Books | Monographs | Periodicals | Electronic Publications Miscellaneous Publications | Information Resources Library Books In its ongoing effort to bring the latest and most critical information to the higher education information technology and resources community, EDUCAUSE is proud to present the following publications (follow the title link for ordering information): Preparing Your Campus for a Networked Future Mark Luker, Editor EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategies Series No.1 Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers This first volume from the EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategies series examines the changes and challenges that an enhanced Internet will bring to higher education campuses everywhere. Featuring the insights of experienced campus leaders and information professionals, this forward-thinking guide provides a roadmap to the extraordinary capabilities of the advanced Internet to come. Jossey-Bass Publishers • Published: November 1999 • 100 pages An initial complimentary copy is sent to each EDUCAUSE primary representative, as a benefit of membership. Additional copies may be ordered through the Information Resources Library online at: http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=PUB7001. Copies may also be obtained by contacting EDUCAUSE at info@educause.edu or 303-449-4430. Renewing Administration Preparing Colleges and Universities for the 21st Century Diana G. Oblinger & Richard N. Katz, Editors Sponsored by EDUCAUSE and IBM Many academic institutions are eliminating unnecessary work, dismantling unproductive policies, and reengineering processes to achieve efficiencies and create a more learner-centered environment. This book deals expressly with the administrative dimension of the higher education enterprise: the environment, processes, and tools that make it possible for educators to deliver instruction, for students to learn, and for researchers to produce meaningful scholarship. Anker Publishing Company, Inc. • Published: August 1999 • 360 pages Copies may be ordered through the Information Resources Library online at: http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=PUB6003. Copies may also be obtained by contacting EDUCAUSE at info@educause.edu or 303-449-4430. Information Technology in Higher Education: Assessing Its Impact and Planning for the Future Richard Katz and Julie Rudy, Editors This book is the latest volume in the New Directions for Institution Research series from Jossey-Bass Publishers. It offers guidance to campus leaders, information technologists, and institutional researchers and planners as they discuss the role of information systems, information services, and information itself in a networked future. Jossey-Bass Publishers • Published: July 1999 • 89 pages Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in Higher Education Richard N. Katz and Associates This book is a collection of essays by seven highly respected institutional, association, and financial leaders, led by EDUCAUSE Vice President Richard N. Katz, who examine the formidable challenges facing all types of campuses. The authors address such themes as dealing with competition from for-profit providers; building a powerful technological infrastructure on campus; changing restrictive organizational and administrative structures to reward, encourage, and manage technological innovation; and finding the money to fund these kinds of transformations. Jossey-Bass Publishers • Published: November 1998 • 144 pages The Mirage of Continuity: Reconfiguring Academic Information Resources for the 21st Century Brian L. Hawkins and Patricia Battin, Editors This book of essays, which CLIR is publishing in partnership with the Association of American Universities, comes to grips with the profound, and indeed transforming, changes technology will effect in how the nation's university campuses provide information resources in the 21st century. Hawkins is the president of EDUCAUSE; Battin served as Vice President for Information Sciences and University Librarian of Columbia University. The additional contributors to the volume are John Seely Brown, Stanley Chodorow, Paul Duguid, Douglas Greenberg, José-Marie Griffiths, Susan Hockey, Richard N. Katz, Donald Kennedy, Michael E. Lesk, Paula Kaufman, Peter Lyman, Deanna B. Marcum, Susan Rosenblatt, Donald J. Waters, and Samuel R. Williamson. This book can be ordered through the CLIR link above or at Amazon.com. Published: September 1998 • 302 pages Monographs The EDUCAUSE Monograph Series Putting Students at the Center: A Planning Guide to Distributed Learning By Diana Oblinger The EDUCAUSE Monograph Series, Number 1 Sponsored by IBM The need for distributed learning environments is greater than ever. More people need more education and need it more frequently. The costs-to the individual as well as to society-will be great if we do not learn how to extend our current educational expertise to this new milieu. This monograph is designed to help individuals and institutions understand the rationale and processes associated with distributed learning. An EDUCAUSE Publication • Published: June 1999 • 36 pages (The EDUCAUSE Monograph Series is a vehicle for publication of papers that the association has judged to be of sufficient interest to EDUCAUSE members to merit their widespread distribution in print form. An initial complimentary copy is sent to each EDUCAUSE primary representative, as a benefit of membership. Additional copies may be ordered through the Information Resources Library online at: http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=PUB3401. Copies may also be obtained by contacting EDUCAUSE at info@educause.edu or 303-449-4430. NLII Monographs The Need for a National Learning Infrastructure By Carol A. Twigg This paper discusses the changing definition of learning and how institutions need to respond to the changing demographics of learners. The National Learning Infrastructure calls for a new infrastructure to move from a teacher-centered model of education to a learner-centered environment. The paper also discusses strategies to bring about this change. This paper was originally published by Educom in Educom Review, Volume 29, Numbers 4, 5, 6, 1994. Academic Productivity: The Case for Instructional Software By Carol A. Twigg The National Learning Infrastructure Initiative believes that high-quality