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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1991
This report was prepared in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and from the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for information on efforts to develop high-speed computer networks in the United States, Europe (limited to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report presents the United States research and development program for 1993 for high performance computing and computer communications (HPCC) networks. The first of four chapters presents the program goals and an overview of the federal government's emphasis on high performance computing as an important factor in the nation's scientific and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Federal Government, Long Range Planning
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1989
The Office of Technology Assessment is conducting an assessment of the effects of new information technologies--including high performance computing, data networking, and mass data archiving--on research and development. This paper offers a view of the issues and their implications for current discussions about Federal supercomputer initiatives…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Information Networks
Gordon, Mark L.; McKenzie, Diana J. P. – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Discusses the development of a national information superhighway. Highlights include the National Information Infrastructure; NREN (National Research and Education Network); private networks, including Prodigy; repositioning in the telecommunications industry, including telephone, cable, and entertainment companies; government regulations;…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Economic Factors
Lago, Karen Nadder – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Discussion of access to the Internet focuses on access by public libraries. Topics addressed include the role of the public library; computer and information networks; the National Information Infrastructure; the NREN (National Research and Education Network); the telecommunications industry; federal legislation; costs; file transfer protocol; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Costs, Federal Legislation
Avram, Henriette D. – EDUCOM Bulletin, 1988
Discusses cooperative efforts between research organizations and libraries to create a national information network. Topics discussed include the Linked System Project (LSP); technical processing versus reference and research functions; Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model; the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET); and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Cooperative Planning
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1991
This book provides an overview and status report on the progress made in developing the National Research and Education Network (NREN) as of early 1991. It reports on a number of investigations that provide a research and policy perspective on the NREN and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and brings together key source documents that have…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Blake, Virgil L. P. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Defines the concept of the virtual library, reviews factors in its inception, indicates prerequisites for its success, and explores the implications of the concept for librarianship, with an emphasis on the school library media center. (49 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Definitions, Electronic Libraries
