TY - BOOK AU - Gomez,Ricardo ED - IGI eBooks. ED - IGI Global. TI - Libraries, telecentres, cybercafes, and public access to ICT: international comparisons SN - 9781609607722 (ebook) AV - Z678.93.P83 L53 2012e U1 - 025.50285 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hershey, Pa. PB - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) KW - Public access computers in libraries KW - Internet KW - Community informatics KW - Cybercaf�e access KW - Digital divides KW - Digital inclusion strategies KW - Information and communication technologies access KW - Information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) KW - Libraries and accessibility KW - Public access KW - Public access venues KW - Telecentre access KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Libraries, telecenters and cybercaf�es: a comparison of different types of public access venues / Melody Clark and Ricardo Gomez -- 2. Who uses public access venues? / Ricardo Gomez and Kemly Camacho -- 3. Infomediaries and community engagement are key / Elizabeth Gould and Ricardo Gomez -- 4. Perceptions of trust: safety, credibility, and "cool" / Ricardo Gomez and Elizabeth Gould -- 5. "Free" service or "good" service: what attracts users to public access computing venues? / Melody Clark and Ricardo Gomez -- 6. Gender and public access ICT / Allison Terry and Ricardo Gomez -- 7. Challenges for libraries in the information age / Elizabeth Gould and Ricardo Gomez -- 8. How do public access venues meet information needs in underserved communities? / Elizabeth Gould, Ricardo Gomez and Kemly Camacho -- 9. Success factors for public access computing: beyond anecdotes of success / Ricardo Gomez -- 10. Behind the scenes: research methodology and analytical framework / Ricardo Gomez, Kemly Camacho and Elizabeth Gould -- 11. Public access ICT in Argentina / Adri�an Rozengardt and Susana Finquelievich -- 12. Public access ICT in Brazil / Marta Voelcker and Gabriel Novais -- 13. Public access ICT in Costa Rica / Adriana S�anchez and Kemly Camacho -- 14. Public access ICT in Colombia / Luis Fernando Bar�on and M�onica Vald�es -- 15. Public access ICT in Dominican Republic / Francia Alfaro, Jos�e Pablo Molina and Kemly Camacho --; 16. Public access ICT in Ecuador / Katia Sotomayor and Juan Fernando Bossio -- 17. Public access ICT in Honduras / Melissa Arias and Kemly Camacho -- 18. Public access ICT in Peru / Juan Fernando Bossio, Katia Sotomayor and Erick Iriarte -- 19. Public access ICT in Bangladesh / Ananya Raihan -- 20. Public access ICT in Nepal / Rohit Kumar Nepali and Bibhusan Bista -- 21. Public access ICT in Philippines / Maria Juanita R. and Mina Lyn C. Peralta -- 22. Public access ICT in Malaysia / Ibrahim Kushchu -- 23. Public access ICT in Indonesia / Ibrahim Kushchu -- 24. Public access ICT in Kazakhstan / Andrew P. Beklemishev -- 25. Public access ICT in Kyrgyzstan / Tracey Naughton and Lkhagvasuren Ariunaa -- 26. Public access ICT in Mongolia / Tracey Naughton and Ondine Ullman -- 27. Public access ICT in Moldova / OPINIA and Independent Sociological and Information Service -- 28. Public access ICT in Georgia / Institute for Polling and Marketing -- 29. Public access ICT in Sri Lanka / Leelangi Wanasundera -- 30. Public access ICT in South Africa / Tina James ... [et al.] -- 31. Public access ICT in Namibia / Tina James and Milton Louw -- 32. Public access ICT in Uganda / Ndaula Sulah -- 33. Public access ICT in Algeria / Yahia Bakelli -- 34. Public access ICT in Egypt / Nayer Wanas -- 35. Public access ICT in Turkey / Ibrahim Kushchu; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print N2 - "This book presents groundbreaking research on the new challenges and opportunities faced by public libraries, community telecentres, and cybercaf�es that offer public access to computers and other information and communication technologies"--Provided by publisher UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-60960-771-5 ER -