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_Current_Cites_
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Volume 2, no. 9
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September 1991
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Library Technology Watch Program
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University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by David F.W. Robison
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ISSN: 1060-2356
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Contributors:
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Charles Bailey, Clifford Lynch, Teri Rinne, Vivienne Roumani,
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Lisa Rowlison, Mark Takaro, Roy Tennant
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Expert Systems
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Bielawski, Larry and Robert Lewand. Intelligent Systems Design :
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Integrating Expert Systems, Hypermedia and Database Technologies. New
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York : John Wiley & Sons, 1991. This work gives a good overview and
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discussion of intelligent systems and their design/development. It also
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presents the integration of hypermedia into expert system design (and vice
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versa)--this in particular, is an interesting marriage of technologies.
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Kruger, Myron. Artificial Reality II. Addison-Wesley, 1991. Kruger, one of
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the pioneers of virtual reality technology (who appears prominently in
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Rheingold's book below) has written an unusual book that, while surveying
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the typical VR technology (datagloves, head-mounted displays, etc.), focuses
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on the aesthetics of VR as applied to interactive networks. One comes away
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from this book with a completely different sense of Artificial Reality than
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one gets from reading much of the current rather sensationalistic popular
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press coverage. -- Clifford Lynch
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Rheingold, Howard. Virtual Reality. New York : Summit Books, 1991. In this
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book virtual reality is described and explained by Mr.Rheingold in a non-
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technical manner. He tells of his own experiences in discovering VR, and in
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this way we come to know of the technology's history and development.
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Networks and Networking
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Barron, Billy "Another use of the Internet: Libraries Online Catalogs"
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ConneXions: The Interoperability Report 5(7) (July):15-19. Written by the
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compiler of UNT's Accessing Online Databases, this article describes the
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current state and future of network accessible catalogs and databases, as
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well as the related issues of software standards. The articles citations are
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of special interest, as they include a number of e-mail postings.
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The Public Access Computer Systems Review special issue on network-
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based electronic serials. PACS review articles are available at
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LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.BITNET by sending the commands listed below with
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each citation. The descriptions presented below are all written by Charles
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Bailey, Editor-in-Chief of PACS Review.
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In "The Electronic Journal: What, Whence, and When?," Ann Okerson
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surveys current and future e-journal publication activities. She
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discusses publishers' visions of e-journals, and she identifies four
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major groups of potential e-journal publishers: existing publishers,
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intermediary organizations (e.g., ISI and CARL), researchers and
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scholars, and universities. She concludes by forecasting how e-
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journals may evolve during the next 9 years. (GET OKERSON PRV2N1 or
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GET OKERSON PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "Online Journals: Disciplinary Designs for Electronic Scholarship,"
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Teresa Harrison et al. examine and critique the e- journal concept,
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then describe the Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue
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Electronique de Communication (EJC/REC). EJC/REC is a referre[e]d,
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bilingual journal dealing with communication. It is part of the
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innovat[ive] Comserve service, which provides communication
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scholars with a variety of electronic information services (e.g.,
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directory information, journal indexes, access to over 1,000 files,
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and 20 computer conferences). (GET HARRISON PRV2N1 or GET
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HARRISON PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "Post-Gutenburg Galaxy: The Fourth Revolution in the Means of
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Production of Knowledge," Stevan Harnad discusses the three
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historical revolutions in knowledge production (speech, writing, and
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print) and the emerging fourth revolution--electronic "skywriting" on
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the Net. He examines the limitations of our print-based scholarly
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communication system, and describes how electronic communication
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can support scholarly skywriting, a process that allows scholars to
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get rapid feedback about promising ideas and theories from
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colleagues worldwide. He then describes Psycoloquy, a referred
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psychology e-journal that embodies the scholarly skywriting process.
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(GET HARNAD PRV2N1 or GET HARNAD PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "The Journal of the International Academy of Hospitality Research,"
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Lon Savage describes a referred e-journal for researchers in hotel,
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restaurant, and institutional management and tourism. JIAHR is
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sponsored by the International Academy of Hospitality Research and
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published by Virginia Tech's Scholarputer conference, e journal. The
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authors also discuss the future of e-journals. (GET AMIRAN PRV2N1 or
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GET AMIRAN PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "New Horizons in Adult Education: The First Five Years (1987-
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1991)," Jane Hugo and Linda Newell describe the evolution of one of
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the first (if not the first) refereed e-journals on the Net. This unique
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adult education journal is edited by graduate students. (GET HUGO
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PRV2N1 or GET HUGO PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "EJournal: An Account of the First Two Years," Edward Jennings
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provides a personal look at his efforts to establish and publish a
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refereed e-journal on electronic networks and texts. This behind-
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the-scenes narrative reveals some of the trials and tribulations that
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may face the prospective e-journal publisher. (GET JENNINGS PRV2N1
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or GET JENNINGS PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "The Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues," Marcia Tuttle describes
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the evolution and publishing practices of this e- newsletter, which
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deals with serials concerns. In addition to BITNET and Internet, the
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newsletter is also published on ALANET, DataLinx, and EBSCONET. She
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also discusses a variety of electronic publishing issues. (GET TUTTLE
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PRV2N1 or GET TUTTLE PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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ARTICLES IN THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
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In "How to Start and Manage a BITNET LISTSERV Discussion Group: A
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Beginner's Guide," Diane Kovacs et al. discuss the steps to set up and
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run a computer conference using the Revised LISTSERV software.
