Culture -- multiple factors

Shift from status quo into something NEW

• Technologies
  • from expensive scarce resources
  • to ubiquitous commodity items
  • NOTE: Scale keeps shifting . . . the old gets cheaper
• Policies
  • Must reflect global nature of the Internet
  • Must protect public information resources
  • . . . . need to be updated and changed
• Users
  • resistant to change
  • require education, training, and on-going support

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