Campus-wide Information Systems and Networks: Case Studies in Design and Implementation: 56 (Supplements to Computers in Libraries S.) - Hardcover

Colleges and universities are increasingly providing computing services to classrooms, faculty and administrative offices and off-campus buildings. This book is designed to provide insights into this process, based on the experience of over 30 different European and American institutions. Readers should find much to help them, through the identification of good practice and the highlighting of pitfalls in the networking process. Three main aspects of the field are considered: campus information networks; campus-wide information system networks; and library and administrative newtworks. This volume contains a collection of case studies from a number of different institutions in Europe and the US about efforts to design and implement campus-wide information networks. Topics covered include hardware and software selection, access to networked information, mounting of local data files, telecommunications, evaluation of service and other issues of concern within the campus networking environment.