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Download full textMcClure, Charles R.; Ryan, Joe; Bertot, John Carlo – 2002
This study examines the role of external funding in the development of public library network resources and services, their identification, and their benefit and impact, particularly as they affect the digital divide. The study was conducted between February 2001 and January 2002, employing a range of data collection techniques, including site…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Internet
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – 2000
This study, sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, sought to: (1) provide longitudinal data regarding the percentage of public libraries connected to the Internet; (2) provide longitudinal data regarding the percentage of public libraries that provide graphical public access Internet services; (3) provide…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Disabilities, Information Technology, Internet
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Ryan, Joe – 2000
This report summarizes the findings, issues, and lessons learned from the Developing National Public Library and Statewide Network Statistics and Performance Measures study conducted between January 1999 and August 2000. The overall goal of the study was to develop a core set of national statistics and performance measures that librarians,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Technology
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – 2002
This study updated statistics about public library outlet and system Internet connectivity and network services using the 1997 public library dataset produced by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Federal-State Cooperative System. Using geographic information system-based techniques, a research team at the Florida State…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Internet, Library Services, Library Surveys
Electronic Surveys: Methodological Implications for Using the World Wide Web to Collect Survey Data.
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Focuses on a Web-based version of a national survey for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) of public library involvement with the Internet. Describes the procedures used to develop the Web-based questionnaire, identifies issues concerning Web-based research, and presents recommendations for the future…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Rubin, Jeffrey H. – 1999
The purpose of the California State Library-sponsored project, InFoPeople, is to enhance access to information resources by providing points of public access to the Internet in public libraries throughout the state of California. This Stage 1 report represents an initial set of findings and issues related to the InFoPeople project and provides the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Data Analysis
McClure, Charles R.; Bertot, John Carlo – 1997
This report provides an evaluation of the Online at PA Libraries project which was initiated in the Fall of 1996 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Office of Commonwealth Libraries and the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit. The report documents that the following goals were accomplished: (1) provide public access to the Internet through…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Data Collection
