FARNET Stories Project

51 Reasons to Invest in the National Information Infrastructure

This is a brief listing by geography of the the stories that were collected in the FARNET Stories Project: 51 Reasons to Build the National Information Infrastructure.

 

Alaska

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Submitted by: Caroline F. Collings
Title: Electronic mail provides timely communication on the Alaskan frontier.

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Submitted by: Alex H. Hills
Title: Establishing an Email Link from Alaska to the Russian Far East

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Submitted by: Joe Davis
Title: World Walk-About with Joe and Arlo

Alabama

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Submitted by: Wayne Whitmore
Title: Alabama high school teachers use Internet via Alabama Supercomputer Authority

Arkansas

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Submitted by: Susan Adkins
Title: ARKnet Library Project Links Arkansas’ Academic Libraries Together and to the Internet

Arizona

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Submitted by: William E. Lewis
Title: ASPIN: (Arizona State Public Information Network)

California

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Submitted by: Carl Pennypacker
Title: The Hands-On Universe Program

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Submitted by: Tracy LaQuey Parker
Title: Internet creates wealth by stimulating commercial enterprise: Cisco Systems

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Submitted by: Laura Guillory
Title: TeacherNet allows student teachers to interact with supervising teachers

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Submitted by: Joshua Blake Polterock
Title: Network Interchange Stimulates Research in Global Change

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Submitted by: Laura Guillory
Title: Russian network RELCOM operates during August 19,1991 Soviet coup.

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Submitted by: Erin O’Connor, Janet Van Der Veen, Ted Smith, Chris Bosso, Jennifer Zahm, and Philip Lubin
Title: Remote Access Astronomy Project

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Submitted by: Rollin Strohman
Title: Microphotogrammetry development with scanning electron microscopes.

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Submitted by: Stephanie Sides
Title: Distributing the laboratory across the network

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Submitted by: Don Provan
Title: Fiction — Role of Government in Internet

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Submitted by: Giordano Beretta
Title: Using Internet to recruit conference speakers.

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Submitted by: Dr. Beryl L. Bellman
Title: A PROFILE OF BESTNET

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Submitted by: John Wiley
Title: Contract construction worker at Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses Internet.

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: XCULT-L discussion is managed from Paris

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: Canadian provides French TV schedules weekly for second man in Utah

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: Professor retrieves journal literature using CARL UnCover

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: Communication with editor of newsletter L’Ecran

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: Student in Vermont retrieves information on air pollution in France

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: KLARINET provides forum for more than 150 clarinet players

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: XCULT-L listowner reflects on culture of list communities

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Submitted by: Oliver Seely
Title: Social interaction on the CAUSERIE mailing list.

Colorado

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Submitted by: Ken Klingenstein
Title: Project assesses Internet role in operations of an entire school district.

Connecticut

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Submitted by: Gregory R. Rice
Title: Connecticut Statewide Networking Initiative

District of Columbia

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Submitted by: Jodi Horigan
Title: HURRICANE COMING? READ YOUR ALMANAC!

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Submitted by: Michael I. Strait
Title: Creating room for volunteer contributions via Internet and Kidsnet.

Delaware

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Submitted by: Susan Davi
Title: Delaware: Serendipity in the Electronic Age

Florida

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Submitted by: Dr. Malcolm T. Sanford
Title: Electronic Publishing of “APIS: Apicultural Information and Issues”.

Georgia

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Submitted by: Deborah E. George
Title: Patient seeks information on medical condition with CDC assistance.

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Submitted by: Leslie Campbell Rampey, Ph.D.
Title: Squirrel chews fiber cable — librarian enters ‘net-withdrawl’. :*)

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Submitted by: Dr. Frank Lowney
Title: GC EduNET in a Nutshell

Hawaii

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Submitted by: Lanell C. Woods, PhD, RN
Title: Nurses in Hawaii Harness the Power of the Internet

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Submitted by: Deborah Hopkinson
Title: Development officer tracks fund raising issues using Internet.

Iowa

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Submitted by: Arthur E. Oldehoeft
Title: Coping with requests for information

Idaho

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Submitted by: Stephen E. Maloney
Title: Project SITE: Students Investigating Today’s Environment

Illinois

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Submitted by: Margaret Clausen and Carolyn Theard
Title: Study on telecommunications use in teacher/student communication.

