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Public libraries and the Internet : roles, perspectives, and implications
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Public libraries and the Internet : roles, perspectives, and implications

Author: John Carlo Bertot; Paul T Jaeger; Charles R McClure
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, ©2011.
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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?
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Public libraries and the Internet.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, c2011
(DLC) 2010032376
(OCoLC)422757089
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: John Carlo Bertot; Paul T Jaeger; Charles R McClure
ISBN: 9781591587774 1591587778
OCLC Number: 693776814
Description: 1 online resource (viii, 295 p.) : ill.
Contents: Evolving relationships between information technology and public libraries / Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot, and Kenneth R. Fleischmann --
Public libraries and the Internet : a retrospective, challenges, and issues moving forward / John Carlo Bertot --
Public libraries and e-government / Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot --
Public library 2.0 : new technologies, roles, and challenges for public libraries / Lorri Mon --
Public library roles in hurricane preparedness and response / Charles R. McClure ... [et al.] --
The public library in the life of the Internet : how the core values of librarianship can shape human-centered computing / Kenneth R. Fleischmann --
Assessing Florida public library broadband for e-government and emergency/disaster management services / Lauren H. Mandel, Charles R. McClure, and Bradley Wade Bishop --
Providing services for the underserved in public libraries through an understanding of information poverty and access / Kim M. Thompson --
Serving older adult health information seekers in the Internet age : the role of public libraries / Bo Xie ... [et al.] --
Plugging into youth : youth library services in the digital age/era / Erin V. Helmrich and Erin Downey Howerton --
Persons with disabilities and physical and virtual public library settings / Jonathan Lazar, Paul T. Jaeger, and John Carlo Bertot --
Public library funding : an overview and discussion / Denise M. Davis --
The role of state library agencies in public library Internet development / Robert Bocher --
Public libraries and the Internet : a view from the trenches / Larra M. Clark --
Shaping the debate : the present and future impacts of policy on the Internet and library services / Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot --
The ever changing impacts of Internet access on libraries and their communities / Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot, and Paul T. Jaeger.
Responsibility: John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger, and Charles R. McClure, editors.

Abstract:

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?

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