The Missouri Research and Educational Network, MOREnet, which provides Missouri schools, colleges, universities, libraries and government agencies with networked information services via highspeed data links, has become part of UM System administration.
Established seven years ago, MOREnet now reports to UM System Vice President for Information Systems Ralph Caruso, Jr. Previously MOREnet, which also supports several community information networks, was administered by the Columbia campus.
"This realignment means that MOREnet will be better positioned to fully utilize the information technology resources of all four campuses and extension, to the benefit of its many clients throughout Missouri," Caruso said.
MOREnet contracts with the University for staffing and support services. Besides operating a Missouri-wide communications network, MOREnet provides training and support, carries out research and development for new information technology applications and otherwise fosters the use of such technologies to benefit Missouri.
MOREnet projects include:
· The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Technology Networking Project, to link every Missouri school district to the information superhighway.
· Missouri Express, to help establish as many as 80 local information networks to make community and governmental information available electronically to the public.
· REAL, Remote Electronic Access for Libraries, to make the holdings of Missouri's libraries readily available to all citizens.
Gov. Carnahan recommended that the state provide $5 million a year to allow MOREnet to continue the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Technology Network Project in fiscal year 1997-98, and another $5 million for the Coordinating Board for Higher Education's proposed "MOREnet II: TelecommunicationsBased Delivery System for Missouri."
The MOREnet consortium includes public and private colleges and universities, government agencies, libraries, school districts and corporations. Among its many members are the Missouri School Boards Association, the National Severe Storms Forecast Center, the state Office of Administration and Allied Signal Aerospace Corp.
MOREnet's Internet address is http://www.more.net.
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