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Submitted by: Barry Fishman
Title: Collaborative Visualization (CoVis) project allows teachers to communicate

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Submitted by: Douglas Gordin
Title: Posting to sci.geo.meteorology provides data for scientific visualization.

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Submitted by: Barry Fishman
Title: 9th grader collaborates with researcher on lake-effect snow project.

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Submitted by: Michael Waugh
Title: A constructivist introduction to Newton’s Laws of Motion

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Submitted by: Matt Stuve
Title: How children use networks to make `giant leaps’ in space.

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Submitted by: Taku Sugimoto
Title: Pre-service teachers use PowerBooks and the network to communicate

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Submitted by: Akiko Sugimoto
Title: Students study outer space while improving writing skills via network

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Submitted by: Sandra R. Levin
Title: Earth Day Treasure Hunt Project

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Submitted by: Sandra R. Levin
Title: Teaching Teleapprentices integrate network into undergraduate education.

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Submitted by: Pia Bombardier
Title: Pia Siri Marie Claudette Bombardier inspires student essays

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Submitted by: Deborah Little
Title: E-mail used for fast efficient delivery of course information to teachers

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Submitted by: Ray Boehmer
Title: Students use network to conduct research in biology and mathematics

Indiana

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Submitted by: Arthur J. Lindeman
Title: Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, Inc. (PALNI) shares resources.

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Submitted by: Herbert F. W. Stahlke
Title: Ball State U. assists local school to develop networked curriculum.

Kansas

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Submitted by: Tom Wolf
Title: Biology department uses Internet as a reference source.

Kentucky

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Submitted by: Allan G. Farman, PhD, DipABOMR, MBA
Title: Health Care Access and Cost Curtailment for Dentistry.

Maine

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Submitted by: Krassimir Simonsky
Title: The AUBG Email Story

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Submitted by: John S. Ricci
Title: When away on research, professor communicates with students via Internet.

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Submitted by: Bonnie Blagojevic
Title: A Family Day Care Home Internet Story

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Submitted by: Jeremy E. Johnson
Title: The Internet and the American University in Bulgaria

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Submitted by: Malcolm Brown
Title: An Overseas Success of the Network

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Submitted by: James L. Fastook
Title: University of Maine teaches parallel processor programming over Internet.

Massachusetts

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Submitted by: Barry Kort
Title: Computer Networks and Informal Science Education

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Submitted by: Dr. Karen Talentino
Title: Simmons College uses Internet for project on environmental monitoring.

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Submitted by: Ms. Kathleen Kilgore
Title: Home Learning Centers Project: computer-linked family childcare program.

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Submitted by: Susan B. Jones
Title: Building Systems Across the `Net

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Submitted by: Eric L. Griffin
Title: Disabled Individuals Movement for Equality Network: (DIMENET)

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Submitted by: Stephen P. Berczuk
Title: Internet supports team building X-Ray Astronomy satellite.

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Submitted by: Richard Seltzer
Title: SCANNING FOR GOLD III: Kidnet — networks in education

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Submitted by: Richard Seltzer
Title: SCANNING FOR GOLD II: Creative Writing Groups and Peer Review of Articles

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Submitted by: Richard Seltzer
Title: SCANNING FOR GOLD I: Working at a distance

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Submitted by: Richard Seltzer
Title: Women in Math, a Recipe from Nepal, and a Rabbi in Norway

Maryland

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Submitted by: Gabriel A. Hegyes
Title: Sustainable Agriculture Network

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Submitted by: Patricia Haley
Title: Canadian doctor in Malaysia accesses Human Genome Database via Internet.

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Submitted by: Kali Tal
Title: VWAR-L list explores the Viet Nam War and its effect on U.S. culture

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Submitted by: Bill Yurcik
Title: NASA weather data images aid U.S. Air Force in Somalia

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Submitted by: Jeremy Elson
Title: Accessed specialized DNA computer software via FTP.

Michigan

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Submitted by: Albert L. Lederer
Title: Collaborative writing and research in decision and information sciences

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Submitted by: Edgar C. Taylor
Title: Interactive Communications & Simulations: The Arab- Israeli Conflict Simulation

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Submitted by: Edgar C. Taylor
Title: Interactive Communications & Simulations: The [poetry] Guild

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Submitted by: Edgar C. Taylor
Title: Interactive Communications & Simulations: The 1990’s Earth Odysseys

Minnesota

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Submitted by: Kent Steiner
Title: Small company markets 3-D graphics visualization product via network.

