US:PA-1: Answers to Assgn 1

Answers to Assgn 1

Bob Bifano (bifano@icontech.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:30:40 +0100


I am a person of few words.  Here are my answers to the discussion questions:

1)      a)      Money needed to purchase the necessary infrastructure
        b)      Continual funding to maintain infrastructure and hardware
updates
        c)      Training for staff once technology is in place

2)      Libraries normally are a source of information.  Schools on the
other hand present information, stimulate discussion and promote critical
thinking skills.
        Both libraries and schools should allow the easiest and most
convenient access to repositories of information.  There is no better way
than electronically.  As usual, money is *the* issue.

3)      The most obvious answer to me is that the rural areas lack two
items 1) $$$ and 2) the telecommunications medium(a) necessary to offer and
sustain such services.

R. Bifano