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VH 1725 Access to Government Information
Summary: Speakers, Harry Hammitt, Katherine F. Mawdsley, David Bright Burnham, Robert Veeder; moderator, Harry Hammitt. Speaker discuss the issue of implementing individual and corporate access to federal, state and local information about communities, corporations, legislation, administration, the courts and public figures allowing access while protecting privacy. 089 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 5824 Brief History of the Internet: Networking the Nerds, V. 1
Summary: This first episode examines how the seeds of the Internet were planted by Sputnik. In a reaction to Russia's leap ahead in technology, the Pentagon developed a new agency called ARPA. ARPANET was created to connect computer researchers at universities across the nation. The technology was invented and installed in nine months. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: NERDS 2.0.1

VH 5825 Brief History of the Internet: Serving the Suits, Vol. 2
Summary: This second episode examines the advent of the PC and the need to connect them all to a network. Bob Metcalfe, founder of 3Com, figured out how to do that. As the market for networking evolved, the battle began in earnest; 3Com, Sun, Novell, Cisco and Microsoft entered the market creating a civil war and billion-dollar partnerships. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: NERDS 2.0.1

VH 5826 Brief History of the Internet: Wiring the World, Vol. 3
Summary: In the final episode visit Excite, a typical Silicon Valley entrepreneurial adventure. Then unlock the making of the World Wide Web, created by Tim Berners-Lee in Geneva, who made "http: //www" the star it is today. Netscape and Microsoft changed the Internet into a 24-hour a day medium where people can do business, chat and go shopping. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: NERDS 2.0.1

VH 1050 Budgeting
Summary: Describes the essentials of budgeting, because budgeting builds a better business. Shows how and why a budget is a vital management tool. 030 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTING

VH 3555 Building a Presence On the Web
Summary: Sponsored by MnSat and St. Paul Technical College. Host: John Steffend, Don Descy. Recorded off satellite on May 2, 1996. 030 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ED TECH , DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY

VH 1052 Change for the Better
Summary: John Cleese, as H.G. Wells in his time machine, teaches three managers how to recognize the need for genuine change in their businesses and how to handle it by mapping, focusing and designing for the future. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

VH 1722 Computer Based Surveillance of Individuals
Summary: See VH 1713. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1713 Constitution in the Information Age, The
Summary: VH 1713-1727. A 15 part videocassette series that explores the impact that computers have on different areas of modern day life. Speaker, Laurence H. Tribe; moderator, Jim Warren. Recorded proceedings of the First Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy held March 26-28, 1991 in Burlingame, Calif. sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. 075 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1049 Cost, Profit and Break-Even
Summary: Illustrates principles involved in determining cost vs. profit. 023 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 6414 Crossing the Divide: Creating a High-Tech Work Force
Summary: One of a four-part series that examines the effects of technology in the classroom. This segment looks at skills and education needed for tomorrow's workforce to prosper in the global marketplace of the future. Profiles the Travis Communications Academy, Silicon Valley's Monta Vista High School, and the New Technology High School, "the school that business built"-schools that stress the value of critical thinking and teamwork as the building blocks of success. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Irving, and others discuss issues such as the school-to-work movement and universal Internet access. Includes comments from students and teachers. 058 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: DIGITAL DIVIDE

VH 0485 Decision
Summary: Shows how the human brain organizes input and output to make a simple but lifesaving decision. Examines the functions of the cortex, nerve circuits, and individual nerve cells. 026 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: LIVING BODY, THE

VH 1724 Electronic Speech, Press & Assembly
Summary: Speakers, Lance Rose, Jack Rickard, George Perry, John McMullen, Eric Lieberman, David Hughes; moderator, Eric Lieberman. Speakers discuss freedoms of electronic speech, public & private electronic assembly and electronic publishing; issues of prior restraint and chilling effects of monitoring on freedoms and possible justifications and alternatives for monitoring. 091 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATION, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1726 Ethics & Education
Summary: Speakers, Richard Hollinger, Donn B. Parker, Dorothy Denning, John Gilmore, Jonathan Budd, Sally Bowman; moderator, Terry Winograd. Speaker discuss the teaching of ethics in computer education. 083 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 3661 Great Artists Steal
Summary: Windows 95 - biggest global product launch ever for a 20 year old concept. Satellite links, rock 'n' roll and Jay Leno introducing Bill Gates, the richest man in the world. Xerox PARC -the user friendly technology - adopted by Steve Jobs for Macintosh. Jobs fired by the man he hired. Making PCs more friendly with Graphical User Interface. The Internet. Billionaire and millionaire nerds, triumphant! 052 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: TRIUMPH OF THE NERDS

VH 4578 Harold Innis: Patterns in Communication
Summary: An introduction to the life and work of one of the most important Canadian intellectual figures of this century. Critiques the monopolization of communication technologies in both ancient and contemporary civilizations. Featuring interviews with colleagues, family and commentators, and drawing on archival diaries, letters, photographs and film, this video emphasizes the thematic continuity between Innis' economic work and his later research in communications. 052 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 3659 Impressing Their Friends
Summary: Bob Cringely, Silicon Valley and some spectacularly successful nerds. Intel. The Altair 8800 and the Homebrew Computer Club. Enter Paul Allen and Bill Gates. The West Coast Computer Faire and hippie culture collides with nerds and hobbyists. Steve Wozniak spawns Apple II. Steve Jobs, at 25 worth $100 million. The imminent arrival of IBM. Computer nerds impressing their friends. 051 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: TRIUMPH OF THE NERDS

