ABSTRACT
DURING THE PAST YEAR, the University of Delaware has implemented a project to provide faculty in the humanities with personal computers. This project was initiated by the Provost to increase the faculty's awareness of and experience with computers. Funds to support the project came from a foundation grant. About 120 faculty members, 60 percent of those eligible, have participated, acquiring an IBM Personal Computer, Word Perfect (a word processing program), and a printer (if they wanted one).
The purpose of this paper is to describe the project's history and to provide some comments on its success. Comments on products may contain some personal biases, though the author has tried to reflect the sense of the evaluating committee. A synopsis of the project follows.
The idea for the program was tested by sending out a memorandum. Finding a strong interest, the Provost formed a committee of faculty to select a computer and appropriate software (programs) to be used in the project. After the committee had made its decisions, staff worked out details of the choices to be made available to the faculty. They also planned the ordering and distribution of equipment, provisions for training and consulting, and so forth. Distribution, training, and consulting have been ongoing concerns.
Index Terms
- Computers in the humanities: Providing faculty with new tools
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