Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions.

Autor/inn/en	Frylinck, John; Williamson, Vicki
Titel	Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions.
Quelle	(1998), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	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; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationstechnologie; Bibliotheksarbeit; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Technologietransfer; Telekommunikationstechnik; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer; World Wibe Web; Australien
Abstract	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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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC