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Campus Buildings Given High-speed Internet
Access
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Nicole Laundy, Andy Williams, Consultant's Office
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All central campus buildings were given the capability of connecting to the
Internet by coaxial cable lines that operate at a speed of 10,000,000
bits-per-second. This new network was the culmination of a three-year project;
it replaced the phone line network that operated at a mere 19,200
bits-per-second.
DCIS System Created by Library and Computing
Services
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DCIS
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The Library and Computing Services joined together to create the Dartmouth
College Information System (DCIS), an information-retrieval system that uses a
navigator format to search libraries, indexes, reference materials, and
databases. The DCIS Navigator project created new user interfaces,
improved database authoring, and facilitated connections to libraries at other
institutions using the Internet.
Microelectronics Laboratory in Thayer Helped to Make
Advances
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Rippel Electron Microscope facility
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The Rippel Electron Microscope Facility refined and improved the
digitization of electron micrographs using the innovations by Charles
P. Daghlian and Albert Henning of the
Microelectronics Laboratory at Thayer School. Working in conjunction with the
National Institute of Health, Arlo Reeves of Thayer School
modified the Image program to allow for fast fourier transform and
rapid sequencing of the digital images. See Dartmouth Electron Microscope
Facility.
Online MLA Bibliography Created by
Dartmouth/Middlebury
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DEC 5810, Baker Library Catalog
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The Dartmouth College Library
began a cooperative project with Middlebury College to create an online
database of the Modern Language Association Bibliography (MLA). The
project was supervised by John R. James, the director of
collection, development, and bibliographic control at Dartmouth. The MLA
bibliography was converted from text to a digital database, then placed on the
Dartmouth Library Online System, making it available to users at Dartmouth and
Middlebury.
Kiewit Instructional Center Dedicated in Memory of
Peter Kiewit
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Lyn Ziegenbein and John Strohbehn at dedication of Kiewit Instructional
Center
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The Kiewit Instructional Center was dedicated in memory of Peter
Kiewit by Dartmouth's Provost John Strohbehn and
Lyn Ziegenbein of the Kiewit Foundation.
Students Required to Own a Computer
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Macintosh distribution
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The faculty and administration of the College announced that all students
entering Dartmouth in September 1991 and beyond would be required to own a
personal computer. Provost John Strohbehn explained that the
computer requirement "ensures that all computing services and resources are
accessible to all students."
Checkprint Followed Public Printing Jobs
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Dale Weaver, Margaret Hanna, Kiewit Print Output Window
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Checkprint 1.1.1, created by David Gelhar and
Joseph Hill, allowed members of the Dartmouth community to
search for their print jobs on public printers and obtain an estimated delay on
the printer queue.
Dartmouth Projects Recognized by EDUCOM
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Kiewit Instructional Center
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EDUCOM recognized five Dartmouth
projects in its "Joe Wyatt Challenge" campaign to celebrate the use of
information technologies in higher education:
- Network
Services: Directory, validation, e-mail, and file servers compiled by
William "Punch" Taylor, director of Technical Services for Computing
Services.
- Northware: Mark Franklin and the Project Northstar team recognized for
compiling applications for Dartmouth's UNIX workstations.
- MacScope: Submitted by physics Professor Elisha Huggins and celebrated for
its ability to help physics students better understand physical phenomena.
- Hanzi Assistant: Submitted by the manager of Humanities Computing Nancy
Millichap Davies and celebrated as a revolutionary multimedia tool for teaching
Chinese.
- Language Resource
Center (LRC): Submitted by LRC Director Otmar Foelsche, the LRC project was
recognized for its full-service support of language teaching tools.
- Hanzi
Assistant Provided Humanities Aid to Students (Dartmouth Computing Timeline
1990)
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