Distance and Distance Research
The Need for Internet Proficiency in the Shadow of Shrinking Resources.

Arthur E. Williams, Ph. D.
Division of Arts & Letters
The University of Maine at Machias
9 O'Brien Avenue
Machias, Maine 04654
207/255-3313
awilliam@acad.umm.maine.edu

Introduction
I teach public speaking and theatre courses at a small New England university located in Downeast Maine. We have an enrollment that hovers at about a thousand. When my students are charged with research, they face an immediate challenge: the lack of accessible resources. Funding cuts have limited the size of our library holdings and reduced the amount of updated material. Time and time again, my students are forced to change their research topics because either the information was not available or it was hopelessly out of date. Although we are linked to the rest of the state via an on-line holding catalog, a book can take from five to twenty days to arrive.
Many students and faculty have......

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