[1337] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Earlham DIALOG Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bernie Sloan)
Mon Sep 28 12:34:07 1992
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 11:18:21 CDT
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From: Bernie Sloan <AXPBBGS%UICVMC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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From: Bernie Sloan
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There's been some discussion recently on PACS-L concerning distributed
electronic information resources and the role of faculty in providing
information to students for use in their coursework.
I thought I'd point out an interesting article related to this topic.
There's an article in the September 15 issue of Library Journal
("Lessons from DIALOG: Technology Impacts Teaching/Learning", by
Amy Beth and Evan Farber, pages 26-30) that provides a good overview
of Earlham College's experiment with providing unlimited access to
DIALOG. Most of the use of the varied DIALOG information resources
took place in faculty offices. While the article notes that "the
library was the agent, even the moving force in this project", the
project focused on faculty use of DIALOG services for several reasons,
the first of which was that "Faculty determine what students do and
how they learn". Student use of the databases took place in faculty
offices, with faculty input.
Anyway, the article makes for interesting reading for anyone who's
interested in the topic, whether or not you're a librarian.
Bernie Sloan, Director
Illinois Library Computer Systems Office
