Realizing the Information Future; The Internet and Beyond

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1994 Original Publisher: National Academies Original Identifier: NAP:15530 Description: This volume highlights what we can learn from Internet and how the research, education, and library communities can take full advantage of the information highway; presents a vision for the proposed national information infrastructure (NII); includes a wide-ranging discussion of costs, pricing, and federal funding for network development and a discussion of the federal role in making the best technical choices. Subjects: Computer networks Learning and scholarship National Research and Education Network (Computer network) Information technology Internet Information networks Learning and scholarship - Technological innovations Internet (Computer network) Information superhighway Information technology Computer networks Computers / Internet / General Computers / Social Aspects / General Language Arts