Discusses results of a national survey that was designed to describe the current consumer market for public library services and Internet services. Investigated the reasons they used each service, the decision criteria used when choosing one provider over the other, and how they evaluated the performance of each. (LRW)

Includes three articles that address issues concerned with how to use the Internet in classrooms. Highlights include searching for truth and learning for understanding versus searching for facts; the potential impact upon young people of various digital ad campaigns; and a review of a book that discusses successful technology infusion in schools.…

Discusses ways in which technology is changing mathematics education. Highlights include guidelines for appropriate technology use in the mathematics classroom; the impact of computers on mathematics learning; common uses of computers in mathematics education, including software, the Internet, and programming; and issues and concerns related to…

A survey of 225 secondary and 251 postsecondary business teachers indicated that 96% had Internet access at work. Postsecondary instructors used it more often and had longer experience. Secondary teachers were significantly more likely to use it for research. Over 70% of both assigned projects requiring Internet use; 68% taught students to use it.…

Describes a study conducted at four Taiwan universities that measured the impact of variables on learners' perceived transactional distance in a World Wide Web learning environment. Examines learners' skill level with the Internet, previous experience in taking distance education courses, extent of interaction, and types of learner support.…

Adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) is governed by political processes that impede practice. New trends that may help move ABLE toward democracy include the Internet as a site of policy debates and advocacy and use of the findings of practitioner action research. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

This case study evaluated restructuring by a faculty team of a large-enrollment computer fluency course at the University of Buffalo. It found that using existing online materials (acting as "early followers" rather than "early adopters") gave students multiple ways to learn and kept costs down. (EV)

Discusses Internet access in public schools, home access to computers, and the role of libraries in promoting information access and information literacy. Includes useful Web sites that contain information and resources to help libraries implement "Information Power" and information literacy standards. (LRW)

Examines situations/purposes users have for searching the Web and perceptions of the textual features that assist users in characterizing documents/text retrieval in actual Web searches. The study employs a bottom-up approach to derive a set of genres built around actual use of the Web. After employing content-analytic techniques to derive a…

Proposes a mechanism that carefully integrates human and machine efforts to explore Web users' search interests. The approach consists of a four-step process: extraction of core terms; construction of subject taxonomy; automatic subject categorization of query terms; and observation of users' search interests. Research findings are proved valuable…

Applying the expectancy-value theory of motivation to the Web environment, a site that stimulates the interest and curiosity of the user and provides meaningful content and activities may be considered a valuable Web site. The authors developed evaluation instruments that are intended for use by educators and students from grade one through…

Considers the impact of the Internet on scholarly journals. Discusses efficiency; dissemination of information; peer review process; a quality rating system that would allow submission of an article to a family of journals of differing prestige; the revision process; lower costs; universities as publishers; and multimedia possibilities. (LRW)

Examines the literature that measures characteristics of the Internet. Discusses: conclusions about the Internet measurement literature; definition of the Internet from a technical standpoint; history of Internet measurement; nature of the Internet data environment; Internet technical characteristics; information measurement and the Internet;…

Outlines the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) ladder adoption model which represents a limited/limiting vision of government-inspired support for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) implementation and development needs of firms in the small business sector of the UK economy. A more discriminate approach is recommended, focused…

In summer, 2002, the Education Division of the Special Libraries Association held a panel presentation on "Historical and Archival Collections in Education." From that session developed this article which discusses the need for finding aids, publicity, creative uses of the web, and collaborative ways to deal with these issues. Specific references…