Overcoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understanding the concept of information poverty, develops indicators for its measurement, and provides recommendations for service improvement based on analysis of public library services at macro (strategic), meso (community) and micro (individual) levels. The topic is of theoretical and practical importance when considering the changing role of public libraries today. The book is the first time a macro, meso, and micro model of information poverty indicators has been developed and applied to illustrate the impact of public libraries at strategic, community, and personal levels.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Setting the Context - p. 19 3. Chapter 3. Developing an Understanding of What Information Poverty Is - p. 37 4. Chapter 4. Factors Creating Information Poverty - p. 63 5. Chapter 5. Investigating Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 1 - p. 95 6. Chapter 6. Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 2 - p. 115 7. Chapter 7. Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 1 - p. 147 8. Chapter 8. Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 2 - p. 167 9. Chapter 9. Investigating Information Poverty at the Micro Level - p. 185 10. Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations - p. 207 11. Appendices - p. 221 12. References - p. 231 13. Index - p. 243
Overcoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understanding the concept of information poverty, develops indicators for its measurement, and provides recommendations for service improvement based on analysis of public library services at macro (strategic), meso (community) and micro (individual) levels. The topic is of theoretical and practical importance when considering the changing role of public libraries today. The book is the first time a macro, meso, and micro model of information poverty indicators has been developed and applied to illustrate the impact of public libraries at strategic, community, and personal levels.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Setting the Context - p. 19 3. Chapter 3. Developing an Understanding of What Information Poverty Is - p. 37 4. Chapter 4. Factors Creating Information Poverty - p. 63 5. Chapter 5. Investigating Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 1 - p. 95 6. Chapter 6. Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 2 - p. 115 7. Chapter 7. Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 1 - p. 147 8. Chapter 8. Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 2 - p. 167 9. Chapter 9. Investigating Information Poverty at the Micro Level - p. 185 10. Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations - p. 207 11. Appendices - p. 221 12. References - p. 231 13. Index - p. 243
