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Before the VBrick system was in place, according to Daniel Greene, Bryant's media production specialist, professors had to physically visit the library, select a video, download it to a portable media such as disk or tape, and carry it to class. When the university purchased a large number of professionally produced educational documentary videos several years ago, it became obvious that a better system was needed to manage and distribute them.

Sarah Houghton-Jan explores different strategies for managing and coping with various types of informational overload.

These 25 libraries, in no particular order, demonstrate how libraries have become part of the cutting edge of information management, design and Web technology, and all of them can help you get some ideas on how to bring your library into the future.

The official announcement... w00t!

The University of Delaware has released the Sakai learning management system (LMS) to UD faculty.

The educational possibilities through Second Life allow teachers and employers to reach out to students beyond their traditional classrooms and school districts, expose young children to global issues and new friends around the world, design their own avatars and environments for highly customized training sessions and interactive discussions, practice real-world skills and manage real-life situations in a safe environment, and most of all keep students engaged in a technologically-driven society.

8 ways that employees who do not network can hurt a business.

They master a technology that they didn't know they could. And it's very empowering. Their self-efficacy is increased - and their ability to really process what it is an entrepreneur does…