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Libraries, telecentres, cybercafes, and public access to ICT international comparisons /

"This book presents groundbreaking research on the new challenges and opportunities faced by public libraries, community telecentres, and cybercafés that offer public access to computers and other information and communication technologies"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Gomez, Ricardo, 1964-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
Subjects:
Public access computers in libraries.
Internet.
Community informatics
Cybercafé 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
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 # |a 1. Libraries, telecenters and cybercafés: 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 / Adrián Rozengardt and Susana Finquelievich -- 12. Public access ICT in Brazil / Marta Voelcker and Gabriel Novais -- 13. Public access ICT in Costa Rica / Adriana Sánchez and Kemly Camacho -- 14. Public access ICT in Colombia / Luis Fernando Barón and Mónica Valdés -- 15. Public access ICT in Dominican Republic / Francia Alfaro, José Pablo Molina and Kemly Camacho -- 
505 8 # |a 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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653 # # |a Information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) 
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