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Data Networking for the European Academic and Research Community: Is It Important?
Williams, David O.; Carpenter, Brian E. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Discussion of data networking in Europe provides background on the current situation in the United States and the Pacific region. The situation in Europe is then addressed, including the present status of national networks, disciplinary networks, and the European Internet; regulatory, political, economic, and technical barriers to progress; and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
The X.500 Directory Service: A Discussion of the Concerns Raised by the Existence of a Global Directory.
Hill, Julia M. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
The X.500 Directory Service provides a mechanism for finding information about people, organizations, services, network hardware, and more in the global network environment. Issues involved in X.500 participation by an organization include management support, data gathering, rights and concerns of individuals, access control, privacy, accuracy,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Directories, Electronic Mail
A Value-Added Framework for Analyzing Electronic and Print Publishing.
Perritt, Henry H., Jr. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1991
Discusses changes in the publishing industry resulting from digital electronic networks and optical storage technologies, and explains attributes of information products as types of value for both print and electronic contexts. Electronic products necessary for a shift from paper to electronic formats are identified, and legal issues are…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Publishing
Tort Liability, the First Amendment, Equal Access, and Commercialization of Electronic Networks.
Perritt, Henry H., Jr. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Discusses the legal concerns of free access to information, tort liability, and free speech in a commercial electronic networking environment. Recommends that legal questions be addressed through case law, Congressional hearings, and agency solicitations, and that network service providers protect themselves by posting notice of equal access…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Computer Networks, Copyrights
Electronically Distributed Work Communities: Implications for Research on Telework.
Hesse, Bradford W.; Grantham, Charles E. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1991
Describes the concept of telework, or telecommuting, and its influence on the electronic community and organizational structures. The electronically distributed organization is discussed, and implications for research on telework are suggested in the areas of privacy regulation, self-efficacy, temporal aspects of employee behavior, communication…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Economic Factors, Employer Employee Relationship, Literature Reviews