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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.

Table of 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

About the Author

John Carlo Bertot, PhD, is professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation (www.liicenter.org), and associate director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (www.cipeg.umd.edu).

Paul T. Jaeger, PhD, JD, is assistant professor in the College of Information Studies, director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (www.cipeg.umd.edu), and associate director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation (www.liicenter.org) at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Charles R. McClure, PhD, is Frances Eppes professor and director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute at the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Reviews

This book is a very timely and topical discussion of many important issues facing public libraries in their Internet service role. Although the initial studies are from the US, many issues in the library world are universal. Public Libraries and the Internet is well worth reading if you are a librarian in a public or educational library and you wish to keep up with current issues in the area of Internet access for library patrons
*Australian Library Journal*