The thousands of volumes that are contained today on the shelves of libraries could be trasfered into digital form and … be made available to any place in the country electronically.
Predictor: Boucher, Rick
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for The Washington Post, writer John Burgess quotes Rep. Rick Boucher. Burgess writes: ”Promoters of the information highway invariably depict it as something of immense social utility. ‘The thousands of volumes that are contained today on the shelves of libraries could be trasfered into digital form and … be made available to any place in the country electronically,’ says one oof the concept’s biggest promoters in Congress, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), a member of the House committee on science and technology.”
Biography:Rick Boucher was a U.S. Congressman who backed the amendment that allowed the National Science Foundation to support computer networks and opened the floodgates of digital commerce in the early 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Libraries/Databases
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: Data Highways: Can We Get There From Here? Complex Problems of Funding, Standards, Rules Remain Unresolved as Grids’ Construction Begins
Quote Type: Direct quote
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