Discusses the National Information Infrastructure and the role of the government. Topics include private sector investment; universal service; technological innovation; user orientation; information security and network reliability; management of the radio frequency spectrum; intellectual property rights; coordination with other levels of…

Discusses the concept of a global library made possible by recent technological, social, and economic changes. Topics addressed include universal information access, the information superhighway, the shift toward a learning-oriented society, the contemporary role of libraries, the need to form a global coalition, and barriers to a global library.…

Gives an overview of past, present, and future developments the of Russian information infrastructure with emphasis on sci-tech information (STI). Research presented includes survey of the state STI system; STI infrastructure in transition; acquisition of foreign sci-tech publications; user needs; budgetary funding of scientific and information…