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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. – 1991
The purpose of the bill (S. 343), as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is to establish a federal commitment to the advancement of high-performance computing, improve interagency planning and coordination of federal high-performance computing and networking activities, authorize a national high-speed computer…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educacion, la Ciencia y la Cultura, Madrid (Spain). – 1988
This directory is designed to provide an introduction to educational information and documentation services for specialists in information and educational documentation as well as educational administrators, planners, and researchers, and teachers. Its basic objective is to promote cooperation between such services, thereby increasing the transfer…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Education, Foreign Countries
Hodson, James, Comp. – 1991
This bibliography brings together sources, through August 1991, on the National Research and Education Network (NREN) and related topics, including computer networks, databases, information technology, library automation, microcomputers, and online systems. Where possible, a brief biographical note on the author is included, and most of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Networks, Databases, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. – 1991
This report of a hearing begins with an opening statement by Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Chairman of the Committee, and prepared statements from Committee members Larry E. Craig and Pete V. Domenici. The text of the bill, which provides for continued U.S. leadership in high-performance computing, is then presented, followed by additional…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedQureshy, Jamil Ahmad – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Traces the establishment and functions of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, the development of national databases including GULFNET, the services offered by KFUPM (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals), the development of BITNET in the United States, and future possibilities of Internet use. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries
Doctor, Ronald D.; Turner, Philip M. – 1991
This paper, which was presented to National Aeronautics and Space Administration librarians as part of a telecommunications conference, describes features of the proposed National Research and Education Network (NREN). First, NREN's predecessor, the National Science Foundation network (the current NSFnet/Internet system), is discussed and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Democracy
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
