Committee Toward a National Collaboratory: Establishing the User-Developer Partnership & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board 
National Collaboratories [PDF ebook] 
Applying Information Technology for Scientific Research

Computing and communications are becoming essential tools of science. Together, they make possible new kinds and degrees of collaboration. This book addresses technical, scientific, and social aspects of fostering scientific collaboration using information technology. It explores issues in molecular biology, oceanography, and space physics, and derives recommendations for a partnership between scientists and technologists to develop better collaboration technology to support science.