1993年初,美国克林顿政府提出了兴建“信息高速公路”的计划,雄心勃勃地要将每一个教室、每一个诊所、每一个图书馆、每一个医院都联系在一起。到目前为止,世界上发达国家的信息高速公路均已初具规模。信息高速公路刷新了旧的图书馆的涵义,使文献、资料等信息价值从传统的单一的纸质载体发展到现代 In early 1993, the Clinton administration in the United States proposed a plan to build an “information superhighway.” It ambitiously linked every classroom, every clinic, every library, and every hospital. So far, the information superhighways of the developed countries in the world have taken shape. The information superhighway refreshes the meaning of the old library and makes the information value of documents, materials and information develop from the traditional single paper carrier to the modern one