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Submitted by: Sarah K. Smith
Title: International Arctic Project engages students in environmental awareness

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Submitted by: Roberta Lembke
Title: Internet adds an international element to the St. Olaf curriculum

Missouri

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Submitted by: Bill Mitchell
Title: Columbia On-line Information Network provides public access to the network

Mississippi

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Submitted by: Julie B. Jordan
Title: FARNET STORIES – MISSISSIPPI

Montana

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Submitted by: Kim K. Obbink
Title: Montana State U. develops math/science curriculum that uses Internet.

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Submitted by: Kim K. Obbink
Title: Montana State U. develops math/science curriculum that uses Internet.

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Submitted by: Elaine Peterson
Title: Electronic MontGuides provide wealth of agricultural information in Montana

North Carolina

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Submitted by: Naomi L.T. Courter
Title: PROFILE: Martin Information Services, Inc.

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Submitted by: Naomi L.T. Courter
Title: Profile: Oxford University Press

North Dakota

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Submitted by: Les Snavely
Title: North Dakota library serves museum paleontology department using Internet.

Nebraska

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Submitted by: Cindy Carlson
Title: Math teacher uses Internet to have students telecomute.

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Submitted by: Joann E. Wilson
Title: KIDLINK provides forum for children to discuss global environment.

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Submitted by: Nancy Lindsley-Griffin
Title: WISE Project uses Internet to counsel minority women on career options.

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Submitted by: Alice Heckman
Title: Open Letter to Senator Robert Kerrey, (D-Nebraska)

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Submitted by: Chuck Friesen
Title: Open Letter to Senator Robert Kerrey, (D-Nebraska)

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Submitted by: Dr. Randall G. Bretz
Title: Agricultural Satellite Corporation (AG*SAT) uses net for business.

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Submitted by: Norman F. Herzog
Title: Woman retrieves vital medical information regarding family member.

New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Laura Deame
Title: New Hampshire Net: Linking New Hampshire to the Future

New Jersey

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Submitted by: Michael F. Gross, Ph.D.
Title: Collaborative research in wetlands biosystems

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Submitted by: Ferdi Serim
Title: The Future is Present with my Students

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Submitted by: Robert Hollander
Title: THE DARTMOUTH DANTE PROJECT [DDP]

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Submitted by: Jay Pfaffman
Title: Public schools have access to wealth of shareware software via Internet

New Mexico

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Submitted by: Marianne Granoff
Title: THE STORY OF SIMTEL20

Nevada

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Submitted by: Bruce Daley
Title: Nevada elementary school is tutored from Antarctica via Kidsnet and Ednet

New York

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Submitted by: John December
Title: Exploring the World of the Internet

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Submitted by: Allison Loperfido
Title: Bringing Supercomputers to High School Classrooms

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Submitted by: Allison Loperfido and Michael Grafton
Title: Internet Collaboration Facilitates Innovative Science Collaboration

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Submitted by: Allison Loperfido and Michael Grafton
Title: Supercomputers in the Classroom: Internet Catalyzes Curriculum Change

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Submitted by: Margaret Corbit
Title: Technology Transfer on the Internet

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Submitted by: Chris Tanski
Title: Open Letter: Set aside funds to connect more places to the Internet

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Submitted by: Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
Title: Computer, speech synthesizer, and network open world to blind professor

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Submitted by: Timothy D. Stephen and Teresa M. Harrison
Title: Comserve: Department of Communication in the Global University

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Submitted by: Neill Kramer
Title: CyberPuppy’s Storyware — ‘networked’ authoring software for K-12 market.

Ohio

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Submitted by: Guy E. Thompson
Title: Government Acquisition Through Electronic Commerce (GATEC)

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Submitted by: Dr. Marvin Bratt
Title: University Classroom of Tomorrow project focuses on the Internet

Oklahoma

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Submitted by: Myra Traynor
Title: Satellite video network uses Internet in conjunction with broadcasts.

Oregon

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Submitted by: Don M. Tucker, Ph.D.
Title: Human Brain Project uses network to promote understanding of the brain.

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Submitted by: Greg Bothun
Title: Using INTERNET to Transform the Earth into a Large Telescope

Pennsylvania

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Submitted by: Ronald C. Blum

Title: Network allows company to more readily communicate with its customers.

