Libraries, telecentres, cybercafes, and public access to ICT [electronic resource] : international comparisons / Ricardo Gomez, editor.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.Description: electronic texts (553 p.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781609607722 (ebook)
- Public access computers in libraries
- Internet
- Community informatics
- Cybercaf�e access
- Digital divides
- Digital inclusion strategies
- Information and communication technologies access
- Information and communication technologies for development (ICTD)
- Libraries and accessibility
- Public access
- Public access venues
- Telecentre access
- 025.50285 23
- Z678.93.P83 L53 2012e
- Also available in print.
eBooks
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.
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"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.
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