Connection to NEARnet and NSFNET

该奖项使科尔比学院通过连接到NSFNET 每秒56，000比特的链路连接到中级网络NEARnet， 新英格兰学术和研究网络。 访问NSFNET 为教师和学生提供超级计算机， 数据存档，各种网络网关，自动化图书馆 目录和各种软件。 该连接 尤其重要的是，科尔比，这是位于一个相对 这个国家的偏远地区。 它对自然科学学生和教师都有价值， 不仅提供了超级计算机， 与远程合作者进行联合研究，并为他们提供 立即访问其工作所需的数据。 的好处 社会科学教师和学生，包括那些 在人文学科，特别是在涉及定量的项目中， 应用. 此外，作为最好的教师的竞争， 每年都会变得越来越硬，与NEARnet和NSFNET的连接将 是科尔比成功招募杰出人才的一个重要因素 教师，特别是科学。

This award enables Colby College to connect to NSFNET through a 56,000 bit per second link to the mid-level network NEARnet, the New England Academic and Research Network. Access to NSFNET provides the faculty and students with access to supercomputers, data archives, a variety of network gateways, automated library catalogs, and a wide range of software. The connection is particularly important to Colby, which is located in a relatively remote section of the country. It is of value to the natural science students and faculty, not only giving access to supercomputers, but also in facilitating joint research with distant collaborators, and providing them with immediate access to data necessary to their work. The benefits accrue to the social science faculty and students, including those in the humanities, especially in projects involving quantitative applications. Further, as the competititon for the best faculty grows stiffer each year, the connection to NEARnet and NSFNET will be a powerful factor in Colby's success in recruiting outstanding faculty, particularly in the sciences.