Using information technology to leverage research productivity

New information technologies provide tremendous leverage to research, especially as practiced in a traditional teaching university seeking to become a research institution. The paper reports several applications of fax machines, teleconferencing combined with taping and transcription databases, and the Internet as powerful and inexpensive tools for achieving greater research output with minimal increases in resources. A survey on ISO 9000 implementation conducted via fax machine generated a 74% response rate and required only a $300 budget. Other examples of using information technology to leverage research productivity are offered.