Document (#10739)

Author

Torok, A.G.

Title

Technological speetraps on the information superhighway

Source

Information superhighway: the role of librarians, information scientists, and intermediaries. Festschrift in honor of Frederick Wilfred Lancaster. 17th International Essen Symposium, 24.-27.10.1994. Ed. A.H. Helal et al

Imprint

Essen : Universitätsbibliothek

Year

1995

Pages

S.134-147

Series

Publications of Essen University Library; 18

Abstract

The information superhighway has been referred to as the 'superhypeway' with good reasons. Promises for a National Information Infrastructure (NII) are tempered by technological problems and social reality. In keeping with the highway analogy, several problems in implementing the NII agenda are seen as speedtraps on the highway. Speedtraps discussed in this paper include: deregulation of the telecommunications industry, costs, the role of industry and libraries, censorship and private issues, public acceptance, and network culture. If libraries are to remain viable information intermediaries, they must become an integral component of the processes they serve

Theme

Internet

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