Our local city of and county offices now have Internet connections. Current gubernatorial candidates and U.S. Senators and Representatives have e-mail addresses. Supreme Court decisions, presidential press releases, and federal legislation can all be found on the Internet. The private news sector as well is increasingly communicating on-line. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has announced that its electronic edition will offer over three times the depth of coverage of its print edition.
Internet users find their most timely information in electronic journals.
No need to travel to a research library since full-text magazine articles are on the Internet. Increasingly, information will be available only in electronic format. Children need to have good information in order to have a say in how their society is run. That will be impossible without electronic information skills and access. Internet skills will be increasingly demanded by businesses.