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Download full textDoctor, Ronald D.; Turner, Philip M. – 1991
This paper, which was presented to National Aeronautics and Space Administration librarians as part of a telecommunications conference, describes features of the proposed National Research and Education Network (NREN). First, NREN's predecessor, the National Science Foundation network (the current NSFnet/Internet system), is discussed and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Democracy
Peer reviewedRubin, Michael Rogers – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes the development and current uses of computerized databases of information about individuals by the government and private agencies, especially credit bureaus, and discusses three major categories of abusive information practices that threaten personal privacy: information collection, information dissemination, and information management…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computer Networks, Confidential Records, Credit (Finance)
