1. The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband.
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Visser, Marijke and Alice Ball, Mary
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LIBRARY public services , *BROADBAND communication systems , *LIBRARIES & families , *LIBRARY science research , *INFORMATION science , *TELECOMMUNICATION policy , *LIBRARIES & community , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *JOB applications , *COMMUNITIES , *COMPUTER networks , *DIFFUSION of innovations , *INTERNET , *LOCAL government , *PUBLIC libraries , *SOCIAL role , *GOVERNMENT policy , *ACCESS to information - Abstract
This paper discusses the role of the public library in ensuring access to the broadband communication that is so critical in today's knowledge-based society. It examines the culture of information in 2010, and then asks what it means if individuals are online or not. The paper also explores current issues surrounding telecommunications and policy, and finally seeks to understand the role of the library in this highly technological, perpetually connected world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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