INFOBITS 003 (September 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infobits/infobits-003 IAT INFOBITS September, 1993 No. 3 ISSN 1071-5223 ABOUT INFOBITS INFOBITS is an electronic service of the Institute for Academic Technology's Information Resources Group. Each month we monitor and select from a number of information technology and instruction technology sources that come to our attention and provide brief notes for electronic dissemination to college and university educators. ========================================================== "TOO MANY OPTIONS, TOO LITTLE TIME" Magazines covering the new media technologies don't have to be dry and difficult to understand. While it doesn't have quite the trendiness of Wired magazine, NewMedia magazine charts a lively, entertaining course through the mass of information on CD-ROMs, videos, interactive TV, and other multimedia technologies. The September 1993 issue of NewMedia contains a special digital cable report section. "Mega Channels" by Steve Rosenthal (pp. 36-46) is an overview of the hardware needed to provide the projected 500-channel cable TV networks to our homes. "Surfing the TeleNet in 2008" by Suzanne Stefanac (pp. 40-41) offers a peek at the ups and downs of life in the interactive age. NewMedia [ISSN 1060-7188] is published monthly and sent without charge to qualified new media professionals in the USA. Paid subscriptions for non-USA subscribers are available. Contact: Customer Service Department, NewMedia, P. O. Box 1771, Riverton, NJ, USA 08077-9771; tel: 609-764-1846. ========================================================== LANGUAGE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL The LLTI (Language Learning Technology International) listserver is supported by the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, IALL (International Association of Learning Laboratories), and Dartmouth College. To subscribe, send email to: listserv@dartcms1.bitnet with the message: subscribe LLTI email-address firstname lastname substituting your own email address and first and last names. Example: subscribe LLTI smithm@abc1.xyz.univ.edu Mary Smith ========================================================== THE ALLIANCE FOR COMPUTERS AND WRITING The goal of the Alliance for Computers and Writing is to advance the use of computers to teach writing. This professional association will work with the established conferences, publications, and committees in the computers-and-writing field. Some of the Alliance's current and planned activities include: (1) maintaining a central database for the profession, (2) using the database to advertise activities within the profession, (3) creation of an information clearinghouse, (4) creation of regional Alliances, and (5) advocacy of the use of computers to teach writing. The Alliance will open its doors, officially, in January 1994. One of its first efforts will be to increase the support that faculty get when they attempt to incorporate computers in their teaching. To do this, the Alliance will work to expand the number of training workshops available, make available sample syllabi of training workshops, identify local consultants willing to talk to people in their geographic area, publish guidelines for the kind of support needed for faculty to succeed in their efforts to use computers in their teaching, and help support local conferences. For more information about the Alliance and their first regional conference (Nov. 6, 1993 in Fairfax, VA), contact Trent Batson, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA 20002; tel: 202-651-5494; TDD access: 202-651-5454; email: twbatson@gallux.gallaudet.edu (Internet) or twbatson.gallua (Bitnet). A listserv list for the Alliance has been set up. To join, send email to: listserv@ttuvm1.bitnet with the message: subscribe ACW-L firstname lastname substituting your own first and last names. ========================================================== UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION University Libraries and Scholarly Communication is a 205-page study prepared for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The study addresses two main areas: the information and publishing explosion that "jeopardizes the traditional research library mission," and the new electronic information technologies that "make it possible to envision radically different ways of organizing collections and services." Topics covered include: growth of library collections and expenditures, book and serial production and pricing, information as a commodity, bibliographic information in electronic form, electronic publishing, document delivery, and economic and legal issues. The study is available from ARL (Association of Research Libraries) for $8 (payable to ARL). Contact: Gloria Haws, Publications Manager, 21 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC, USA 20036; tel: 202-296-8656. It is also available electronically via the Internet. For instructions for retrieving the electronic document, see note at the end of this issue ========================================================== INSTRUCTIONS FOR RETREIVING ELECTRONIC COPY OF MELLON FOUNDATION REPORT/LIBRARIES From: Ann Okerson, ARL Type, faithfully, noting all periods, capitalizations, etc. FOR MACHINES THAT HAVE "GOPHER" CAPABILITY: Available at three sites: University of Virginia Libraries, American Mathematical Society, and the Coalition for Networked Information. To U Va: at the prompt, type: gopher gopher.lib.virginia.edu Then, choose the "alphabetical" option In it, choose the "university libraries and scholarly communication/mellon" option To AMS: at the prompt, type: gopher e-math.ams.org Then, choose the "general interest" option In it, choose the mellon option To CNI: at the prompt, type: gopher gopher.cni.org Then, choose Association of Research Libraries In it, choose the mellon option Each of the above will take you to the menus for the Mellon study...then follow your nose to the section or table or piece(s) you want. The gopher will automatically mail back to you the pieces you instruct it to. FOR FTP: Available at two sites: University of Virginia Libraries and the Coalition for Networked Information. To U Va: At the prompt, type: ftp ftp.lib.virginia.edu At the prompt "login," type: anonymous At the prompt "password," type: your own e-mail address Then type: cd /pub/alpha/mellon Typing "ls" will get you the directory of items in this file To CNI: At the prompt, type: ftp ftp. cni.org At the prompt "login," type: anonymous At the prompt "password," type: your own e-mail address Then type: cd /ARL/mellon Typing "ls" will get you the directory of items in this file Once you have in the right place, the "get" command will send the files you have chosen to your own e-mail address. --------- Note that the graphics are available in 2-3 different formats: 150 or 300 dpi, and Postscript. You will have some choices to make and will be importing the different pieces one by one. 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