instructional software will increase productivity in higher education environments, and that a commercial market for creating interactive learning materials is needed. This paper synthesizes the most pertinent issues discussed on this subject during a July 1996 Educom Roundtable of 20 representatives from universities, publishing houses, hardware and software companies, and the federal government. The roundtable discussed the issues involved with creating a demand for this software market and then successfully supplying it. This report from the Broadmoor Roundtable, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 24-25, 1996 was originally published by Educom. The Virtual University By Carol A. Twigg and Diana G. Oblinger This paper synthesizes the discussion on the future of higher education held by a 1996 Educom/IBM Roundtable of 45 higher education leaders. The paper gives an overview of the trends affecting higher education, and the possible result of a move to a more consumer-centric model. The Roundtable discussed what the higher education environment might look like in ten years in terms of institutions, academic programs, financing, and public policy issues. This report from a Joint Educom / IBM Roundtable, Washington, D.C., November 5-6, 1996 was originally published by Educom and IBM. Using Information Technology to Enhance Academic Productivity By William F. Massy and Robert Zemsky This paper reports on a 1995 Educom Roundtable of higher education administrators, policy analysts, faculty members and independent information technology consultants. The Roundtable discussed how information technology could be used to increase academic productivity. The paper highlights information technology's potential, barriers to adoption, productivity enhancement; capital-labor ratio, and visions for the future. This paper was originally published by Educom. The Public Policy Implications of a Global Learning Infrastructure By Robert C. Heterick, Jr., James R. Mingle, and Carol A. Twigg This is a report from a symposium co-sponsored by the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) held November 13 and 14, 1997. Part I, A Vision of a Global Learning Infrastructure, is a paper by Robert C. Heterick and Carol A. Twigg about the impact of information technology on society and the higher education environment. This part presents a vision of a global learning infrastructure for student-centered learning. Part II, An Information Technology Agenda for State Policymakers, outlines public policy implications of the global learning infrastructure described in Part I. This section describes challenges state boards face and offers insights into their resolution. This report was originally published by Educom and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO). Periodicals CAUSE/EFFECT CAUSE/EFFECT is a practitioner's journal about managing and using information resources -- information, technology, and services -- in higher education. Written by campus practitioners, articles are peer-reviewed prior to publication. The journal is published quarterly and is distributed primarily to EDUCAUSE member representatives and to college and university libraries. Primary and participating EDUCAUSE representatives receive complimentary subscriptions to the journal, which is also available online. EDUCAUSE Review EDUCAUSE Review is a bimonthly print magazine which explores developments in information technology and education. Also covered are related issues in management, planning, law, and policy. Primary, participating, and subscribing representatives receive complimentary subscriptions to the magazine, which is also available online. Electronic Publications Edupage Edupage is a free e-mail service that summarizes developments in information technology. It is sent three times a week to subscribers. Where other EDUCAUSE publications focus primarily on information technology in higher education, Edupage offers synopses of a more general nature, which are extracted from the mainstream media. Washington Update The Washington Update is a weekly online newsletter written from EDUCAUSE's Washington, D.C. office. The Update covers legislative, executive branch, and other policy events relevant to member organizations. EDUCAUSE Online EDUCAUSE Online is a free e-mail service that notifies readers of upcoming events and deadlines, as well as items featured on EDUCAUSE's weekly Web page. Primary and participating representatives are automatically subscribed to EDUCAUSE Online. Miscellaneous Publications The Pocket Guide to U.S. Higher Education The Campus Computing-EDUCAUSE-NACS Pocket Guide to U. S. Higher Education represents the continuing efforts of all three organizations to provide timely and useful information about the college and university market —- institutions, students, faculty, college stores, technology issues, organizational behavior, and more. This guide offers an array of data and information about the characteristics, dimensions, and even some of the nuances of the higher education market. We hope readers will find this document to be a useful and informative resource. There are two editions of the guide: the academic edition and the corporate edition, either of which you can order through our library or view as a PDF file. Academic edition: order thru library | view PDF file Corporate edition: order thru library | view PDF file EDUCAUSE Professional Papers, (formerly CAUSE Professional Papers) a series of position papers and reports on timely issues Proceedings of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference CAUSE Publications in Cooperation with Other Associations HEIRAlliance Executive Strategies Series Privacy and the Handling of Student Information in the Electronic Networked Environments of Colleges and Universities, published by CAUSE in cooperation with AACRAO Campus Financial Systems for the Future, published in partnership by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and CAUSE The Learning Action Plan: A New Approach to Information Technology Planning in Community Colleges, by Jan Baltzer, published jointly by CAUSE and the League for Innovation in the Community College Contract Management or Self-Operation, published by the Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA) in cooperation with CAUSE and other CHEMA members For additional information on EDUCAUSE publications, send e-mail to info@educause.edu