Dreams and realities: The international dimension of the 1991 white house conference on library and information services

Using longitudinal time-series data, this article analyzes the causes of the recent sharp increase in household expenditure on telecommunications in South Korea with an almost ideal demand system (AIDS) model. The analysis shows that the Korean household demand for telecommunications has become highly price elastic following structural changes associated with the rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the Internet during 1998–2008. Following these structural changes, telecommunications services have become complements for transportation, books and printed matter, and culture and recreation services, but substitutes for culture and recreation durable goods. Consequently, one important reason for the increase in the expenditure on telecommunications in Korea is the migration of many services from offline to online by means of telecommunications.     

The Framing Years: Policy Fundamentals in the Internet Design Process, 1969–1979

Those responsible for the technical decision making that created the Internet found they had to think through a number of social policy issues, from privacy and intellectual property rights through the definition of common carriage and environmental problems, along the way. Such issues were framed by conceptualizations of the nature of the network, goals to be served by the network, users and uses of the network, and the design criteria that served as policy principles developed during the early years of the design process. This article examines such policy fundamentals as they developed through the technical document series that records the Internet design process, the Internet Requests for Comments (RFCs) during the first decade of that process, 1969–1979.     

Culture,Technology, Communication: Towards an Intercultural Global Village,edited by Charles Ess with Fay Sudweeks. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. 355 pp. $26.95. ISBN 0-7914-5016-3

Abstract

The evolution into the age of information has produced a number of consequences that were never considered during the move into this new era. Among them is a phenomenon called the electronic immigrant. The worldwide telecommunications infrastructure has made it possible to telecommute from any location where the worker can link up with the network. Thus, new potentials and problems have evolved along with the electronic technology. This article examines this new worker and identifies the chief problems and promises created by the concept of the electronic immigrant.     

The development of wireless telecommunications and local governments' policy responses: The U.S. case

The increasing popularity of wireless telephony creates a new set of challenges for local governments as the need for corresponding wireless facilities occurs in direct proportion to this growth. In particular, the influx of new wireless telecommunications providers poses significant challenges for local governments as they carry out their traditional zoning and land use functions.     

The Business of Digital Disability

The paradox of disability and inclusive information technology is considered. If we are now possessed of greater knowledge about disability and design, why is accessible and inclusive technology so difficult to bring about? Is it because inclusive technology is not profitable, and so unattractive for businesses and unsustainable as an industry? Or is the answer more education and awareness? This paper seeks to reframe dominant approaches to disability, information technology, and policy, by offering a thesis centred upon the power relations of disability and the crucial role played by disability's cultural and social constitution. In explaining and testing the theory, we look at case studies from telecommunications, mobile phones, and the Internet.     

基于V2X技术的自动泊车系统设计

设计了基于V2X(Vehicle To Everything,车与外界的信息交换)技术的自动泊车系统.该系统由人机交互单元、信号引导单元、车载泊车单元3部分构成.人机交互单元负责输入操作指令和采集存储用户身份信息,信号引导单元负责提供泊车路径信息与停车信号,车载泊车单元负责控制车辆运行.该系统具有一键存取、身份验证、车位记忆等功能,可用于传统车辆和无人驾驶汽车,是一种新型自动泊车系统.     

Implementing “real science” through microcomputers and telecommunications in project-based elementary classrooms

This is a study of an ongoing collaborative project in which science education faculty and upper elementary school teachers investigate the potential of a project-based, technologyrich, environmentally oriented approach to science education in an urban school serving a racially diverse population. Major conclusions based on the experience of participants in this study include: (1) teachers describe their instructional roles in terms highly consistent with student-centered, project-based, experiential learning; (2) teachers believe that what makes science real for students is the feeling that they are working on a truly current problem that is also being investigated by others outside their classroom. This is achieved by KidsNet, a microcomputer- and telecommunications-mediated curriculum, in a way that would not be possible without this technology; (3) teachers describe the actual and possible role of computer technology in terms which, while insightful and generally positive, are not clearly related to its flexible use in project-based learning; and (4) while teachers recognize meaningful connections between off-line science activities and the use of computer and telecommunications technologies, their students often do not.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 16, 1993, Atlanta, Georgia.This work was partially supported by a Higher Education Grant from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Improvement Program.     

First time facilitator’s experience: designing and facilitating an action learning programme in China

This paper describes an action learning programme with China Unicom Broadband Limited (CUBO) to support its vision of transforming to become a world-leading broadband communications and information service provider. 64 Department directors and supervisors were invited to take part in the ‘China Unicom Broadband Online Phoenix Action Learning Leadership Development Program’ which spanned a period of 8 months. This account illustrates the steps that were taken to implement an action learning programme to assist CUBO and its leaders with transforming their company, and provides a summary of the learning: as an accoucheur, set adviser and facilitator of organisational learning.     

我国电信服务业的市场结构优化研究

电信服务业对我国经济发展发挥着重要的推动作用,而高垄断性的市场结构制约着电信服务业的发展.本文首先分析电信服务业的整体现状及市场构成,重点分析电信服务业市场结构的现状,在此基础上提出优化我国电信服务业市场结构的对策.     

创新网络守门人区域比较研究:以电信领域为例

在区域间合作创新中，守门人扮演着知识吸收和传递的重要角色。结合多维邻近性理论，本研究采用社会网络分析法构建创新网络中守门人的识别框架和贡献度模型。在此基础上通过采集1985-2017年我国电信领域的合作专利数据，对九大城市群之间的创新网络进行守门人识别和贡献度测量，并分析守门人角色构成、内外部联系特征及贡献度大小之间的关联。研究结果显示：1）不同城市群在守门人数量、内外部联系强度方面均表现出显著差别；2）产学研不同角色的守门人贡献度差异显著，多数城市群的高校守门人对其所在城市群具有更大的贡献；3）尽管区域本身在地理位置和产业结构等方面的特殊性会影响守门人的贡献度，但通过对几大类城市群的数据分析表明--双向活跃型或外向活跃型的守门人，对区域间合作创新发挥着更为显著的效用。