EFF "Information Infrastructure - Regional/Rural/Educational/Libraries" Archive

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access_lib_databases.faq

"Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases," by Billy Barron and Marie-Christine Mahe

building_community_nets.speech

Speech by Phil Agre entitled "Building Community Networks." Agre talks about the different perspectives from which one can view networks and networking, and how each perspective offers tips on building community networks.

cfp94_k-12_internet.transcript

Transcript of a presentation entitled "Education and NREN K through 12."

civic_nets_cpsr_conf.summary

CPSR Public Policy Roundtable Report 2/20-21 1992 "Cyberspace Citizenship: Building Local Civic Networks" by Steve Cisler describing the events of the roundtable and significant remarks made by presenters.

community_nets_evolution.paper

Paper by Jay Weston on the evolution of community networking. Weston places the internet in an historical context, comparing it to the industrial revolution, and the potential of the internet to revolutionize media and information services. Weston illustrates his points with the story of two Canadian FreeNets.

distance_learning.dltf

Paper by the Distance Learning Task Force (chaired by Sen. Rhoades), on the implementation of distance learning technology (NII) in all schools K-12 and higher, government institutions, and hospitals, with the short term goal of linking all schools in the state of Pennsylvania.

fed_med_edu_agri_nii_funding.notices

pile of Federal govt. funding mechan- ism and grant notices re: agricultur al telecom, telemedicine, and distance learning. FY94

k12net.intro

Discussions of the history, goals and futures of K12net by Jack Crawford.

lib_biblio_databases.list

A library of on-line bibliographic databases and instructions on how to access them.

lib_catalogs.help

Help on using on-line catalogs

lib_catalogs_online.list

List of on-line catalogs

lib_resources_online.faq

Paper entitled "Library Resources on the Internet: Strategies for Selection and Use"

libraries_online.article

WIRED 1.1 article "Libraries Without Walls - For Books Without Pages," by John Browning. Browning examines tthe transition libraries are making from print media to electronic media and the trouble they are encountering.

library_future.bib

Bibliography of _The Library of the Future_

library_future.review

"Analytical Review of the Library of the Future" by Karen M. Drabenstott with Celeste M. Burman

library_future_review.ps.gz

"Analytical Review of the Library of the Future" in PostScript format, zipped

library_nren.papers

Six short papers and a longer discussion paper prepared for the ALA conference in June 1990.

med_training_online.article

Ron LaPorte's August 1994 article "Towards Global Public Health Training through the Internet" "it is prime time to establish a global training program in public health through the capabilities that the internet provides and are enlisting faculty and students to join this effort."

net_library_polly.speech

Speech by Jean Armour Polly abou;how libraries can make use of the internet.

school_online.article

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NREN_NSFNET/

Information regarding NREN and NSFNET (link to ../NREN_NSFNER_NPN/)

Other

Freenets_community_nets/

Link to directory regarding freenets and other Freenets_community_nets/ - Link to directory regarding freenets and other community nets

NPTN-Freenet/

Information regarding NPTN Freenet (link to NPTN-Freenet/ - Information regarding NPTN Freenet (link to Freenets_community_nets/)

Related On-Site Resources

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Links to Related Off-Site Resources

National Distance Learning Center

via telnet (login: ndlc), or FTP

Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)

(Costa Rica).

Consorzio per l'Universita' a Distanza - Rende (Cosenza)

(Italia)

GSN's Tele-Education and Classroom Use of the Internet index

HEPROC: Higher Education Resources and Assistance WWW Site

Index of Academic Internet Servers

Another index of academic Internet servers

Internet Education Center

an archive of educational information online

C-EdRes, an index of education-related Internet resources

Corporation for Research & Educational Networking (CREN) Information Gopher Archive

Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications' Distance Education Projects