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Front Matter	i-xviii
Summary and Recommendations	1-16	(skim)
1 U.S. Networking: The Past Is Prologue	17-42	(skim)
2 The Open Data Network: Achieving the Vision of an Integrated National Information Infrastructure	43-111	(skim)
3 Research, Education, and Libraries	112-147	(skim)
4 Principles and Practice	148-171	(skim)
5 Financial Issues	172-203	(skim)
6 Government Roles and Opportunities	204-234	(skim)
Appendix A Federal Networking: The Path to the Internet	235-253	(skim)
Appendix B Sample Principle Sets	254-261	(skim)
Appendix C User Support Services	262-264	(skim)
Appendix D State and Regional Networks	265-268	(skim)
Appendix E International Issues	269-281	(skim)
Appendix F Key Terms	282-286	(skim)
Index	287-301	(skim)

Description

The potential impact of the information superhighway--what it will mean to daily work, shopping, and entertainment--is of concern to nearly everyone. In the rush to put the world on-line, special issues have emerged for researchers, educators and students, and library specialists.
At the same time, the research and education communities have a valuable head start when it comes to understanding computer communications networks, particularly Internet. With its roots in the research community, the Internet computer network now links tens of millions of people and extends well into the commercial world.
Realizing the Information Future is written by key players in the development of Internet and other data networks. The volume highlights what we can learn from Internet and how the research, education, and library communities can take full advantage of the information highway's promised reach through time and space.
This book presents a vision for the proposed national information infrastructure (NII): an open data network sending information services of all kinds, from suppliers of all kinds, to customers of all kinds, across network providers of all kinds.
Realizing the Information Future examines deployment issues for the NII in light of the proposed system architecture, with specific discussion of the needs of the research and education communities.
What is the role of the "institution" when everyone is on-line in their homes and offices? What are the consequences when citizens can easily access legal, medical, educational, and government services information from a single system? These and many other important questions are explored.
The committee also looks at the development of principles to address the potential for abuse and misuse of the information highway, covering

• Equitable and affordable access to the network.
• Reasonable approaches to controlling the rising tide of electronic information.
• Rights and responsibilities relating to freedom of expression, intellectual property, individual privacy, and data security.
  

Realizing the Information Future 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 to ensure that the expected social and economic benefits of the NII are realized.
The time for the research and education communities to have their say about the information highway is before the ribbon is cut. Realizing the Information Future provides a timely, readable, and comprehensive exploration of key issues--important to computer scientists and engineers, researchers, librarians and their administrators, educators, and individuals interested in the shape of the information network that will soon link us all.

Reviews

"Overall, the report is pragmatic, analytic, and rational. It does not attempt to hide or equivocate on issues. Balanced, based on serious studies of the past and present, the report nonetheless presents a clear vision of the future. It is highly loaded; every paragraph counts.";--ITLibrary and Information Science Research

Authoring Organizations

• Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB)
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