Who is Who in the Internet World
Users access links to WiWiW's project description, methodology, a webpage for contacting project administrators (if you are an internet "pioneer," for example, and would like your story to be recorded -- the "Contribute" link also provides users with an opportunity to participate in the project, biographies of the project's staff. Finally, the "Pioneers Gallery" displays pictures of internet pioneers who have contributed interviews to the project.
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WiWiW's website is an information resource. "WiWiW stands for: Who is Who in the Internet World. Its main goal is to leave a digital-recorded register of the ideas which lead the main internet pioneers to made the Net as we know it today. Rejecting other than primary-sourced histories from the founders, and deployers" (excerpted from WiwiW's website).... It's a unique collection of interconnected easy-to-read multimedia documents. Produced as executive summaries of the personal conducted interviews (one to three hours each), which collect digital voice, basic bibliography and pictures, from the pioneers. In this way, the website is "[a] perpetual archive devoted to Internet pioneers worldwide" (excerpted from the Internet Society's History of the Internet webpage). The Project seeks to highlight those (sometimes) unknown people who devoted (at least 10 years) to the Internet. Creators, inventors, protocol implementers and also all those who silently brought the internet to their own countries. WiWiW's research is by now focused on: UNITED STATES and SPAIN So far there are 140 interviews done. And over 750 people (600+ institutions) have been reached worldwide for prospective interviews. [2] IBEROAMERICA. At this time, WiWiW has contacted more than 400 Official Information Society organizations in 22 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Uruguay and Venezuela). [And, 3] OECD. Right now the WiWiW team is working to find the 3 to 5 Internet pioneers in each of the OECD's countries" (excerpted from WiwiW's website).
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United StatesM.I.T. Archives and Special Collections
M.I.T's Archives and Special Collections websites provides a complete list of the archives' on site collections, publications, oral history sources (some of which are accessible through the website), rare books collections, manuscript collections (pdf files accessible online), the archives Architecture and Physics collections, presidential papers (some of which are accessible through the website), and a list of researchers' writings and exhibits constructed using M.I.T.'s archival sources. The M.I.T. Archives website also provides users with a history of M.I.T., various research aids, Records Management guidelines and aids (including a link to a Records Managment Web Site), guidelines for "theses preperation," faculty minutes, and online catalogue for theses produced by M.I.T. students.
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"The Institute Archives and Special Collections serves as the 'memory' of MIT, collecting and preserving records that document MIT's history and the people who have been a part of that history... The nature of education and research at the Institute is such that the Archives' collections document numerous aspects of the evolution of modern science and technology and its impact on society. In particular, the collections document the role of scientists and engineers in the formation of science policy. The Archives works to build collections of primary sources such as the official records of the Institute and selected personal and professional papers of MIT faculty, staff, and students. The department also collects MIT publications and the record copy of MIT theses, and maintains MIT's rare book collections. Occasionally the Archives accepts collections of records of non-MIT persons and organizations whose activities complement the Archives' holdings. In addition, staff members at both the Institute Archives and the MIT Museum have worked with MIT faculty to create a list of available oral histories. Researchers may want to contact the MIT Museum for information on other materials about MIT. The goal of the Institute Archives is to support the administration, research, and teaching of the MIT community as well as encourage the use of its collections by researchers outside the Institute. The Institute Archives also administers MIT's Records Management Program, advising administrative and academic offices on records-keeping practices for non-permanent records" (excerpted from the M.I.T. Archives and Special Collections' website). M.I.T.'s archives are open to researchers worldwide.
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United StatesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
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