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More than screen deep: toward every-citizen interfaces to the nation's information infrastructure / Toward an Every-Citizen Interface to the Nation's Information Infrastructure Steering Committee, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council. p. cm. Summary report from a workshop held in August 1996. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-309-06357-4 (pbk.: acid-free paper)1. User interfaces (Computer systems)—Congresses. 2. Human-computer interaction—Congresses. 3. Information superhighway—United States—Congresses. I. National Research Council (U.S.).Toward an Every-Citizen Interface to the Nation's Information Infrastructure Steering Committee.QA76.9.U83M67 1997303.48'3-dc21                         97-21211

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