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Part 1 The digital library metaphor - the I-way as publishing andcommunity memory: excerpt from "As We May Think", Vannevar Bush; excerpt from"Libraries of the Future", J.C.R. Licklider; excerpt from "The DigitalLibrary Project", volume 1 - "The World of Knowbots", Robert E. Kahn andVinton G. Cerf; excerpt from "Communication as the Root of ScientificProgress", Joshua Lederberg; excerpt from "What is the Role of Libraries inthe Information Economy?", John Browning; technological revolutions and theGutenberg myth, Scott D.N. Cook; excerpt from "Libraries are More thanInformation - Situational Aspects of Electronic Libraries", Vicky Reich andMark Weiser; excerpt from "The Electronic Capture and Dissemination of theCultural Practice of Tibetan Thangka Painting", Ranjit Makkuni. Part 2 Theelectronic mail metaphor - the I-way as a communications medium: someconsequences of electronic groups, Lee Sproull and Samer Faraj; netiquette101, Jay Machado; excerpt from "The MPC Adventures - Experiences with theGeneration of VLSI Design and Implementation Methodologies", Lynn Conway;excerpt from "Digital Communications and the Conduct of Science - the NewLiteracy", Joshua Lederberg. Part 3 The electronic marketplace metaphor -selling goods and services on the I-way: excerpt from "Electronic Commerce onthe Internet", from the CommerceNet Home Page; excerpt from "ElectronicMarkets and Electronic Hierarchies", Thomas W. Malone et al; slaves of a newmachine - exploring the for-free/for-pay conundrum, Laura Fillmore; lettingloose the light - igniting commerce in electronic publication, Mark Stefik.Part 4 The digital worlds metaphor - the I-way as a gateway to experience:excerpt from "Mudding - Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities",Pavel Curtis; a rape in Cyberspace - how an evil clown, a Haitian triksterspirit, two wizards and a cast of dozens turned a database into a society,Julian Dibbell; interaction without society? - what avatars can't do, HarryM. Collins; excerpt from "Toward Portable Ideas", Mark Stefik and John SeelyBrown; the national collaboratory - a white paper, William A. Wulf; Internetdreams - first encounters of an on-line dream group, Barbara Viglizzo;epilogue - choices and dreams.