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Publication Date: 1987
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The Information Network: Its Structure and Role in Higher Education.
Van Houweling, Douglas E.
Library Hi Tech, v5 n2 p7-17 Sum 1987
Summarizes the historical trend of distributing computer power within universities, and describes a model for an information technology environment for higher education. Based on a broad distribution of information and computing power, this model allows users to share information using micro- and minicomputers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Decentralization, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Technology, Information Transfer, Microcomputers, Minicomputers, Models, Systems Analysis, Systems Development, Telecommunications, Universities, Users (Information)
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