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CIT INFOBITS May 2000 No. 23 ISSN 1521-9275
About INFOBITS
INFOBITS is an electronic service of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill's Center for Instructional Technology. Each month the
CIT's Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a
number of information technology and instructional technology sources
that come to her attention and provides brief notes for electronic
dissemination to educators.
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Distance Education Policy Primer
Author Foresees No Utopian Digital Age
The Social Life of Information
Information for Beginning Grant Seekers
Oxford University Press Reading Room
Resources on Electronic Publishing
New Textbook Guide on the Web
Recommended Reading
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DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICY PRIMER
"The new distance education force transforming higher education may not
be controlled by the traditional structures or providers of education
services or by traditional academic policies. Not only do the new forms
of distance education portend a change for student populations, but
also they will force faculty to develop new modalities of teaching and
administrators to provide a new infrastructure for support. As a
result, the advent of distance education is forcing many institutions
to review and amend many of their existing policies and procedures."
The American Council on Education (ACE) Division of Government & Public
Affairs has produced "Developing a Distance Education Policy for 21st
Century Learning" as a primer to help colleges and universities rethink
and reformulate policies dealing with intellectual property rights and
ownership of distance education courses. The complete report is
available on the Web at
<http://www.acenet.edu/washington/distance_ed/2000/03march/distance_ed.html>
ACE is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a
strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a
democratic society. Membership includes accredited, degree-granting
colleges and universities from all sectors of higher education and
other education and education-related organizations in the United
States. For more information, contact American Council on Education,
One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA; tel: 202-939-9300; fax:
202-833-4760; Web: <http://www.acenet.edu/>
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AUTHOR FORESEES NO UTOPIAN DIGITAL AGE
"The media seemed to have gotten caught up in the Internet craze,
almost in a pop culture sense, and became prone to endlessly repeating
a single idea: that the new technologies were going to profoundly
change our lives in the realms of business, education, health care, and
just about any other realm of human activity that could be thought of."
Thomas S. Valovic, past editor-in-chief of Telecommunications magazine
and currently a research manager at International Data Corporation and
an adjunct lecturer in scientific and technical communications at
Northeastern University, has observed the transformation of the
Internet from a government and academic communications network into a
"potent force in the world economy." His recently-published collection
of essays, DIGITAL MYTHOLOGIES: THE HIDDEN COMPLEXITIES OF THE INTERNET
(New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000; ISBN:
0-8135-2754-6), examines the social and political aspects of the
Internet and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the industry that
grew out of the Internet.
Valovic shares some of his thoughts on the Internet's present and
future impact on education in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education
interview ("Logging In With . . . Thomas S. Valovic: Author Warns That
the Digital Age Will Be No Utopia," by Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of
Higher Education, April 28, 2000, p. A46). You can read the interview
on the Web at <http://chronicle.com/free/2000/03/2000031601t.htm>
The Chronicle of Higher Education [ISSN 0009-5982] is published weekly
by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc., 1255 Twenty-third Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20037 USA; tel: 202-466-1000; fax: 202-452-1033;
Web: <http://chronicle.com/>
Annual subscriptions, which include full access to the Chronicle's Web
site and news updates by email, are available for $75 (U.S.); $123.05
(Canada); $150.00 (all other countries). To subscribe contact:
Circulation Department, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1255 23rd
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037 USA; tel: 800-728-2803 or
740-382-3322 (outside U.S.); email: circulation@chronicle.com; Web:
<http://chronicle.com/about-help.dir/subscrib.htm>
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THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INFORMATION
In their book THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INFORMATION (Boston: Harvard Business
School Press, 2000; ISBN: 0875847625), John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid
argue for the "important role human sociability plays in the world of
bits . . . [and] show how a better understanding of the contribution
that communities, organizations, and institutions make to learning,
knowledge, and judgment can lead to the richest possible use of
technology in our work and everyday lives." The authors have a Website,
which includes links to all the chapters that are available online. The
address is <http://www.slofi.com/>
A public forum to discuss The Social Life of Information can be found
at <http://www.slofi.com/slofidis.htm>
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INFORMATION FOR BEGINNING GRANT SEEKERS
This month's issue of COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES (vol. 20, no. 5, May 2000)
features articles on getting grant funds. Although the focus is on
getting money for libraries, much of the information is useful for any
grant seekers. In "A Wealth of Information on Foundations and the Grant
Seeking Process," Janet Camarena, of the Foundation Center, has
compiled this primer for people who are just beginning to understand
grant writing. The article is available on the Web at
<http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may00/camarena.htm>
Computers in Libraries [ISSN 1041-7915] is published ten times per year
by Information Today, Inc., 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ
08055-8750 USA; tel: 609-654-6266, fax: 609-654-4309; Web:
<http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/ciltop.htm>
Annual subscriptions are $89.95 U.S., $99.95 Canada/Mexico, $107.95
other countries.
