This book is a timely and detailed exploration of the impact and issues of the Internet in public libraries and their implications for society, policy, and professional practice.
The impact of the Internet and related technologies extends to library patrons, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers. It affects public library funding, community expectations, and social perceptions about the roles of public libraries. How have libraries adapted so far? What does the future hold?
Public Libraries and the Internet Roles, Perspectives, and Implications explores the impact of the Internet and the expansion of the networked environment on U.S. public libraries through more than a dozen essays written by leading scholars and administrators. Notwithstanding the far reaching changes wrought by the internet, this is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive exploration of the subject over time and across areas of practice.
This wide ranging volume, edited by the authors of several national studies tracking the use and involvement of public libraries with the Internet since 1994, offers both description and assessment. It discusses the ways in which the roles and services of public libraries have changed as a result of the Internet and offers a perspective on the meaning and impact of these changes. Perhaps most critically, it also suggests possible futures and opportunities as public libraries continue to evolve in this networked environment.
Recenzijos
This book is a very timely and topical discussion of many important issues facing public libraries in their Internet service role. Although the initial studies are from the US, many issues in the library world are universal. Public Libraries and the Internet is well worth reading if you are a librarian in a public or educational library and you wish to keep up with current issues in the area of Internet access for library patrons * Australian Library Journal *
Daugiau informacijos
This book is a timely and detailed exploration of the impact and issues of the Internet in public libraries and their implications for society, policy, and professional practice.
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Chapter 1 Evolving Relationships between Information Technology and Public Libraries |
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Chapter 2 Public Libraries and the Internet: A Retrospective, Challenges, and Issues Moving Forward |
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Part II Contexts and Connections |
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Chapter 3 Public Libraries and E-government |
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Chapter 4 Public Library 2.0: New Technologies, Roles, and Challenges for Public Libraries |
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Chapter 5 Public Library Roles in Hurricane Preparedness and Response |
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Chapter 6 The Public Library in the Life of the Internet: How the Core Values of Librarianship Can Shape Human-Centered Computing |
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Chapter 7 Assessing Florida Public Library Broadband for E-government and Emergency/Disaster Management Services |
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Chapter 8 Providing Services for the Underserved in Public Libraries through an Understanding of Information Poverty and Access |
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Chapter 9 Serving Older Adult Health Information Seekers in the Internet Age: The Role of Public Libraries |
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Chapter 10 Plugging into Youth: Youth Library Services in the Digital Age/Era |
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Chapter 11 Persons with Disabilities and Physical and Virtual Public Library Settings |
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Part IV Institutions and Support |
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Chapter 12 Public Library Funding: An Overview and Discussion |
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Chapter 13 The Role of State Library Agencies in Public Library Internet Development |
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Chapter 14 Public Libraries and the Internet: A View from the Trenches |
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Chapter 15 Shaping the Debate: The Present and Future Impacts of Policy on the Internet and Library Services |
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Chapter 16 The Ever Changing Impacts of Internet Access on Libraries and Their Communities |
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| About the Editors and Contributors |
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John Carlo Bertot, PhD, is professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation (www.liicenter.org), and associate director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (www.cipeg.umd.edu).
Paul T. Jaeger, PhD, JD, is assistant professor in the College of Information Studies, director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (www.cipeg.umd.edu), and associate director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation (www.liicenter.org) at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Charles R. McClure, PhD, is Frances Eppes professor and director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute at the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
