National Security CD-ROM available for U.S. High School Libraries - free

[Grace Agnew <gagnew@LIBVID2.LIBRARY.GATECH.EDU>]

Everyone,



The Georgia Tech Library had the great honor to participate in a
grant-funded initiative intended in part to honor Senator Nunn and his
ongoing commitment to issues of National Security. Senator Nunn is
currently a distinguished professor at Georgia Tech, among many other
activities, and continues to play a focused and proactive role in national
security.

One of his great interests is the education of high school and
university students in the issues and technologies behind weapons of mass
destruction, domestic terrorism and national security. The Georgia Tech
Library collaborated with the Georgia Tech Interactive Media Technology
Center to produce a CD-ROM, "National Security and the 21st Century"
designed to provide background information on nuclear weapons, biochemical
weapons, cyberterrorism, the changing face of terrorism and domestic
preparedness.

One section, for example, provides an overview of the
different roles of each government agency in the event of a terrorism
incident directed at the U.S. It was very heartening for me to see the
different agencies kick into gear like clockwork according to the plans
already in place from presidential directives of the previous administration.
Thanks to the Interactive Media Technology Center, the CD-ROM is very
interactive, with lots of graphics masking the fact that more than 400
pages of printable text are included that include relevant laws and
treaties, roles and responsbilities of each government agency, video
interviews and transcripts, etc. National Security experts from the
University of Georgia and Georgia Tech supplemented material from the Sam
Nunn Policy Forums and provided technical oversight and background
documentation for the CD-ROM. We were pleased to receive a silver award in
the Interactive Media category of the Axiem awards.

We have a limited number of extra copies of the CD-ROM which we want to
make available to any U.S. high school or university library or  U.S.
government
agency library on a first come, first served basis. We are even waiving
the mailing fee. At a time like this, we want to do the little we can to
build awareness among the general public because we agree with Senator Nunn
that an educated citizenry makes decisions from knowledge rather than fear.

Grace Agnew




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Grace Agnew
Assistant Director for Systems and Technical Services
Georgia Tech Library
(404) 894-8932
(404) 894-6084 (fax)
mailto:grace.agnew@library.gatech.edu

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