Introduces briefly some of the more common Internet information management tools, including Archie, Gopher, Veronica and Jughead, Wide Area Information Service (WAIS), and World-Wide Web. (SR)

Discusses government information on the Internet. Provides a broad list of collections of government information available on the Internet. (SR)

Computer technology is not the be-all and end-all in adult literacy education. Although it will not solve all problems, using technology to its fullest potential can help students and teachers work smarter and "deeper." (JOW)

The purpose of this article is to encourage the imaginative use of technology in adult and continuing education to expand services and to inform adult educators of their new responsibilities with respect to changing technology. (Author)

Discussion of the telecommunications industry focuses on WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) as a solution for dealing with capacity constraints. Highlights include fiber optic technology; cross-connecting and switching wavelengths; SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) and wavelength networking; and optical TDM (Time Division Multiplexing). (LRW)

Presents a domain-specific thesaurus for linguistic support of an information broker that employs an adaptive semantic-distance function based on pathfinder networks and algorithms for automated population by nominal compound interpretation and relational inheritance. Mathematical structure of thesauri and issues for further research are also…

Presents selected issues related to the development of universal service to networked information resources and services in a global networked environment. Defines universal service as a set of telecommunications services to which users should have access, including appropriate funding and interconnected public telecommunications infrastructure…

Describes the development of the National Archive of Lifelong Learning in Britain, an attempt to create an online catalog for a national network of collections on lifelong learning and adult education. (SK)

Drawing on a 2-year study of two National Writing Project sites, explores how the NWP uses principles of good writing instruction to frame and foster teachers' professional development. By encouraging teachers to discover themselves as authors, the NWP spurs development of professional voice, ownership, and agency. (Contains 35 references.) (MLH)

Discusses extand paradigms (ISBN, ISSN, ISMN, and the emerging ISAN). Models a procedure for assigning ISONs (International Standard Object Number) to objects and their surrogates. Describes resources requisite to the construction of the ISON, and outlines the necessarily cooperative work ahead if an ISON is to become a standard for visual…

Discusses the rising trend of universities to collaborate in creating in-house services and to take control of their information network backbone rather than outsourcing. Provides examples of university collaborations. (GR)

In the development of gateways to archives there are two different approaches, one focusing on the descriptions of the material and the other on the creators. Search and retrieval with precision and quality require controlled access points and name authority control. National registries of private archives have a long tradition in implementing the…

The concept of "publishing" has changed again, just in the last few years, due to YouTube, Blogger, Second Life, Flickr, and other new social networking tools (John Marshall Law School, 2005). Whether they are making it possible for everyone to view a video on YouTube on how to install a hard drive on a Mac, add a collaborative student writing…

While availability of information and access to it enables education in developing countries, information alone does not secure transmission of knowledge--especially to remote learners in low-tech, infrastructure-poor communities. For this reason, 21st century distance education tools require innovative mechanisms for accessing the…

Summarizes the papers presented at the Congress. (PF)