Full Description
This book is a timely and detailed exploration of the impact and issues of the Internet in public libraries and their implications for society, policy, and professional practice.
Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications explores the impact of the Internet and the expansion of the networked environment on U.S. public libraries through more than a dozen essays written by leading scholars and administrators. Notwithstanding the far-reaching changes wrought by the Internet, this is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive exploration of the subject over time and across areas of practice.
This wide-ranging volume, edited by the authors of several national studies tracking the use and involvement of public libraries with the Internet since 1994, offers both description and assessment. It discusses the ways in which the roles and services of public libraries have changed as a result of the Internet and offers a perspective on the meaning and impact of these changes. Perhaps most critically, it also suggests possible futures and opportunities as public libraries continue to evolve in this networked environment.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I. Overview
Chapter 1 Evolving Relationships between Information Technology and Public Libraries
Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot, and Kenneth R. Fleischmann
Chapter 2 Public Libraries and the Internet: A Retrospective, Challenges, and Issues Moving Forward
John Carlo Bertot
Part II. Contexts and Connections
Chapter 3 Public Libraries and E-government
Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot
Chapter 4 Public Library 2.0: New Technologies, Roles, and Challenges for Public Libraries
Lorri Mon
Chapter 5 Public Library Roles in Hurricane Preparedness and Response
Charles R. McClure, Lauren H. Mandel, John Brobst, Charles C. Hinnant, John T. Snead, and Joe Ryan
Chapter 6 The Public Library in the Life of the Internet: How the Core Values of Librarianship Can Shape Human-Centered Computing
Kenneth R. Fleischmann
Chapter 7 Assessing Florida Public Library Broadband for E-government and Emergency/Disaster Management Services
Lauren H. Mandel, Charles R. McClure, and Bradley Wade Bishop
Part III. Populations
Chapter 8 Providing Services for the Underserved in Public Libraries through an Understanding of Information Poverty and Access
Kim M. Thompson
Chapter 9 Serving Older Adult Health Information Seekers in the Internet Age: The Role of Public Libraries
Bo Xie, Amy Cooper White, Chadwick B. Stark, David Piper, and Elizabeth Norton
Chapter 10 Plugging into Youth: Youth Library Services in the Digital Age/Era
Erin V. Helmrich and Erin Downey Howerton
Chapter 11 Persons with Disabilities and Physical and Virtual Public Library Settings
Jonathan Lazar, Paul T. Jaeger, and John Carlo Bertot
Part IV. Institutions and Support
Chapter 12 Public Library Funding: An Overview and Discussion
Denise M. Davis
Chapter 13 The Role of State Library Agencies in Public Library Internet Development
Robert Bocher
Chapter 14 Public Libraries and the Internet: A View from the Trenches
Larra M. Clark
Part V. Moving Forward
Chapter 15 Shaping the Debate: The Present and Future Impacts of Policy on the Internet and Library Services
Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot
Chapter 16 The Ever Changing Impacts of Internet Access on Libraries and Their Communities
Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot, and Paul T. Jaeger
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
