Global Information Infrastructure

Author : Christine L. Borgman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262250283
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure written by Christine L. Borgman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-01-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will the emerging global information infrastructure (GII) create a revolution in communication equivalent to that wrought by Gutenberg, or will the result be simply the evolutionary adaptation of existing behavior and institutions to new media? Will the GII improve access to information for all? Will it replace libraries and publishers? How can computers and information systems be made easier to use? What are the trade-offs between tailoring information systems to user communities and standardizing them to interconnect with systems designed for other communities, cultures, and languages? This book takes a close look at these and other questions of technology, behavior, and policy surrounding the GII. Topics covered include the design and use of digital libraries; behavioral and institutional aspects of electronic publishing; the evolving role of libraries; the life cycle of creating, using, and seeking information; and the adoption and adaptation of information technologies. The book takes a human-centered perspective, focusing on how well the GII fits into the daily lives of the people it is supposed to benefit. Taking a unique holistic approach to information access, the book draws on research and practice in computer science, communications, library and information science, information policy, business, economics, law, political science, sociology, history, education, and archival and museum studies. It explores both domestic and international issues. The author's own empirical research is complemented by extensive literature reviews and analyses.

Author : Andrzej Targowski
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 9781878289322
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Information Infrastructure written by Andrzej Targowski and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Information Infrastructure: The Birth, Vision and Architecture addresses three levels of the information superhighway in terms of their information content and technological implementations. This book is a futuristic view of the major components of the new global world.

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309176328
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolution in the U.S. Information Infrastructure written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-06-09 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While societies have always had information infrastructures, the power and reach of today's information technologies offer opportunities to transform work and family lives in an unprecedented fashion. This volume, a collection of six papers presented at the 1994 National Academy of Engineering Meeting Technical Session, presents a range of views on the subject of the revolution in the U.S. information infrastructure. The papers cover a variety of current issues including an overview of the technological developments driving the evolution of information infrastructures and where they will lead; the development of the Internet, particularly the government's role in its evolution; the impact of regulatory reform and antitrust enforcement on the telecommunications revolution; and perspectives from the computer, wireless, and satellite communications industries.

Author : Brian Kahin
Publisher : Mit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262611268
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Borders in Cyberspace written by Brian Kahin and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today millions of technologically empowered individuals are able to participate freely in international transactions and enterprises, social and economic. These activities are governed by national and local laws designed for simpler times and now challenged by a new technological and market environment as well as by the practicalities and politics of enforcement across national boundaries. Borders in Cyberspace investigates issues arising from national differences in law, public policy, and social and cultural values as these differences are reformulated in the emerging global information infrastructure. The contributions include detailed analyses of some of the most visible issues, including intellectual property, security, privacy, and censorship.

Author : Colin Turner
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857934414
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Infrastructure Networks written by Colin Turner and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure represents the core underpinning architecture of the global economic system. Adopting an approach informed by realism, this insightful book looks at the forces for the integration and fragmentation of the global infrastructure system. The authors undertake a thorough examination of the main internationalised infrastructure sectors: energy, transport and information. They argue that the global infrastructure system is a network of national systems and that state strategies exert powerful forces upon the form and function of this system.

Author : Théron, Paul
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466629657
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Resilience in the ICT Sector written by Théron, Paul and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the progression of technological breakthroughs creating dependencies on telecommunications, the internet, and social networks connecting our society, CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure Protection) has gained significant focus in order to avoid cyber attacks, cyber hazards, and a general breakdown of services. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Resilience in the ICT Sector brings together a variety of empirical research on the resilience in the ICT sector and critical information infrastructure protection in the context of uncertainty and lack of data about potential threats and hazards. This book presents a variety of perspectives on computer science, economy, risk analysis, and social sciences; beneficial to academia, governments, and other organisations engaged or interested in CIIP, Resilience and Emergency Preparedness in the ICT sector.

Author : Ching-chih Chen
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planning Global Information Infrastructure written by Ching-chih Chen and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1995 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference for electrical and electronic engineers and other professionals, technicians, and students involved with power electronics. Encompasses power semiconductor devices, electrical machines, converter circuits, pulse width modification techniques, AC machine drives, simulation techniques, estimation and identification, microprocessors, and artificial intelligence techniques. The reader is assumed to have a basic knowledge of power electronics and variable frequency drives. Teeming with diagrams, equations and formulae, and references. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Brian Kahin
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262112062
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standards Policy for Information Infrastructure written by Brian Kahin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there are many competing visions of information infrastructure, there is universal agreement that standards will play a critical role. The history of OSI, the Internet, and industry consortia shows that standards development has become a rich, multifaceted process, critically linked to market strategy and major issues of public policy. The thirty-three contributions to this book present a comprehensive picture of the state of the art in standards development for information technology and the options for federal policy. The book includes both independent analysis and the perspectives of major stakeholders and other interested parties--such as AT&T, the American National Standards Institute, the European Commission, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. A Publication of the Information Infrastructure Project at Harvard University

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309174147
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unpredictable Certainty written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-02-05 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a key component of the NII 2000 project of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, a set of white papers that contributed to and complements the project's final report, The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000, which was published in the spring of 1996. That report was disseminated widely and was well received by its sponsors and a variety of audiences in government, industry, and academia. Constraints on staff time and availability delayed the publication of these white papers, which offer details on a number of issues and positions relating to the deployment of information infrastructure.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Information Infrastructure written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: