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| author | Frylinck, John Williamson, Vicki |
| author_facet | Frylinck, John Williamson, Vicki Frylinck, John Williamson, Vicki |
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| contents | Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions. Frylinck, John Williamson, Vicki Academic Libraries Access to Information Developing Nations Distance Education Electronic Libraries Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Technology Library Services Rural Areas Technology Transfer Telecommunications Users (Information) World Wide Web This paper discusses services and technology offered to remote sites by the Curtin University of Technology (Australia) Library and Information Service. The following topics are covered: (1) imperatives driving the library to reticulate scholarly electronic information services to clients wherever they are, including the growth of distance education; (2) services offered, including the library's World Wide Web site; (3) barriers faced by the library and its clients related to demographics and communications; (4) strategies and solutions being put in place to overcome these barriers, including state government initiatives, universal telephone service, educational television, and telecenters and MITEs (Modular Interactive Telecommunications Environments); and (5) information/technology transfer, including precautions for transferring technologies to developing communities. (MES) |
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| publishDate | 1998 |
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| spellingShingle | Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions. Frylinck, John Williamson, Vicki Academic Libraries Access to Information Developing Nations Distance Education Electronic Libraries Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Technology Library Services Rural Areas Technology Transfer Telecommunications Users (Information) World Wide Web Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions. Frylinck, John Williamson, Vicki Academic Libraries Access to Information Developing Nations Distance Education Electronic Libraries Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Technology Library Services Rural Areas Technology Transfer Telecommunications Users (Information) World Wide Web This paper discusses services and technology offered to remote sites by the Curtin University of Technology (Australia) Library and Information Service. The following topics are covered: (1) imperatives driving the library to reticulate scholarly electronic information services to clients wherever they are, including the growth of distance education; (2) services offered, including the library's World Wide Web site; (3) barriers faced by the library and its clients related to demographics and communications; (4) strategies and solutions being put in place to overcome these barriers, including state government initiatives, universal telephone service, educational television, and telecenters and MITEs (Modular Interactive Telecommunications Environments); and (5) information/technology transfer, including precautions for transferring technologies to developing communities. (MES) |
| title | Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions. |
| topic | Academic Libraries Access to Information Developing Nations Distance Education Electronic Libraries Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Technology Library Services Rural Areas Technology Transfer Telecommunications Users (Information) World Wide Web |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED434667 |