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Submitted by: Robert D. Carlitz
Title: KIDSNET Mailing List

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Submitted by: Ann A. Dixon
Title: Asst. Director of Academic Computing telecommutes during personal leave.

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Submitted by: Sean McLinden, MD
Title: Internet Applications to Health Care Quality and Efficiency: The FELIX Tool for Business Re-engineering

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Submitted by: Gene Klotz
Title: GEOMETRY SOFTWARE STORY

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Submitted by: Sean McLinden, MD
Title: Internet Applications to Health Care Quality and Efficiency: The FELIX Tool for Business Re-engineering

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Submitted by: Robert D. Hart
Title: Forum on Sustainable Land Use (INFORUM) is a ‘virtual’ venue.

Rhode Island

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Submitted by: George K. Loftus
Title: Geogame, an on-line geography exercise by the FrEdMail Foundation

South Carolina

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Submitted by: Marty Solomon
Title: South Carolina University Gets the State Hooked on Internet

South Dakota

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Submitted by: Cindy Davies
Title: Internet Library Resources for South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tennessee

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Submitted by: Rhonda Muir
Title: Martin Marietta employees in three states use Internet to communicate.

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Submitted by: Richard Shuford
Title: The Case of the Saved System Upgrade

Texas

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Submitted by: Mary Pettengill
Title: Reference Librarian uses the Internet to support reference work.

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Submitted by: Alan A. Hodson
Title: What is MathMagic?

Utah

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Submitted by: Maurizio Oliva
Title: Univ. of Milan (Italy) professor teaches course in Utah via the Internet.

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Submitted by: Maurizio Oliva
Title: U. of Utah students explore Italian society and culture via Internet.

Virginia

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Submitted by: Marcia Harrington
Title: Local Governments in Virginia linked via Internet.

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Submitted by: Marcia Harrington
Title: LGNET: linking local governments to the Commonwealth of Virginia

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Submitted by: John Keeling
Title: Professor teaches writing and literature at Virginia Polytechnic via Internet

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Submitted by: Sally Laughon and Stan Kulikowski
Title: USING GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS: TOPICS FROM THE INTERNET

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Submitted by: Sally Laughon
Title: Telecommunication Projects That Work . . . and Why!

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Submitted by: Sally Laughon
Title: Our Global Neighborhood – Telecommunications in the Classroom

Vermont

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Submitted by: Dr. Stephen J. Cavrak, Jr.
Title: Vermont: Telecommunications for Educational Reform

Washington

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Submitted by: Toni Cowen
Title: Clark College: Internet Users Status Report

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Submitted by: Mary T. Kalnin
Title: LIBRARY PARAPROFESSIONALS AND THE INTERNET

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Submitted by: Kathy Kidd Plamondon
Title: Washington State Univ. grad students telecommute for collaborative research

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Submitted by: Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph. D.
Title: DO-IT in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics at the University of Washington

Wisconsin

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Submitted by: Jack E. Frisch
Title: Retired professor uses Internet to expand his circle of colleagues.

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Submitted by: Shaun Abshere
Title: PENpages: a network resource in agricultural for the people of… Wisconsin?

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Submitted by: Jim Stemper
Title: Library school student in Wisconsin uses Internet in many ways.

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Submitted by: Patricia S. Kuntz
Title: List (SWAHILI-L) used by African Studies Outreach Program.

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Submitted by: Dr. Cecilia G. Manrique
Title: Political science professor reaches out to restricted students.

West Virginia

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Submitted by: Carl Briggs
Title: Electronic Conversations: Computer Networks at A-B

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Submitted by: Susan DeMesquita, Ph.D.
Title: Mentoring Science Students via Electronic Mail

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Submitted by: Terry Ann Craig
Title: Professor at WV Northern Community College studies Shakespeare on ‘Net.

Wyoming

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Submitted by: Bill Walden
Title: Wyoming: Best of Both Worlds, The Internet and the West

Miscellaneous

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Submitted by: Giovanni Degli Antoni
Title: An intelligent radio system INTERNET based

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Submitted by: Mark Gerstein
Title: American postdoc student in U.K. shares information on protein structures

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Submitted by: David Crookall
Title: Project IDEALS: Promoting International Dimension in Education via Active Learning and Simulation