Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97

Just how trustworthy is the information you find on the Internet? Colby students will be better able to discern thanks to a $200,675 grant given last December by the Davis Educational Foundation of Falmouth, Maine. The money is being used to build an electronic research classroom in Miller Library that will allow librarians and professors to teach students how to make the best use of electronic information resources. "There's a lot of junk out there," said Suanne Muehlner, director of Colby libraries. "We want to teach students to use what's good."

"The project has generated considerable enthusiasm across the campus," said Bets Brown, associate director of corporate and foundation relations. Equipment and furniture have been ordered and electrical and lighting work begun. The classroom is expected to be finished in mid-May and will include 25 computer stations plus an instructor's station.

Muehlner says the library has offered similar research demonstrations before, but on a single computer. Having a completely equipped classroom will allow students a hands-on approach, and instructors can interact with and monitor each student. The

Davis Educational Foundation was established by Stanton and Elisabeth Davis after his retirement as chairman of Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., and supports colleges and universities in New England.

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