Return to Table of ContentsNow Indiana University alumni from all campuses can communicate with each other over the Internet. This month, IU launched the Alumni Network, an online directory that alumni can access via the World Wide Web. The Alumni Network was developed in a cooperative effort by the university, the IU Alumni Association and the Alumni/Foundation Information Systems. The network provides a new and invaluable means for alumni to keep in touch with IU, seek out contacts for career advancement, as well as to renew or make contact with their classmates. The Alumni Network comprises data from the IUAA alumni records system, which contains information on each of IU's nearly 400,000 alumni. All IU alumni and friends (read: donors) may access the online system to look up their own records and amend or change personal information. Access to the search utility is available by subscription only, but there is no charge for the service. In order to subscribe, alumni must agree to make their public information available to others using the network. Public information includes name, home address, work address, degree and graduation date, spouse name, E-mail address and home page URL. Phone numbers are not made available to other subscribers. Subscribers may contact each other directly from the Alumni Network via their E-mail or home page links.