51 Reasons to Build the National Information Infrastructure

小行星9313388 随着互联网近年来的发展，以及国会审议并通过了扩大和加强国家研究和教育网络（NREN）的立法，公众对网络的兴趣急剧上升。 但它在许多出版领域的潜力，虽然感觉到的“早期采用者” 在初等和中等教育以及提供保健等领域，人们还没有很好地理解这一点。 谁在使用它？ 他们是如何使用它的？ 我们可以记录这些好处吗？ 对NREN和国家信息基础设施的公共投资情况如何？ 该项目的目标是收集各种用户的轶事描述-“故事”-关于互联网接入如何改善了他们获得信息和服务的机会。 这些“故事”将有助于记录互联网的好处，并将为进一步研究建立一个候选人库。 它还将协助基金会和其他联邦机构，以及立法者，决策者和互联网用户，在定位特定类型的用户和应用程序。 这些故事将在一个或多个互联网信息服务器上提供，使用的技术包括Gopher、WAIS和BRS。 这些报告还将以图文并茂的小册子形式出版，免费向广大读者分发。 ***

9313388 Breeden As the Internet has expanded in recent years, and the Congress has considered and passed legislation that extends and enhances access to the National Research and Education Network (NREN), public interest in networking has skyrocketed. But its potential in many publication arenas, although sensed by the "early adopters" in fields such as elementary and secondary education and health care delivery, is not well understood yet. Who is using it? How are they using it? Can we document the benefits? And what is the case for public investment in the NREN and the national information infrastructure? The goal of this project is to collect anecdotal descriptions - "stories" -from a range of users about how Internet access has improved their access to information and services. This collection of "stories" will help document the benefits of the Internet and will create a pools of candidates for further study. It will also assist the foundation and other Federal Agencies, as well as legislators, policy makers and Internet users, in locating particular types of users and application. The stories will be made available in one or more Internet information servers, using technologies such as Gopher, WAIS, and BRS. They will also be published in an illustrated booklet which will be distributed at no charge to a wide audience. ***