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Re: Being Fluent with Information Technology

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Fri Apr 16 20:04:52 1999

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:07:57 -0600
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>

2 Messages, 133 Lines
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From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>

Hmmmm.......it looks like the "BeFIT" part is case sensitive.
Try it with the caps and see how it works.

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax: (217) 333-6355
Email: bernies@uillinois.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia W. Friedman [SMTP:pwf+@pitt.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 3:22 PM
> To:   PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Being Fluent with Information Technology
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I'd like to see the table of contents, but the URL is a dead link. do
> you have the correct address?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat Friedman
>
> Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> >
> >
> > While the report will be published by the National Academy of
> > Sciences Press in May, a prepublication copy is available on
> > the Web. The document is divided into a number of pdf files. The
> > table of contents for the report is available at:
> >
> > http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/BeFIT/
> >
> > Bernie Sloan
> > Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
> > University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
> > 338 Henry Administration Building
> > 506 S. Wright Street
> > Urbana, IL  61801
> > Phone: (217) 333-4895
> > Fax: (217) 333-6355
> > Email: bernies@uillinois.edu
>
> --
> ======================================================================
> Patricia W. Friedman, MLIS
> Reference Librarian
> Falk Library
> University of Pittsburgh
> 200 Scaife Hall
> DeSoto & Terrace Streets
> Pittsburgh, PA 15261
>
> Phone 412/648-2040
> Fax 412/648-8819
> pwf+@pitt.edu

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From: Dan Marmion <dan.marmion@wmich.edu>

The link worked for me.  Here's the contents:

Being Fluent with Information Technology

Prepublication Copy


Committee on Information Technology Literacy

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications

National Research Council


NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C. 1999


                                           CONTENTS


Front Matter

Executive Summary

1  Why Know About Information Technology

2  The Intellectual Framework of Fluency with Information
Technology

3  Collateral Issues

4  Implementation Considerations

Appendixes

A  Illustrative Projects

B  Related Work

C  Individuals Who Briefed the Study Committee

D  Workshop Participants and Questions Posted on the Internet

E  Members of the Committee

They are all available as a series of PDF files.



==========================
Dan Marmion, Assistant Dean for
Library Technology and Systems
Western Michigan University
1201 Oliver Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5080
VOX: (616) 387-5239
FAX: (616) 387-5077
dan.marmion@wmich.edu
Editor: Information Technology and Libraries

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