کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
464368 697332 2015 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Public library internet access in areas of deprivation: The case of Glasgow
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
دسترسی اینترنتی به کتابخانه عمومی در مناطق محروم: مورد گلاسکو
کلمات کلیدی
گلاسکو؛ کتابخانه ها؛ دسترسی به اینترنت؛ پهنای باند
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر شبکه های کامپیوتری و ارتباطات
چکیده انگلیسی


• Draws attention to the key role played by public library Internet access in deprived communities.
• Highlights the challenges of supporting libraries in their Internet access role.
• Shows how a range of factors encourage Internet access by library users.
• Illustrates the diversity of online activities that users engage in.

The Internet plays an increasingly central role in the lives of individuals. It enables individuals to engage in social, economic, leisure and entertainment activities including wider access to information. Due to extensive societal use of the Internet, those without access are clearly disadvantaged. They will lack the necessary information to make decisions, forgo the savings from shopping online and limit their opportunities for social interaction. This paper investigates the role that libraries can play in providing free public Internet access. This role is examined within the context of Glasgow, a large post-industrial city in the United Kingdom where Internet adoption is lower than in comparable cities and where a large proportion of its population face a range of socio-economic hardships. Primary data was collected from library users in three areas of deprivation. Our analysis demonstrates the role that libraries play as the provider of public Internet access. It shows that this role is not without its difficulties – inadequate levels of resources have been provided to fulfill the multiple roles that libraries perform in these communities. Libraries enable users to engage in a wide array of online activities, the range of which reflects both the push of government policies and the pull of innovative services.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Telematics and Informatics - Volume 32, Issue 3, August 2015, Pages 521–537
نویسندگان
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