NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Flanders, Bruce – American Libraries, 1991
Discusses issues involved in the creation of the National Research and Education Network (NREN). Telecommunications technology is described; support from industry and libraries is discussed; and problems with NREN are raised, including equal access to computerized information, privacy issues, and protection of First Amendment rights. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Library Networks, Privacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rogers, Everett M.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Investigates the socioeconomic and gender equality aspects of the public's use of PEN (Public Electronic Network), a computer-based interactive communication system provided free to residents of Santa Monica (California). Topics discussed include public terminals; use by homeless people and by women; and participation in political communication…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Communications, Community Programs
Wilson, Linda – 1993
Assistive technology that can help disabled computer users is described, and a resource guide to computer help for the disabled is presented. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has broad implications for higher education, in that it mandates that colleges and universities give disabled students equal access to computers on public…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Networks
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Information Infrastructure Task Force. – 1993
The National Information Infrastructure (NII) is planned as a web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at the users' fingertips. Private sector firms are beginning to develop this infrastructure, but essential roles remain for the Federal Government. The National…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administration, Agenda Setting, Computer Networks