Rural Libraries and Internetworking Proceedings of the Internetworking Rural Libraries Institute May 1994 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

by Senkevitch, Judith J.; Wolfram, Dietmar

• ISBN13: 9780810829886
• ISBN10: 0810829886
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

...the papers provide a good synthesis of the issues surrounding rural access to the Internet...and the key role the librarians can (and must) play. --AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY REVIEW

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction	p. 3
Equalizing Access to Electronic Networked Resources: A Model for Rural Libraries in the United States	p. 11
Interoperability and Community Development	p. 33
Project GAIN Findings and Observations	p. 55
Issues in Rural Networking and the Apple Library of Tomorrow Program	p. 71
Humanizing the Internet: Librarians, Citizens, and Community Networking	p. 85
Community-Based Networking in Rural Settings	p. 99
Access and Cost Issues in Rural Networking	p. 111
Legal Issues in Networking	p. 125
Government Funding Issues in Networking	p. 153
What Networking Means to America	p. 167
Participant Presentations	p. 185
Appendix A: Institute Advisory Committee	p. 197
Appendix B: Institute Participants	p. 198
Appendix C: Institute Program	p. 202
About the Contributors	p. 209
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