The Information Resources Policy Handbook

To understand the Information Age one must understand the concept of
information as a resource. Like other basic resources such as energy and materials,
information resources are building blocks of society. But unlike energy and
materials, they are far more abundant and versatile. Information resources includes
computers, telecommunications, the mass media, and financial services, all created
or changed by the movement from analog to digital. This collection looks at the
factors underlying digital technologies as well as the resulting public and
strategic policy issues.In a rapidly evolving discipline, certain judgments are
likely to change. To strike a balance between the more abstract concepts of enduring
value and writings focused on current examples, each part of the book opens with a
timeless "evergreen" chapter, followed by one or more "contemporary"
chapters.

ContributorsDaniel Bell, Anne Wells
Branscomb, Benjamin M. Compaine, Derrick C. Huang, Martin C. Libicki, Patricia Hirl
Longstaff, Robert Lucky, John F. McLaughlin, Lee McKnight, Vincent Mosco, W. Russell
Neuman, Eli Noam, Anthony G. Oettinger, Ithiel deSola Pool, William H. Read, Jerome
S. Rubin, Richard J. Solomon, Debra Spar, Ronald Alan Weiner, Janet Wikler