The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband.

Authors :: Visser, Marijke
Alice Ball, Mary
Source :: Information Technology & Libraries; Dec2010, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p187-194, 8p
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: This paper discusses the role of the public library in ensuring access to the broadband communication that is so critical in today's knowledge-based society. It examines the culture of information in 2010, and then asks what it means if individuals are online or not. The paper also explores current issues surrounding telecommunications and policy, and finally seeks to understand the role of the library in this highly technological, perpetually connected world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: LIBRARY public services
BROADBAND communication systems
LIBRARIES & families
LIBRARY science research
INFORMATION science
TELECOMMUNICATION policy
LIBRARIES & community
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
JOB applications
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTER networks
DIFFUSION of innovations
INTERNET
LOCAL government
PUBLIC libraries
SOCIAL role
GOVERNMENT policy
ACCESS to information

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