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Direct linkJaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; Gorham, Ursula – Library Quarterly, 2013
Public libraries are heavily affected by political and policy-making processes that shape the funding, activities, and roles of libraries in society, with the explosion of information policy decisions in the past two decades significantly increasing the responsibilities of libraries while also increasing limitations on their activities. Research…
Descriptors: Information Policy, Public Libraries, Information Science, Information Science Education
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Jaeger, Paul T. – Library Quarterly, 2008
Public libraries have evolved into a primary source of Internet access in many communities, generating wide-ranging impacts in the communities that public libraries serve. Based on the findings of the 2007 Public Libraries and the Internet study, this article examines the ways in which the Internet access delivered by public libraries affects…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Internet, Access to Computers, Library Services
Julien, Heidi; Hoffman, Cameron – Library Quarterly, 2008
The purposes of the study were to explore the role of Canada's public libraries in developing the public's information literacy (IL) skills, to explore current IL training practices, and to explore the perspectives and IL experiences of individuals who visit public libraries to access the Internet. This article documents the second phase of a…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Jaeger, Paul T.; Burnett, Gary – Library Quarterly, 2005
Every democratic society relies on deliberation and dialogue between social groups with varying perspectives to provide for the representation of the diverse members of the society. Meaningful deliberation is based on open access to information by individuals and free exchange of information between different social groups. Policy developments in…
Descriptors: Democracy, Access to Information, Terrorism, Public Policy
Atkinson, Ross – Library Quarterly, 2005
Scholarship conducted in an increasingly online environment requires the services of a trusted third party in order to ensure that scholarly communication remains reliably accessible and applicable over the longer term. The library, by virtue of its most fundamental values and attributes, is probably better suited at this time than other…
Descriptors: Library Role, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Information Services
Gathegi, John N. – Library Quarterly, 2005
When dealing with First Amendment free speech issues in the context of public libraries, courts have merely cited the supposition that constitutional public forum analysis leads to the conclusion that the public library is a limited public forum for the purposes of First Amendment analysis. By focusing narrowly on the issue of whether Internet…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Freedom of Speech, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
