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Interagency Conference on Public Access.
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Pesachowitz, Alvin – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a conference sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that addressed issues surrounding public access to government information, particularly in electronic format. Case studies of successful public access programs are described, and the National Research and Education Network (NREN) and other networks are discussed. (two…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Conferences
Symposium on Legislative Information Support Systems.
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Bortnick, Jane; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1991
This issue includes six articles that discuss access to information provided by computerized databases and communications networks for legislators. Highlights include state legislative systems; information systems in the Senate; online services in the House of Representatives; information technology in the Congressional Research Service; the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries
The Policy Implications of Internet Connectivity in Public Libraries
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Jaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Langa, Lesley A. – Government Information Quarterly, 2006
The provision of public Internet access and related networked services by public libraries is affected by a number of information policy issues. This article analyzes the policy dimensions of Internet connectivity in public libraries in light of the data and findings from a national survey of public libraries conducted by the authors of this…
Descriptors: Internet, Public Libraries, Access to Information, Information Policy
Online Public Access to Federal Agency Computers.
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Sprehe, J. Timothy – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Discusses the growing trend of federal agencies permitting online public access to their computers. Highlights include examples of public access programs, differences in agencies' stands on dissemination of information, agency computer networks and databases that are the basis for the National Research and Education Network, and security…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Federal Government
Federal Information in the Networked Environment: A Perspective from the Coalition for Networked Information.
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Cheverie, Joan F. – Government Information Quarterly, 1999
Discusses the development of strategies for providing access to and services for U.S. federal government information in higher education using the global information infrastructure, from the perspective of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Discusses the preservation of electronic information and networked information discovery and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Federal Government, Global Approach
Information "Publics" and Equitable Access to Electronic Government Information: The Case of Agriculture.
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Shill, Harold B. – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Argues that making agricultural information produced by the federal government in electronic formats available through private vendors may lead to inequitable access for its users and challenges the federal government's role in the dissemination of agricultural information. An information public for agricultural information is defined, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agriculture, Computer Networks, Databases
Symposium on the Summary Report of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services: Information 2000: Library and Information Services for the 21st Century.
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Curtis, Jean M.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Eight articles discuss the ramifications of the summary report of the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services ("Information 2000") from the perspectives of documents librarians, special libraries, the American Library Association, and Native American library services. The conference themes of democracy, literacy,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, American Indians, Computer Networks, Copyrights