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| The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure | |
| This book presents a range of positions and perspectives on those two classes of policy mechanism, providing a succinct analysis followed by papers prepared by experts in telecommunications policy and applications. |  |
| Supercomputers: Directions in Technology and Applications | |
| Supercomputers explores commercial supercomputer applications today as well as those emerging from university laboratories. It outlines trends in the supercomputing technology into the near future, and also contributes to a growing debate on the roles of the public and private sectors in nurturing this vital technology. |  |
| Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities | |
| This book describes a number of social and legal issues as they relate to various members of electronically networked communities. After a brief introduction to relevant legal precedents and to the manner in which societies develop norms for social behavior, the book explores right and responsibilities related to free speech, vandalism, property interests, and privacy. |  |
| Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond | |
| 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. |  |
| Preparing for the Revolution | |
| Preparing for the Revolution: Information Technology and the Future of the Research University identifies those information technologies likely to evolve in the near term (a decade or less) that could ultimately have a major impact on the research university. |  |
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