Connection to NEARnet and NSFNET

该奖项使科尔比学院能够通过每秒56,000比特的连接连接到中级网络nenenet，即新英格兰学术和研究网络。接入国家科学基金网络为教师和学生提供了访问超级计算机，数据档案，各种网络网关，自动图书馆目录和广泛的软件。这种联系对Colby来说尤其重要，Colby位于该国相对偏远的地区。它对自然科学专业的学生和教师很有价值，不仅可以使用超级计算机，还可以促进与远程合作者的联合研究，并为他们提供工作所需的即时数据。社会科学的教师和学生，包括人文学科的教师和学生，特别是涉及定量应用的项目，都从中受益。此外，随着对优秀教师的竞争日益激烈，与NEARnet和NSFNET的联系将成为科尔比成功招募优秀教师（尤其是在科学领域）的一个有力因素。

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.