Describes how an economist from St. Andrews University in Scotland is lining up support for an online venture to challenge the market dominance of traditional academic publishers. (EV)

Describes a vocabulary project in which developmental college students created and distributed word lists to the class, and provided and administered quizzes for their word lists. Finds that students who participated in the 1000-word project scored significantly higher on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than students who studied vocabulary using…

Explores how the collapse of dot-coms has produced an increase in applications to business schools. Students previously interested in start-up companies, along with recruiters previously interested in young, non-traditionally educated employees, are rethinking the value of a business degree. (EV)

Describes the development of CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials) policies and practices for cataloging remote access computer file serials. Topics include electronic serials on the Internet, cataloging standards for computer files, OCLC and Internet resources, networked resources as published documents, multiple file formats, sources of…

Discusses interactive television in the context of the developing information superhighway. Topics include potential applications, including video on demand; telecommunications companies; digital media technologies; content; regulatory issues; the nature of technology users; origination components; distribution/infrastructure components;…

Presents a guide to planning and building a Web site, with an emphasis on setting up a Web server. Discussion includes hiring a consultant, contracts and payment, assembly of teams, training, development of a business plan, registration of domain name, purchase of hardware and software, local area networks, and types of Internet connection. (JKP)

Explains how two high school seniors used the Internet to conduct a poll on censorship issues. (TB)

Notes how the Internet is changing publication for students and how it is causing a revolution in the classroom. Provides an annotated list of at least 20 websites for student publication online. Discusses the safety/legal issues involved in publishing to the Internet. (SC)

Proposes a set of 50 criteria in seven categories for evaluating educational Internet information sources. Compares these indicators against a number of acknowledged Internet evaluation sites and identifies the most used criteria. Finds that currency, graphic design, and browsability are the most highly rated aspects to consider when evaluating…

Discusses both the opportunities and challenges to academic librarians of information resources available on the Internet. Notes that, beyond mechanical expertise, there are intellectual problems regarding research skills and critical assessment that have increased with the sheer amount of information available. The academic librarian's role is to…

Outlines a few classroom applications of mathematics using commercial internet sites such as internet banking, house plans, garden watering systems, and industrial awards. (ASK)

Offers suggestions to members of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) on using the Internet to improve their dealings with college buyers. Briefly describes providing event information through Web sites, password-protected administrative sites, NACA's Web site, virtual offices, and high-speed Internet access. (EV)

Describes projects and learning activities on photography that are useful for elementary and secondary school teachers. Highlights include Web sites; workshops; two specific projects; lesson plan sites on the Internet; photography contests; and trends relating to photography. (LRW)

Explores factors that affect how frequently scholars use Internet-based electronic resources based on a survey of library and information science (LIS) researchers. Results show that the number of access points and self-perceived overall ability to use the Internet are the two significant variables affecting frequency of use of electronic…

The volume of data available through literature and databases on the internet is valuable to students as resources. Describes an integrated approach that involves the use of the library, literature, and internet databases. (Author/SAH)