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Doran, Kirk – Computers in Libraries, 1995
Discussion of the Internet highlights its use in libraries and the need to teach patrons what it can and cannot be used for. Topics include the number and variety of existing sources, vendor organization and reliability issues, speed, quality control and regulation issues, and permanence of sources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Computer Networks, Information Sources, Libraries
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Pask, Judith M.; Snow, Carl E. – Library Trends, 1995
Describes several projects that integrate the Internet and specific Internet resources into undergraduate teaching and learning. Problems are discussed, including trying to retrieve specific and useful information, questions of reliability and accuracy of information, the need to become more user friendly, and demands on libraries for training and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Instructional Design
Dermody, Melinda Bako – 1995
With the ever growing interest that libraries have in the Internet, the potentials of other computer resources may be overlooked or under-utilized. One such resource is the campus local area network (LAN). For libraries, a campus LAN presents possibilities ranging from simple library promotion to networked databases. The Internet provides…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education