Message-Id: <55206A473154D011924D0020AFF7ACB53FAA88@mail1.oulan.ou.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:04:17 -0600
From: "Swisher, Bob" <bswisher@ou.edu>
To: "'it-fyi@ou.edu'" <it-fyi@ou.edu>
Subject: Campus Watch * 24 November 1997
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> CAMPUS WATCH
> November 24, 1997
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> An electronic newsletter published by CAUSE to share news concerning
> effective management and use of higher education information resources
> --- information, technology, and services
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> IN THIS ISSUE:
> --- U of Maryland, AAC&U develop diversity resource
> --- Web proxy service extends University of Delaware electronic campus
> --- UC announces founding of California Digital Library
> --- U of Michigan technology helps students meet students
> --- Vermont College extends campus with notebook computers
> --- U of Virginia delivers case-based courses via Internet
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> CAMPUS CONNECTIONS
> --- Writers on library/computer center organization
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> U OF MARYLAND, AAC&U DEVELOP DIVERSITY RESOURCE
> A collaboration between the University of Maryland and the Association
> of American Colleges & Universities has resulted in an online resource
> and planning hub for higher education institutions needing information
> on diversity education. The new DiversityWeb Workrooms, moderated by
> campus leaders in diversity, provide cyberspace meeting areas on such
> subjects as curriculum transformation, institutional leadership,
> political and legislative issues, affirmative action, and faculty and
> staff involvement. See http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversityweb
>
> WEB PROXY SERVICE EXTENDS UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ELECTRONIC CAMPUS
> This fall, the University of Delaware released a Web Proxy Server that
> allows out-of-state members of the University community to log in with
> the ISP of their choice but still access Web-based information (e.g.,
> licensed databases) that is restricted to the UD community. The proxy
> server, especially useful for students in the continuing education
> program, allows use of e-mail, library databases, the Web, and other
> resources that were previously available only through a direct
> connection. See http://www.udel.edu/topics/connect/proxy.html
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> UC ANNOUNCES FOUNDING OF CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY
> The University of California has created the California Digital
> Library--a service that will make it possible to bring print and
> electronic holdings of the nine UC campuses and libraries to computers
> across the state. The charter collection in the new virtual library
> will center on the topics of science, technology, and industry. Part
> of the new library's mission is to build partnerships to deliver
> information to all Californians, and plans exist for UC to join with
> the California State Library, the California Library Association, and
> the California Library Services Board in this effort.
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> UNIV OF MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGY HELPS STUDENTS MEET STUDENTS
> Computer conference software makes it easier for University of
> Michigan students to meet each other and learn about university life.
> The Meet-Students conference runs on software called Confer U, a Unix
> adaptation of software that was written at the U-M over 20 years ago.
> The result of a joint effort between the U-M Information Technology
> Division and the system's first designer, Bob Parnes, Confer U is
> noted for its power and ease of use. See http://www.umich.edu/~umscp/
> [U-M Information Technology Digest, Sept 1997]
>
> VERMONT COLLEGE EXTENDS CAMPUS WITH NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS
> Vermont College now offers an alternative to traditional undergraduate
> education. At VC's New College, students spend intense two-week
> residencies on campus in Montpelier at the beginning and end of each
> semester. In between, they work from their own home base through
> notebook computers containing online seminars, the advisor's office,
> the coffee house, the student union, and the library. The program also
> allows students to travel in the real world and to include those
> travels in their college study. The College hopes to have as many as
> 80 students enrolled by August 1998. Contact Michelle Tobin,
> mtobin@norwich.edu
>
> UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DELIVERS CASE-BASED COURSES VIA INTERNET
> This year the University of Virginia is offering a package of
> case-based courses which is sold over and delivered by the Internet to
> 11 colleges and universities and 10 school districts in North America
> and overseas. Higher education institutions buying the courses can
> repackage them with their own course titles and charge their own
> tuitions. About 300 students are expected to enroll in the courses.
> Contact: Ida Lee Wootten, ilw2t@virginia.edu
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> CAMPUS CONNECTIONS
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> WRITERS ON LIBRARY/COMPUTER CENTER ORGANIZATION
> Austin College Librarian Larry Hardesty is looking for contributors
> who can write critically and analytically about different
> organizational structures (including traditional ones) involving
> higher education libraries and computer centers. The book he is
> considering would have broad appeal, and must cover a variety of types
> of academic institutions. Hardesty is the author of "Library and
> Computer Center Relations at Smaller Academic Institutions" (Library
> Issues, Sept 1997), based on 91 interviews of computer center
> administrators and library directors at 51 small colleges throughout
> the U.S. The proposed book will be published by ALA Editions of the
> American Library Association. Contact: Larry Hardesty,
> lhardesty@austinc.edu
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> If no contact is listed with a story in this issue, you may be able to
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