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A network is only as successful as the users say it is. From the very beginning, the network must be presented to them as a useful tool. Promotion, through newsletters and other appropriate communication vehicles must be considered a required activity. An active promotion strategy will allow an organization to set the expectations of the users in regards to service and performance, especially important for a networking staff that is just learning. Faculty involvement from the very beginning is vital. It is important to gain their support and to build on it. Whether it is through faculty advisory committees or direct contact with individuals, their feedback and support can be a healthy measure of success.5. Full Production/Maintenance As the campus community incorporates the Internet as part as its usual routine, those responsible for the campus network and the Internet connection must ensure the accessibility, reliability, and relative ease of use of the network. This ongoing maturation of the network constitutes a vital service to the user community.NETTF [Page 13]RFC 1359 Connecting to the Internet August 1992 As the network becomes a crucial tool in the user community's daily routine, so does the interface between the operations, information, and user services staffs and the end users gain in importance. Responding to end-user problems with courtesy and accepting responsibility for resolving the end-user concern (as opposed the actual technical problem) creates a working environment of trust and partnership.5.1 Operation Services There will be hardware and software support, including updating and maintaining compatible software revisions, planned replacement and maintenance of communications hardware to make use of new technology, and routine network operations center activities. This includes IP number administration, monitoring of the network to determine usage patterns, optimal routing, continuous and accurate updates of known problems as well as trouble shooting problem areas of the campus net. The network staff will have to maintain its campus routing tables. If the site serves as a backbone site, it may have to maintain tables for its designated area. It is important to continue to have a close relationship between the operations staff and the engineering staff. The operations staff must have a quick inroad to engineering to ensure quick responses to the user community as problems are reported. The scope of these technical activities depend upon the size of the campus network and the level of campus responsibility for the Internet connection. The responsibilities grow both in scale and importance as the institution comes to rely on the services of the network and its access to the Internet.5.2 Information and User Services The education, training and promotion activities associated with the network continue but mature both in scope and the level of network expertise. Documentation efforts continue. Documents are refined and reviewed periodically for accuracy and completeness, but individual consultation will change as network users become more sophisticated and experienced in using the network. As more and more consulting and information services are made available through the network itself, network information staff will likely find themselves increasingly involved in "training the trainers" or in individual consultation and help sessions with faculty and researchers actively involved in collaborative research over the network. Promotion activities must also continue to involve new faculty and staff, to promote and advertise major campus network activities andNETTF [Page 14]RFC 1359 Connecting to the Internet August 1992 projects, and to highlight new services and projects available on the Internet. The continuing effort, which can include a campus newsletter or periodic seminars on network services, is a necessary and crucial part of recruiting new and innovative uses of the Internet, which will act to justify continued development and investment.6. Evaluation Strategies A system as complex and ubiquitous as the campus data network requires periodic review and evaluation. As the campus network provides the primary access to the larger Internet community, evaluation strategies must include analyses of how and where the Internet is most heavily used and how campus data flows might optimize that traffic. Evaluation of network statistics provide key information on how the network is used and who is using it. In turn, this must lead to assessment mechanisms to gauge user satisfaction with the network and the tools used to make use of the network. At the base level, there are the tools provided within the network protocol itself -- Telnet, FTP, SMTP mail -- that provide fundamental access to the Internet. But as campus use of the network and the Internet matures, the campus network community itself will build on those tools to provide special "campus customized" tools used on the network. Network services should evaluate user needs and, where appropriate, design user friendly interface mechanisms especially suited to special campus area needs. While the use of quantitative methods of evaluation are important, they can not replace qualitative methods. If end-users are unhappy, if problems continue to be reported even though the statistics and technical monitors show few errors, organizations must recognize that serious problems do exist and take immediate action to resolve them. The use of the Internet itself and its impact on campus research and instruction goals must be reviewed and evaluated. The introduction of new technology inevitably involves reorientation and new means of communication. While this should be a benefit to the campus community as a whole, the new technologies may leave some segments of the community disoriented. A careful evaluation of the impact of this new technology should determine not only which areas of campus benefit from Internet participation, but also which areas are not benefitting from the new technology. Planning strategies should include special attention to areas not making use of network resources to make those areas aware of the potential benefits and to provide training in the use of the network. In summary, universities, schools, colleges and institutions in the InternetNETTF [Page 15]RFC 1359 Connecting to the Internet August 1992 community must incorporate a mechanism to evaluate both hidden benefits as well as hidden costs of that participation.7. Appendix A. Partial List of U.S. IP Service Providers ANS Joel Maloff Vice President - Client Services Advanced Network and Services 2901 Hubbard Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (313) 663-7610 maloff@nis.ans.net BARRNET William Yundt Pine Hall Rm. 115 Stanford, CA 94305-4122 (415) 723-3104 gd.why@forsythe.stanford.edu Fax: (415) 723-0010 CERFnet Susan Estrada San Diego Supercomputer Center P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784 (619) 534-5067 estradas@sdsc.edu Fax: (619) 534-5167 CICnet Michael Staman President ITI Building 2901 Hubbard Drive Pod G Ann Arbor, MI 48105 staman@cic.net (313) 998-6101 Fax: (313) 998-6105NETTF [Page 16]RFC 1359 Connecting to the Internet August 1992 Colorado Supernet Ken Harmon CSM Computing Center Colorado School Mines 1500 Illinois Golden, Colorado 80401 (303) 273-3471 kharmon@csn.org Fax: (303) 273-3475 CONCERT Joe Ragland CONCERT (Communications for NC Education, Research, and Technology) P.O. Box 12889 3021 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (919) 248-1404 jrr@concert.net Fax: (919) 248-1405 CREN Jim Conklin EDUCOM 1112 16th Street NW Washington D.C. 20036 (202) 872-4200 conklin@bitnic.bitnet Fax: (202) 872-4318 CSUNET Chris Taylor Manager, Network Technology Office of the Chancellor Information Resources and Technology P.O. Box 3842 Seal Beach, CA 90740-7842 (213) 985-9669 chris@calstate.edu Fax: (213) 985-9400NETTF [Page 17]RFC 1359 Connecting to the Internet August 1992 JVNCnet Sergio Heker 6 von Neumann Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 258-2411 heker@jvnc.net Fax: (609) 258-2424 LOS NETTOS Ann Cooper USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, Ca 90292 (310) 822-1511 Fax: (310) 823-6714 Merit Eric Aupperle Merit Network 2200 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2112 (313) 764-9423 ema@merit.edu Fax: (313) 747-3745 MIDnet Dale Finkelson 29 WSEC University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588 (402) 472-5032 dmf@westie.unl.edu Fax: (402) 472-5280 MRNET Dennis Fazio Executive Director The Minnesota Regional Network 511 11th Avenue South, Box 212 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 (612) 342-2570 dfazio@MR.NET Fax: (612) 344-1716NETTF [Page 18]RFC 1359 Connecting to the Internet August 1992 NCAR Joseph H. Choy P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000 (303) 497-1222 choy@ncar.ucar.edu Fax: (303) 497-1137 NEARnet John Rugo Accounts Manager BBN Systems and Technologies 10 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 873-2935 jrugo@nic.near.net NETILLINOIS Ed Krol University of Illinois Computing Services Office 1304 W. Springfield Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 333-7886 e-krol@uiuc.edu NevadaNet University of Nevada System Computing Services 4505 Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, NV 89154 (702) 739-3557 NorthWestNet Eric S. Hood Executive Director NorthWestNet 2435 233rd Place NE Redmond, WA 98053
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