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LISTSERV is a very widely used software package that supports both
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computer conferences and e-serial publication on BITNET (many
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existing e-serials are distributed with this software). It runs on IBM
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mainframes under the VM/CMS operating system. (GET KOVACS
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PRV2N1 or GET KOVACS PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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In "Providing Data Services for Machine-Readable Information in an
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Academic Library: Some Levels of Service," Jim Jacobs examines four
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types of academic services for machine-readable data files: general
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data services, computing services, library data services, and
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reference data services. Within each type, he identifies different
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possible levels of service. (GET JACOBS PRV2N1 or GET JACOBS
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PRV2N1 F=MAIL)
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Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers and
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Networks 265(3) (September 1991). If you purchase a single issue of a
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magazine this year, this should be it. Filled with eleven articles by some of
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the biggest names in computer networking, this issue covers all bases and
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includes suggestions for further readings on the issues. Included in this
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issue are the following articles:
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* "Communications, Computers and Networks" by Michael L. Dertouzos
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of MIT;
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* "Networks" by Vinton G. Cerf, President of the Coalition for
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National Research Initiatives, writing about the network as medium;
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* "Networked Computing in the 1990s" by Lawrence G. Tesler of Apple
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Computer describing how changes in available technology will change
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the way computers are used in society;
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* "The Computer for the 21st Century" by Mark Weiser, head of the
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Computer Science Laboratory at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center,
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describes the future filled with smaller and more independent, yet
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interconnected computers, what he calls "ubiquitous computing";
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* "Products and Services for Computer Networks" by Nicholas P.
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Negroponte, also of MIT (and has also been a visiting professor at
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Berkeley), shows us a tantalizing vision of networked information;
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* "Computers, Networks and Work" by Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler of
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Boston University and Carnegie Mellon University, respectively (and
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the authors of ConnectionsQcited here last month), explore the
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effects of increased networking on work and workers;
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* "Computers, Networks and the Corporation" by Thomas W. Malone
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and John F. Rockart both of MIT;
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* "Computers, Networks and Education" by Alan C. Kay of Apple
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Computer, using elementary education as an example, describes how
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computers can amplify many areas of the educational process;
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* "Infrastructure for the Global Village" by Al Gore, the US Senator
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and author of the 1990 High Performance Computing Act, argues the
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necessity of government involvement in the creation of a national
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high-speed network;
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* "Common Law for the Electronic Frontier" by Anne W. Branscomb of
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Harvard University, discusses some of the issues of security and
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privacy in a networked environment, as does Mitch Kapor, co-founder
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and president of the Electronic Frontier Foundation [see EFFector
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Online above], in "Civil Liberties in Cyberspace."
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Optical Disc Technologies
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"CD-ROM Special" ASLIB Information 19(6) (June 1991). This issue of ASLIB
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Information, published in London, is devoted to CD-ROM technology, with six
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articles covering a wide range of topics, including hardware selection,
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standards, networking, and full-text CD-ROM databases. This proves that
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the technology has firmly entrenched itself on the other side of the Atlantic
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as well.
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King, Alan "Let your fingers do the walking: A guide to information sources
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about CD-ROM" Database 14(4) (August 1991):97-99. King provides a
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detailed list and descriptions of his favorite CD-ROM information sources
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with the caveat that "the amount of information about CD-ROM technology
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has exploded almost as quickly as the technology itself." It is encouraging to
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note that the two periodicals he deems as key, and when combined "create
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the definitive CD-ROM reference" are both monitored monthly in Current
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Cites.
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General
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Miericke, Susan "Creating Hospitable Environments for Technologically Naive
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Users: Y'all Come Back Now, Hear!" Library Trends 39(3) (Winter 1991):327-
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334. Miericke argues that developing and using "sound communications
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strategies" as well as contextual teaching are the key to successful
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integration of the technologically disinclined into the information age.
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Templeton, Brad "The National Conference on Computing and Values: a
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Report" EFFector Online [eff-news@eff.org] 1(10) (August 24, 1991). This
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is a brief report on the first conference on computing and values that took
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place this past summer.
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Woodsworth, Anne. Patterns and Options for Managing Information
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Technology on Campus. Chicago : American Library Association, 1991. In
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this book Woodsworth addresses the question, "how can visions of the ideal
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campus in the information age be realized: through the pervasive influence
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of groups of technologically literate leaders on campus? Or through strong
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central direction by a chief information officer (CIO)?"
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Current Cites 2(9)(September 1991)
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Copyright (C) 1992 by the Library, University of
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California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.
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Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized
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bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied
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material. All commercial use requires permission from the editor,
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who may be reached in the following ways:
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