Connection to NEARnet and NSFNET

这项奖励使科尔比学院能够通过每秒56,000比特的链路连接到中级网络NEARnet，即新英格兰学术和研究网络。通过访问NSFnet，教师和学生可以访问超级计算机、数据档案、各种网络网关、自动图书馆目录和各种软件。这种联系对科尔比尤其重要，科尔比位于该国相对偏远的地区。它对自然科学的学生和教职员工来说是有价值的，不仅让他们能够访问超级计算机，而且还有助于促进与远程合作者的联合研究，并为他们提供立即访问工作所需的数据。社会科学教师和学生，包括人文学科的教师和学生，尤其是在涉及量化应用的项目中受益。此外，随着对最好教员的竞争一年比一年激烈，与NEARnet和NSFnet的联系将成为Colby成功招聘优秀教员的一个强大因素，特别是在科学领域。

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.