Continuous, formative evaluation, from inception to completion, with rapid revisions, was key to the successful development of Kids Design Network(KDN) by the DuPage Children's Museum (DCM). Although a thorough evaluation plan was developed at the beginning of the project, it soon became apparent that additional strategies were necessary to insure…

Learning networks are a proven way to deliver massively scalable blended learning solutions that have been successfully implemented in a variety of commercial situations. For learning challenges that involve educating hundreds of thousands of distributed learners across thousands of organizations, learning networks can enable the delivery of…

This report is part of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Educational Technology Cooperative's ongoing study of state educational networks. The current report is based on a study of statewide educational networks in three SREB states during May-September 1998, including a review of published materials obtained from network and agency…

In this paper, knowledge management is seen as an element of strategic management for which the highest level of the organization is responsible. Knowledge management is discussed in the framework of the current reform of the central government in Finland. The main goals of the reform are to strengthen the cooperation in the central government, to…

With the rapid growth of the global information society, the concept of library has evolved to embrace all kinds of information collections, on all kinds of storage media, and using many different access methods. The users of today's information networks and digital libraries, no longer restricted by geographic or spatial boundaries, want to be…

Article seeks to cover the following topics: an overview of First Chance; a description of TADS (Technical Assistance Development System); and a discussion of the organization's Media and Information division. (Author)

A discussion of how the Cedar Rapids Community School System centralized its information retrieval equipment and made dial-access possible from any telephone in the community. (Author)

A description of the University of Minnesota's star shaped computer network for all public higher educational institutions in the state, primarily for instructional uses. (Author)

This article provides a brief glimpse of the National Lending Library at Boston Spa in Yorkshire which is the primary bibliographic resource center for science and technology in Great Britain. (Author)

The concept of information utility'' (an extensive super information system) presents a challenge to librarians. Philosophies and operations must evolve to insure the librarians' position as the information specialist capable of bringing order to the chaos of the information explosion. (Author/DH)

The TAGER closed-circuit television microwave network permits employees from seven cooperating industries in Texas to attend'' college courses originating on campuses as far as 100 miles away. In addition, students at the nine cooperating institutions enjoy a broader range of course offerings without putting a strain on institutional budgets, and…

Article focuses on the communication aspects of two types of information systems: computer assisted instruction (CAI), and computer based systems for information retrieval. (Author/RK)

Since 1969 the National Science Library, National Research Council of Canada, has operated a selective dissemination of information service. It has evolved into a joint SDI program of the National Science Library, National Library of Canada, and the Geological Survey of Canada, which supports 10 bibliographic data bases. (11 references) (Author/DH)

Discusses the present situation and future developments of scientific and technical information in terms of its generation, accumulation, transfer, unit costs, and processing technology. (CC)

The extension of network modeling to library networks provides some interesting twists of the usual models. A general library network is offered, a mathematical statement of the network problem is given, and the solution of the problem is discussed. An example of the use of the model is provided. (Editor/JS)