Library Networking of the Universidad de Oriente: A Case Study of Introduction of Information Technology

IF 0.7 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Journal of Cases on Information Technology Pub Date : 2004-01-01 DOI:10.4018/978-1-59140-259-6.CH032

A. Bashirullah

引用次数: 4

Abstract

The Universidad de Oriente was founded in 1958 and structured in five campuses, located in 5 different States in the northeastern region of Venezuela, with a current total enrollment of 43.000 students and 2500 teachers. A total of 20 libraries of different kinds served these students and professors till 1999. To introduce new information technologies to the libraries and all laboratories of the university, an intranet of the university with 32 networking systems was introduced for all campuses using Main Frame Relay technology. This case discusses the challenging job of creating consciousness about information literacy and university digital databases and digitalization of valuable documents.

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东方大学图书馆网络化:以信息技术引进为例

东方大学成立于1958年，由五个校区组成，位于委内瑞拉东北部地区的五个不同州，目前共有43,000名学生和2500名教师。截至1999年，共有20个不同类型的图书馆为这些学生和教授服务。为了向大学的图书馆和所有实验室引进新的信息技术，采用主帧中继技术，在所有校区建立了一个由32个网络系统组成的大学内联网。本案例讨论了建立信息素养意识、大学数字数据库和有价值文件数字化的挑战性工作。

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Journal of Cases on Information Technology COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-

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期刊介绍： JCIT documents comprehensive, real-life cases based on individual, organizational and societal experiences related to the utilization and management of information technology. Cases published in JCIT deal with a wide variety of organizations such as businesses, government organizations, educational institutions, libraries, non-profit organizations. Additionally, cases published in JCIT report not only successful utilization of IT applications, but also failures and mismanagement of IT resources and applications.