The Vice President referred to this point in speaking to a Forum on Telecommunications Policy held at UCLA in January, 1994. We believe that libraries provide a way for all parts of a community to gain access to new electronic information resources and services. And the work that the GPO has done by providing online access to government information in electronic format provides an example for the nation. The conference involved 218 women participants from 46 countries. Women's information networks should be encouraged to foster reciprocity and cooperation and to ease communication across geographic and national boundaries.
Networks promote the ability to think creatively and to work collaboratively.
In the world of tomorrow, communication will be the means by which women will take their rightful place in the world. Close cooperation between women's networks and women's movements will be necessary if we are to prepare for the 21st century, already called the 'information century'. We must work for a better, brighter, and more promising future for our daughters and our grandaughters. Thank you for the opportunity of sharing these thoughts. And my very best wishes for your celebration of National Women's History Month.