VH 1715 International Perspectives & Impacts
Summary: Speakers, Robert Veeder, Tom Riley, David H. Flaherty, Ronald L. Plesser; moderator, Ron Plesser. Speakers discuss other nations' models for protecting personal information and communications, and for granting access to government information, including the European Community's 1992 trans-border data flow and accountability issues; implications for privacy and personal expression. 085 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 0220 Introduction to Searching DIALOG
Summary: Designed to explain and demonstrate the basic techniques of online information retrieval using the DIALOG system. Presents the same material covered during DIALOG's System Seminar and provides practice exercises. 045 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 1720 Law Enforcement & Civil Liberties
Summary: Speakers, Sheldon T. Zenner, Kenneth Rosenblatt, Mitchell Kapor, Mike Gibbons, Cliff Figallo, Sharon Beckman, Mark Rash; moderator, Dorothy Denning. Speakers discuss the use of computers as an aid for investigations, also stating the need for the determination of a dividing line between civil liberties and law enforcement. 083 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1719 Law Enforcement Practices & Problems
Summary: Speaker, Robert M. Snyder, Donald Delaney, Dale Boll, Don Ingraham; moderator, Glenn Tenney. Speakers discuss investigation, prosecution, due process and deterring computer crimes now and in the future and the use of computers to aid law enforcement. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 6363 Legal Research for the 21st Century, Tape 2
Summary: Bob Berring covers case finding on paper and in cyberspace. Various methods for finding cases are explored, as are the best tricks for saving time. The links between the old printed digests and the new online systems of Westlaw and Lexis are explored. 064 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 6366 Legal Research for the 21st Century, Tape 5
Summary: Bob Berring explores both the content and methods of Internet research. Looking for patterns and exploring current sources such as Lexis and Westlaw, he brings order to the chaos of cyberspace. He also gives vital tips for how to be an effective legal researcher. 061 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 1721 Legislation & Regulation
Summary: Speakers Jerry Berman, Craig Schriffies, Bill Jullian, Steve McLellan, Elliot T. Maxwell, Paul Bernstein; moderator, Robert Jacobson. Speakers discuss the alternatives and problems of balancing the right of privacy with freedom of information. 082 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 4699 Navigating the Sea of Information
Summary: This instructional video shows ways to plan a strategy for research by explaining how information is organized in a library and describing navigational aids to online searching. 018 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 3086 Netroots: Cultivating the Digital Park
Summary: Describes the need for non-commercial "space" on the information superhighway, where less economically-advantaged people can access information applicable to their local needs. A truly democratic society will provide universal and free access to the Internet. 026 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

VH 1718 Network Environments of the Future
Summary: Speaker, Eli M. Noam; moderator, Marc Rotenberg. Speaker discusses the reconciliation of freedom of speech and association. 041 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 3556 On-Line Course Delivery
Summary: Sponsored by MnSat and St. Paul Technical College. Host: John Steffend, Don Descy. Recorded off satellite with permission, on May 9, 1996. 030 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ED TECH , DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY

VH 1716 Personal Information & Privacy 1
Summary: Speaker, Janlori Goldman, John Baker, Alan F. Westin, Marc Rotenbery; moderator, Lance Hoffman. Speakers discuss government and private collection, sharing, marketing, verification, use, protection of, and access to and responsibility for personal data, including lifestyle, work, health, school, census, voter, tax and financial and consumer information. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1717 Personal Information & Privacy 2
Summary: Speakers, Simon Davies, Evan Hendricks, Tom Mandel, Willis Ware; moderator, Lance Hoffman. Speakers discuss the ethics of "Strip Mining Data" for resale in the Information Economy. 080 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 3660 Riding The Bear
Summary: IBM's decision- "buy not build" PC technology. The tiny software company named Microsoft. Culture shock - the suits meet the nerds. IBM PC hits the American business world. Clones invade the market, and Bill Gates sells to every clone maker, Microsoft and IBM co-operate, compete, and split. IBM launches OS/2 and Microsoft comes up with windows. Bill Gates wins again. 053 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: TRIUMPH OF THE NERDS

VH 1723 Security Capabilities, Privacy & Integrity
Summary: Speaker, William A. Bayse; moderator, Dorothy Denning. Speech title is "NCIC - 2000: Balancing computer security capabilities with privacy and integrity". 069 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, CRIMINOLOGY, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1714 Trends in Computers & Network
Summary: Speaker discusses the policy proposals regarding constitutional protections, networked computers and electronic communications. 083 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1211 Vartan Gregorian
Summary: Vartan Gregorian, head of the New York Public Library, talks about the increase in the amount of information and knowledge in our work and the affect of this increase on education and learning. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1727 Where Do We Go From Here
Summary: Speakers, Paul Bernstein, Mary J. Culnan, David Hughes, Don Ingraham, Michell Kapor, Eric Lieberman, Donn B. Parker, Craig Schiffries, Robert Veeder; moderator, Jim Warren. Speakers discuss the perspectives, recommendations and commitments of participants from differing interest groups, proposing next steps they will pursue to protect personal privacy, protect fundamental freedoms and encourage responsible private sector and public-sector policies and legislation. 083 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 3927 Who Plays God?
Summary: This program explores a variety of life and death situations to illustrate the spectrum of highly controversial, ethical decisions made on a daily basis in modern American medicine. 120 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DECISION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ECONOMICS


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