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS READING ROOM
The Oxford University Press (OUP) Reading Room offers scholars an
opportunity to sample the Press's new publications in the areas of
anthropology, biochemistry and molecular biology, business, classical
studies, economics, history, law, linguistics, literature, music,
philosophy, politics, and religion. Readers can browse through the
individual areas or search the entire Website at no charge. The OUP
Reading Room is at http://www.oup.co.uk/readingroom/
Note that sample chapters in the Reading Room are in PDF format and
require Adobe's Acrobat Reader in order to read them. Acrobat Reader
can be downloaded for free from
<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html>
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RESOURCES ON ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
Marian Dworaczek's "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources
of Information" has been updated this month. The index, and its
accompanying bibliography, "deal with all aspects of electronic
publishing and include print and non-print materials, periodical
articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works." This
edition includes 1,239 titles. Both the Index and the Bibliography are
continuously updated. The Subject Index is on the Web at
<http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM>
"Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography" is at
<http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/BIBLIO.HTM>
Instructions on how to use the Subject Index and the Bibliography are
located at: <http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM>
For more information, contact: Marian Dworaczek, Head, Acquisitions
Department and Head, Technical Services, University of Saskatchewan
Libraries, Room 24, Main Library/Murray Building, 3 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A4 Canada; tel: 306-966-6016; fax: 306-966-5919;
email: dworaczek@sklib.usask.ca; Web:
<http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/>
Dworaczek also compiles "Electronic
Publishing Reference Resources on the Internet" at
<http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/ESOURC.HTM>
"Electronic Journals: A Selected Resource Guide" is an "overview and
summary of resources on issues relating to electronic journals,
covering such topics as technical standards, legal and business issues,
scholarly publishing issues, preservation and archiving, and
cutting-edge topics such as reference linking and pre-print servers."
The resource is provide free of charge on the Web by HARRASSOWITZ
Booksellers and Subscription Agents at
<http://www.harrassowitz.de/ms/ejresguide.html>
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NEW TEXTBOOK GUIDE ON THE WEB
THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT's 24-page guide to new textbook
titles is now available on THEIS (Times Higher Education Supplement
Internet Service) Website. Areas covered include: literature;
economics; philosophy; geography and environmental sciences; and
cultural, media, and gender studies. In addition, the Website features
a cumulative guide of all reviews published to date. The Textbook Guide
is available on the Web at <http://www.thesis.co.uk/>
The Times Higher Education Supplement is published weekly by TSL
Education Ltd., Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1 9XY;
Web: <http://www.tes.co.uk/>
Subscription information is available at
<http://www.subscription.co.uk/home/subs.asp?m=30>
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RECOMMENDED READING
"Recommended Reading" lists items that have been recommended to me or
that Infobits readers have found particularly interesting and/or
useful. Send your recommendations to carolyn_kotlas@unc.edu for
possible inclusion in this column.
THE IRASCIBLE PROFESSOR: IRREVERENT COMMENTARY ON THE STATE OF
EDUCATION IN AMERICA TODAY [ISSN 1527-3849] is an electronic newsletter
that comments on the "successes, failures, and foibles of the American
education establishment." Editor Mark H. Shapiro publishes one article
twice weekly and makes it available for free on the Web at
<http://www.irascibleprofessor.com/>
Readers can also subscribe to a weekly mailing list that briefly
describes new articles.
Shapiro is Chair of the Department of Physics at California State
University, Fullerton. He can be reached by email at:
mshapiro2@home.com
The newsletter is not affiliated with Cal State.
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