, outsourcing technical services, copyrights and the Internet, the…

KIDLINK is an international communication network for children ages 10-15. This article discusses the participation of street children and child workers from the association Alternativa Callejera in Mexico City in different kinds of Internet activity: one on one personal communication, individual projects proposed by the students, and KIDFORUM, a…

Some Internet technologists predict that Internet telephony will topple the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and become the next telephone network. This article examines Internet telephony (real-time and non-real-time communications); its potential for integrating wireline, wireless, and Internet network services; and factors determining…

Developing regions, like Africa, may miss the information revolution because they lack national information infrastructures and the knowledge and skills required to provide relevant content. This article discusses the assumption that all nations will have an information infrastructure, describes "Fidonet," Africa's low-tech alternative…

Discusses the new information infrastructure and its possible influences on marketing. Highlights include an alternative perspective of industrial economic history based on infrastructure development; the Internet and its positioning within the new information infrastructure; future possibilities and impacts on organizational structure; and…

To position libraries and librarians as leaders within communities and states, the Internet should be a priority item on their agendas. This article argues that state libraries must provide leadership, promote collaboration between government agencies and libraries, and provide empowerment for local libraries or risk ending up "road kill" on the…

Because Ohio public, school, and special libraries did not have the infrastructure of their academic counterparts, they turned to a regional OCLC network, OHIONET, to provide Internet access. This article provides an overview of the Internet and OHIONET, discusses OCLC's role in providing services to members via the Internet, and describes the…