Free-Net in Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University Library: Linking Community and University

Sievers, Arlene Moore

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Title

Free-Net in Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University Library: Linking Community and University

Author(s)

Sievers, Arlene Moore

Issue Date

1992

Keyword(s)

• Libraries --United States --Data processing
• Information storage and retrieval systems

Abstract

Free-Net Cleveland is a completely free, open-access community computer system operated and coordinated by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Through Free-Net, users can access a wide range of electronic services and features including free electronic mail and the Internet as well as valuable university information sources such as the university's online catalog, government documents, and links to faculty members in academic areas. Free-Net also functions as a communication medium for the university, providing opportunities for enhanced student/faculty interaction, and it functions as an educational resource for schoolchildren through its Academy One component. Free- Net relies heavily on volunteers from the community to operate it and keep it current. Free-Net Cleveland is part of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), which is being created to provide networked services and links between Free-Nets throughout North America and the world.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (29th : 1992)

ISSN

0069-4789

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1992.

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