商品簡介
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society. It is the first large-scale consideration of digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy problems and provides policy recommendations to promote digital literacy and digital inclusion
作者簡介
Kim M. Thompson, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the School of Information Studies of the Charles Sturt University and an Affiliate Faculty member of Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC) in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. Drawing upon a background spanning information studies, library science, and international consulting, her research and teaching focus on information poverty and the physical, intellectual, and socio-cultural supports for and barriers to information access. Her work primarily focuses on underserved and disadvantaged populations and is based mainly on theoretical analysis. Her articles are found in the Journal of Documentation, Public Library Quarterly, Library Quarterly, and Library & Information Science Research, among others. Implications of her research extend to improving information services in libraries and other information organizations as well as providing greater understanding of information poverty issues on an international scale.
Paul T. Jaeger, Ph.D., J.D., is Associate Professor and Diversity Officer of the College of Information Studies and Co-Director of the Information Policy and Access Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Jaeger’s research focuses on the ways in which law and public policy shape information behavior, particularly for underserved populations. He is the author of more than one hundred and thirty journal articles and book chapters. This is his ninth book. His other recent books are Information Worlds: Social Context, Technology, & Information Behavior in the Age of the Internet (Routledge, 2010) with Gary Burnett; and Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications (Libraries Unlimited, 2011) with John Carlo Bertot and Charles R. McClure; Disability and the Internet: Confronting a Digital Divide (Lynne Rienner, 2012); and Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes: Serving and Transforming Communities in Times of Economic and Political Constraint (Scarecrow, 2014) with Ursula Gorham, John Carlo Bertot, and Lindsay C. Sarin. His research has been funded by the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the National Science Foundation, the American Library Association, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. Dr. Jaeger is Co-Editor of Library Quarterly, Co-Editor of the Information Policy Book Series from MIT Press, and Associate Editor of Government Information Quarterly.
Natalie Greene Taylor is a Research Associate and doctoral candidate of the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC) in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on partnerships between libraries and government agencies and roles of school libraries in meeting community needs. She received her Masters of Library Science at the University of Maryland-College Park, specializing in e-government and school library media, for which she is certified in the state of Maryland. She has published articles in Libra
