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1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Presents the full text of "Realizing the information future: the Internet and beyond," a report from the Nrenaissance Committee. Includes a preface, an executive summary, a list of Committee members, and a press release regarding the report. Offers access to a PostScript version of the report. Examines the possibility of an integrated national information infrastructure for the United States and its uses for educational institutions and libraries, as well as financial issues and the government's role. Contains sample principal sets and definitions of key terms. Notes that the project was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Links to the home pages of the NAS and the NAP. |
| Contents |
1. U.S. Networking: The Past Is Prologue -- 2. Open Data Network: Achieving the Vision of an Integrated National Information Infrastructure -- 3. Research, Education, and Libraries -- 4. Principles and Practice -- 5. Financial Issues -- 6. Government Roles and Opportunities -- App. A Networking: The Path to the Internet -- App. B Sample Principle Sets -- App. C User Support Services -- App. D State and Regional Networks -- App. E International Issues -- App. F Key Terms. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National Research and Education Network (Computer network) |
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National Research and Education Network (Computer network)
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National Research and Education Network (Computer network) |
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Information technology.
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Information technology. |
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Computer networks.
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Computer networks. |
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Learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations.
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Learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations. |
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Learning and scholarship. |
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Internet. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). NRENAISSANCE Committee.
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| Added Title |
Internet and beyond |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Realizing the information future. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press (NAP), 1994 Also available in print form (DLC) 94197769 (OCoLC)30692084 |
| ISBN |
0585002258 (electronic book) |
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9780585002255 (electronic book) |
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9780309050449 |
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0309050448 |
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0309050448 |
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