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World Wide Web Public Access: Notes on the Debate.
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Watson, Mark – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 1997
Examines the pros and cons of providing access to the World Wide Web for library patrons as well as suggesting solutions to problems. Discusses the establishment of a library policy governing the use of the Web, as well as the importance of workshops and instructional materials on Web use in libraries. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Internet, Library Instruction
Institutional Policy Issues for Providing Public Internet Access.
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Cordell, Rosanne M.; Wootton, Nancy A. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1996
Considers policy formation for libraries providing Internet access to users. Topics include budget issues; staffing, including training; patron use, including time limits, downloading, and printing; library service and programs; legal issues, including intellectual freedom, copyright, and institutional liability; and sample policies available on…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Budgeting, Copyrights, Downloading
Moving toward More Effective Public Internet Access: The 1998 National Survey of Public Library Outlet Internet Connectivity.
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Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – 1999
This publication reports on research conducted to follow up on a 1997 survey of public libraries and the Internet, co-sponsored by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and the American Library Association. The 1998 survey is based on a sample of 2,500 of the nation's 15,718 public library outlets. The survey found that…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Government Role, Information Technology
Issues in Electronic Resource Services in K-12 School Library Settings.
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Farmer, Leslie S. J. – Education Libraries, 2002
Discusses the unique factors that online electronic resources pose in school library settings. Topics include the appropriateness of online electronic resources; strategic planning for Internet access, including acceptable use policies; administrative issues; selection and acquisition; organization; and intellectual access, including library…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy
Culture, Gender and Subjectivities: Computer and Internet Restrictions in a High School Library
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Brown, Tara M. – Journal of Access Services, 2006
This paper is drawn from an empirical, ethnographic study of information and communications technologies (ICT) use among thirteen, low-income twelfth-graders attending a large urban high school and focuses on participants' ICT access in the school library. It examines how library staff members' cultural and gendered perceptions shaped ICT…
Descriptors: Ethnography, School Libraries, Library Policy, Use Studies
Using Public Libraries To Provide Technology Access for Individuals in Poverty: A Nationwide Analysis of Library Market Areas Using a Geographic Information System.
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Jue, Dean K.; Koontz, Christie M.; Magpantay, J. Andrew; Lance, Keith Curry; Seidl, Ann M. – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Assesses the distribution of poverty areas in the United States relative to public library outlet locations to begin discussion on the best possible public library funding and development policies that would serve individuals in poverty areas. Provides a comparative analysis of poverty relative to public library outlets using two common methods of…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged