What’s going on?…. Waves of Power
The Day the Computers Died ...
Library Near-term Futures …new missions/visions?
Problems With Today’s Internet
Internet2 Focus Areas (April, 2004)
Internet2 Membership (April, 2004)
Why is I2 Important? … Short term 5-10 years
Multimedia Requires High Bandwidth “The Matrix” Download (DVD Quality, circa 2001)
Caltech and CERN Set New Internet Speed Record
CBC News New Internet2 Speed Record
New breed of “research facility”
What do YOU need to participate?
I2 SEGP Goal Sponsored Education Group Participant
SEGP Connectivity Fundamentals
SEGP Connectivity Survey Fall 2002 Summary of Results
SEGP Connectivity Survey Fall 2002
Public Libraries Connected Internet 2 SEGP Survey Fall 2002
SEGP Connectivity in Ohio Fall 2002 Sponsored Education Group Participants
Ohio 25 SEGP Institutions June 2004
SEGPs—New England March 2004 Sponsored Education Group Participants
33 SEGP Projects (March 2004) continued …
I2–Advanced Worcester Network Infrastructure—Original Plan
I2–Advanced Worcester Network Infrastructure—Actual Connections
I2–Advanced Worcester Network Infrastructure—Peering w/ ISPs
101 Sponsored Participants (April, 2004)
WPI Goddard I2 GigaPoP Sponsored Participant Projects
WPI Goddard I2 GigaPoP Sponsored Participant Projects
Potential for New Relationships
WPI Research & Education Network
Northeast Research & Education Network (NEREN)
Challenges for Digital Libraries
Predictions for the Future … Academic Libraries