Discusses how libraries today are re-thinking their entire educational mission in response to changes such as laptops, connectivity, Web-enhanced learning, and portable computing. Libraries are now designed to integrate new technologies that allow digital resources to supplement and expand the library's traditional print holdings and to help…

Describes a process for reviewing and improving data collection quality. The methodology includes a thorough business practice review, an analysis of existing data quality, cleansing of existing data, and implementation of business practice changes aimed at improving the quality of data captured by each institution. (EV)

The second annual Educause survey of current issues in campus information technology (IT) found that administrative systems challenges have escalated, the IT staffing crisis continues, distance education is in a steady state, and security management has the potential to experience explosive growth. Includes several tables of findings. (EV)

Shares experiences and lessons learned by chief information officers of large universities about enterprise resource planning (ERP). Specifically, provides a framework for approaching an ERP that could save universities millions of dollars. (EV)

Describes the information technology (IT) services, infrastructure, budget, and successes of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium in order to provide a model for schools looking to expand their learning technologies while containing the costs of development and maintaining pedagogical effectiveness. (EV)

Focuses on specific actions and activities that a senior-level information technology manager in higher education, such as a chief information officer, might use after starting a new job to help ensure his or her success. (EV)

Describes the characteristics of guerrilla warriors and explains their tactics. Then discusses how these tactics can be successfully adopted by faculty development specialists attempting to promote the use of instructional technology among faculty members teaching in the higher education environment. (EV)

Describes how, after a concentrated period of universitywide cooperation and collaboration, Georgetown University's information technology environment has become world-class. (EV)

Explains what Web portals are and discusses the benefits of a strategic alliance in portal building among campus information technology, libraries, and other campus groups. Suggests that by using robust channel capabilities, an enterprise portal can provide content from various parts of the university and promote resource discovery. (EV)

Describes a successful experiment in the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at Harvard University to combine traditional classroom learning with synchronous online learning. Rather than delivering content to individual students, the effort focuses on creating an interactive online class that maximizes student participation. (EV)

Examines research currently being conducted by some stakeholders in the name of valid distance learning research. Asserts that such research essentially repeats the mistakes of prior media studies that use the long-discredited media comparison approach (which compares distance courses with traditional campus-based courses). (EV)

This case study evaluated restructuring by a faculty team of a large-enrollment computer fluency course at the University of Buffalo. It found that using existing online materials (acting as "early followers" rather than "early adopters") gave students multiple ways to learn and kept costs down. (EV)

Describes the Resource-Enriched Learning Model (RELM), a process which dovetails the individual efforts and interests of college librarians, instructional technologists, and faculty, requiring their collaboration at the micro level to succeed in meeting their separate but overlapping goals. The process results in a technological and information…

A survey of faculty and students at Middle Tennessee State University verified the importance of instructional technology in teaching and learning while pointing out areas for further development, such as students' concerns about weakness in pedagogical application of technology. (EV)

A case study of distance learning in Kentucky's higher education system revealed faculty willing to use the technology but needing more institutional support. (EV)