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Paul T Jaeger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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broadband for Public libraries importance issues and research needs
Government Information Quarterly, 2010Co-Authors: Lauren H Mandel, John Carlo Bertot, Bradley Wade Bishop, Charles R Mcclure, Paul T JaegerAbstract:Abstract U.S. Public libraries provide free Public Internet services to the communities that they serve, but require robust, high-speed broadband Internet connections to continue meeting Public demands. The 2008–2009 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study (PLFTAS) illustrates challenges that Public libraries encounter in achieving broadband connectivity and equipment upgrades, and maintaining acceptable levels of services as they meet continually increasing Internet-enabled service demands. This article: 1) analyzes the ability of Public libraries to serve as a community-based Public Internet access point in the context of limited funding and access to telecommunications services and equipment; 2) discusses key policy issues that affect the provision of Public library Internet-enabled services through broadband; 3) provides recommendations for policy makers to include libraries as part of a larger national-level telecommunications policy; and 4) identifies a number of topics and issues that need further investigation and research in this shifting policy environment.
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the impacts of free Public Internet access on Public library patrons and communities
The Library Quarterly, 2008Co-Authors: John Carlo Bertot, Charles R Mcclure, Paul T JaegerAbstract:Public libraries have evolved into a primary source of Internet access in many communities, generating wide‐ranging impacts in the communities that Public libraries serve. Based on the findings of the 2007 Public Libraries and the Internet study, this article examines the ways in which the Internet access delivered by Public libraries affects their communities. This article describes the Public access technology roles of Public libraries and explores the relationships among community impacts, community expectations, and Public policies related to libraries. The analysis emphasizes the effects of future Internet platforms and applications and online communities on the community impacts. This article also examines ways in which to measure these impacts from other perspectives, including developing a means of assessing the users' perceptions of the impacts of Public library Internet access in their own lives and in their communities.
Bastian Pelka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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HCI (7) - Digital) Social Innovation Through Public Internet Access Points
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2015Co-Authors: Christoph Kaletka, Bastian PelkaAbstract:The post-industrial innovation system with its distinct focus on social innovation allows for theoretical and conceptual connections between innovation research and new fields of social practice. In this article we elaborate on the potential of social innovation and especially digital social innovation to tackle digitally excluded persons’ needs. Public Internet access points are key infrastructures driving the digital inclusion of marginalized persons. Empirical results presented in this paper shows that these players act socially innovative by creating collaborative spaces for digital inclusion, by developing hybrid staff competence profiles and by creating community-based, intergenerational learning content. The paper relates research perspectives from the social innovation and the digital inclusion discourse and argues against the background of research and development results of six EU funded projects on social innovation and/or digital inclusion in the years 2011–2015.
Monica J Barratt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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discussing illicit drugs in Public Internet forums visibility stigma and pseudonymity
Communities and Technologies, 2011Co-Authors: Monica J BarrattAbstract:It has been claimed that people discuss their own illicit drug use online because anonymity allows them to avoid the legal and social risks of identifying themselves as drug users. Discourses around the risks, strategies and management of online drug discussion were produced by interviewing 26 'party drug' users who reported participating in Internet forums where drugs were discussed. Three factors influenced the extent to which drug forum users discussed their own drug use in Public Internet forums: perceived visibility, perceived legal risk and social stigma, and perceived effectiveness of pseudonymity. Implications for Internet research with drug users are discussed.
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C&T - Discussing illicit drugs in Public Internet forums: visibility, stigma, and pseudonymity
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies - C&T '11, 2011Co-Authors: Monica J BarrattAbstract:It has been claimed that people discuss their own illicit drug use online because anonymity allows them to avoid the legal and social risks of identifying themselves as drug users. Discourses around the risks, strategies and management of online drug discussion were produced by interviewing 26 'party drug' users who reported participating in Internet forums where drugs were discussed. Three factors influenced the extent to which drug forum users discussed their own drug use in Public Internet forums: perceived visibility, perceived legal risk and social stigma, and perceived effectiveness of pseudonymity. Implications for Internet research with drug users are discussed.
John Carlo Bertot - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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broadband for Public libraries importance issues and research needs
Government Information Quarterly, 2010Co-Authors: Lauren H Mandel, John Carlo Bertot, Bradley Wade Bishop, Charles R Mcclure, Paul T JaegerAbstract:Abstract U.S. Public libraries provide free Public Internet services to the communities that they serve, but require robust, high-speed broadband Internet connections to continue meeting Public demands. The 2008–2009 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study (PLFTAS) illustrates challenges that Public libraries encounter in achieving broadband connectivity and equipment upgrades, and maintaining acceptable levels of services as they meet continually increasing Internet-enabled service demands. This article: 1) analyzes the ability of Public libraries to serve as a community-based Public Internet access point in the context of limited funding and access to telecommunications services and equipment; 2) discusses key policy issues that affect the provision of Public library Internet-enabled services through broadband; 3) provides recommendations for policy makers to include libraries as part of a larger national-level telecommunications policy; and 4) identifies a number of topics and issues that need further investigation and research in this shifting policy environment.
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the impacts of free Public Internet access on Public library patrons and communities
The Library Quarterly, 2008Co-Authors: John Carlo Bertot, Charles R Mcclure, Paul T JaegerAbstract:Public libraries have evolved into a primary source of Internet access in many communities, generating wide‐ranging impacts in the communities that Public libraries serve. Based on the findings of the 2007 Public Libraries and the Internet study, this article examines the ways in which the Internet access delivered by Public libraries affects their communities. This article describes the Public access technology roles of Public libraries and explores the relationships among community impacts, community expectations, and Public policies related to libraries. The analysis emphasizes the effects of future Internet platforms and applications and online communities on the community impacts. This article also examines ways in which to measure these impacts from other perspectives, including developing a means of assessing the users' perceptions of the impacts of Public library Internet access in their own lives and in their communities.
Lynette Simpson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Public Internet access revisited
Telecommunications Policy, 2004Co-Authors: Lynette Simpson, Leonie Daws, Barbara PiniAbstract:Abstract In recent years the Australian government has dedicated considerable project funds to establish Public Internet access points in rural and regional communities. Drawing on data from a major Australian study of the social and economic impact of new technologies on rural areas, this paper explores some of the difficulties rural communities have faced in setting up Public access points and sustaining them beyond their project funding. Of particular concern is the way that economic sustainability has been positioned as a measure of the success of such ventures. Government funding has been allocated on the basis of these rural Public access points becoming economically self-sustaining. This is problematic on a number of counts. It is therefore argued that these Public access points should be reconceptualised as essential community infrastructure like schools and libraries, rather than potential economic enterprises.
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Public Internet access revisited
2004Co-Authors: Leonie Daws, Barbara Pini, Lynette SimpsonAbstract:In recent years the Australian government has dedicated considerable project funds to establish Public Internet access points in rural and regional communities. Drawing on data from a major Australian study of the social and economic impact of new technologies on rural areas, this paper explores some of the difficulties rural communities have faced in setting up Public access points and sustaining them beyond their project funding. Of particular concern is the way that economic sustainability has been positioned as a measure of the success of such ventures. Government funding has been allocated on the basis of these rural Public access points becoming economically self-sustaining. This is problematic on a number of counts. It is therefore argued that these Public access points should be reconceptualised as essential community infrastructure like schools and libraries, rather than potential economic enterprises. Author Keywords: Author Keywords: Internet; Public access; Sustainability; Digital divide; Rural Australia
