Abstract
This document addresses issues related to providing information through a campus-wide information system (CWIS). Once a CWIS is in place a tremendous amount of effort is needed to "stock the shelves" with information. Removing obstacles in the data maintenance path is just as important as making the data accessible to users. Placing full control of the data in the hands of the "originators" increases the quality and quantity of information available. The Dartmouth College Information System (DCIS) hosts highly structured data that can be located and retrieved through sophisticated database managers. Because of this structure, DCIS can answer complex research questions for users. However this feature had made it more difficult to add information to the system. A locally developed client-server database-update system now provides easy-to-use links between standard personal computer applications, which are used to develop and maintain databases, and the database delivery systems. Paper presented at CAUSE94, the full proceedings of which are available through this Library as PUB1094.