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Information Infrastructure

I've been active in Internet and more general information infrastructure matters for many years. I conduct research, perform consultancy assignments, and on occasions act as a public interest advocate for both consumers and business.

The term 'information infrastructure' (II) refers to the communications networks and associated software that support interaction among people and organisations. The Internet is the phenomenon that has driven the debate to date. The term Information Infrastructure (II) is useful as a collective term for present networks (including the Internet, and the underlying long-distance and short-distance communications technologies) and likely future facilities.

II came to prominence as an expression in part because of the term 'national information infrastructure (NII)' that was popularised in the mid-1990s by American Vice-President Al Gore, and used as a clarion call. His purpose was to ensure that the U.S. exploits the technology that it has, to a considerable extent, gifted to the world. Many people, in and beyond the U.S., prefer the term 'global information infrastructure' (GII), in order to emphasise the interconnectedness of the network, of countries and of people.

Resources

I've been providing resources in relation to Information Infrastructure since 1995, and this part of my site has attracted over 3 million hits during its first decade. The resources can be accessed in the following ways:

• using the index of my most recent papers, on my What's New page
• using this search facility across all papers on my site
• via the classified and annnotated bibliography of my papers on Information Infrastructure topics
• via the chronological bibliography of my papers on Information Infrastructure topics
• using these pointers to some other sources (warning: I don't have the time to check this segment for broken links very often!)

These community service pages are a joint offering of the Australian National University (which provides the infrastructure), and Roger Clarke (who provides the content).

Created: 15 February 1995 - Last Amended: 1 October 2004 by Roger Clarke - Site Last Verified: 15 February 2005
This document is at www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/index.html
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