INFOBITS 004 (October 1993)
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IAT INFOBITS	October, 1993		No. 4		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.

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HOT IT ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Over 100 readers of EDUTECH Report: the Educational Newsletter for
Faculty and Administrators, were interviewed for their opinions on the
hot issues in higher education information technology (IT) for 1993/94;
their responses appear in the September 1993 issue (vol. 9, no. 6, pp.
1, 4-5). The chief concern of those polled was:  "resources are
dwindling as demand for services is increasing; how do we match these
opposing forces without dying in the process?" Other issues include:
achieving a one-to-one ratio of people to computers, acquiring new
administrative information systems, campus-wide information systems,
customer service, planning and budgeting, and ways to manage shrinking
resources.

EDUTECH Report [ISSN 0883-1327] is published monthly by EDUTECH
International, 120 Mountain Ave., Bloomfield, CT, USA 06002-1634; tel:
203-242-3356. Issues average 8 pages; one year subscription is $97.

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HEIRALLIANCE REPORT #3 FOCUSES ON NETWORKING ON CAMPUS

The "HEIRAlliance Executive Strategies Report #3: What Presidents Need
to Know...about the Impact of Networking on Campus" examines the
increasingly significant role networking will play in higher
education--in the educational process, in library and research
operations, in administration, and in opportunities for community
service.

The HEIRAlliance was formed in 1990 by the Association of Research
Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM to bring together the information
technology and library communities in higher education on issues of
shared interest.

The report is available for $5.00 through the CAUSE office, tel:
303-449-4430, fax: 303-440-0461. It is also available electronically
via the Internet by sending email to: HEIRA@CAUSE.colorado.edu with the
message, GET HEIRA.ES3. Background papers from the contributing editors
are also available electronically, retrieval instructions are described
in the report.

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PLANNING COMPUTER LABORATORIES

The September 1993 issue of Higher Education Product Companion contains
a couple of articles on computer lab planning. "Planning a Computer
Lab" includes proven lab planning tips and steps for creating a lab
proposal. The following questions are addressed in the article:
	-- "What are the lab's overall objectives and how can these
		objectives be met?"
	-- "Who will use the lab?"
	-- "Where will the lab be located?"
	-- "What hardware and software can best meet the lab's overall
		objectives, population requirements, and location
		requirements?"

If you are designing a computer classroom, Robert Cavalier's article
"Furniture or Infrastructure?" (in the same issue) provides an overview
of some of the new kinds of classroom furniture that accommodate
computer equipment.

Higher Education Product Companion [ISSN No. 1065-2086] is published 6
times a year. Annual subscriptions are: $24/individual and
$60/institutional in North America; $48/individual and
$120/institutional outside North America. Free subscriptions are
available to qualified higher education professionals. Contact: Higher
Education Product Companion, Subscription Services, 1307 S. Mary Ave.,
Suite 218, Sunnyvale, CA, USA 94087; tel: 408-773-0670; fax:
408-746-2711; email: syllabus@applelink.apple.com

For a list of other articles on computer lab design, download the IAT's
publication "Computer Laboratory Design: Bibliography." To get a copy: 
(1) ftp gandalf.iat.unc.edu (2) login as anonymous (no password needed)
(3) cd guides (4) get irg-03.txt.

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PRESENTATIONS MAGAZINE

Presentation Products Magazine changed its name in September to
Presentations Magazine. If you are involved in selecting audiovisual,
video, and multimedia equipment, this is a useful source of
information. Staff here at the IAT have used the magazine's product
comparisons of LCD panels, computer lab furniture, and other equipment
when planning our new teaching facilities.

Presentations Magazine [ISSN No. 1041-9780] is published monthly.
Subscriptions are $50/year; subscriptions are free to qualified
subscribers. Send subscription requests to Presentations Magazine, P.
O. Box 1174, Skokie, IL, USA 60076-9715.

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NETWORKING ON THE NETWORK

by Phil Agre, Department of Communication, University of California,
San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA 92093-0503

Phil Agre's paper, "Networking on the Network," draws on his 15 years
of using electronic communication in research communities. His thesis
is that a "great deal of effort is being put into technical means for
finding information resources on the net, but hardly anybody has been
helping newcomers figure out where the net fits in the larger picture
of their own careers." This is not an email manual or a guide to
listservs. It is, rather, a collection of Agre's personal observations
and friendly advice for neophytes to fundamentals of professional (not
technological) networking.

To get a copy of the paper electronically, send email to:
rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu with the subject line: archive send network
The body of the message should be empty.

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LOCATING OTHER IAT PUBLICATIONS

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technical papers, and newsletter articles are accessible via gopher and
WAIS and on a dialup service for non-Internet users. To get more
information on these services: (1) ftp gandalf.iat.unc.edu (2) login as
anonymous (no password needed) (3) get electric.iat

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