scholarly journals The future library in the digital age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erald Kokalari
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Exponential Rate ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Information Today

The technological revolution and the resulting inception of the World Wide Web have had an unprecedented effect in the ways we find, produce, and contemplate information today. Within this evolution, the public library plays a pivotal role as it finds itself in the middle of this shift, needing to effectively respond to the exponential rate at which the "digital" is growing. The public library stands as not just a symbolic institution responsible for conserving and distributing information, but also as an extension of the public realm itself. This vision goes beyond the agency of the book and looks at the library as a socio-cultural vessel that can be responsive and dynamic when seen through this new digital lens.

scholarly journals The future library in the digital age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erald Kokalari
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Exponential Rate ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Information Today

The technological revolution and the resulting inception of the World Wide Web have had an unprecedented effect in the ways we find, produce, and contemplate information today. Within this evolution, the public library plays a pivotal role as it finds itself in the middle of this shift, needing to effectively respond to the exponential rate at which the "digital" is growing. The public library stands as not just a symbolic institution responsible for conserving and distributing information, but also as an extension of the public realm itself. This vision goes beyond the agency of the book and looks at the library as a socio-cultural vessel that can be responsive and dynamic when seen through this new digital lens.

Digital Divide

2019 ◽  
pp. 737-748
Author(s):  
Patrick Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Global Community ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges

Since 1991, when the world wide web (WWW) was first made available to the public, it has revolutionized the way the global community engages each other economically, politically, and socially. Its impact has been historically unprecedented. While the availability of and access to the WWW appears to be ubiquitous, it is not. The expansion of this marvelous information communication technology (ICT) has not penetrated certain areas of the world resulting in a “digital divide.” This chapter discusses this digital divide. It first defines the term and then it moves to discuss the origins of the term. From there, the chapter moves to present concrete evidence of how the digital divide has negatively impacted the global community. Finally, it names and evaluates the efforts of different organizations and agencies to resolve the digital divide. It concludes with a prospectus on the future challenges of information communication technology vis-à-vis the digital divide.

City Brands and their Communication through Web Sites

2010 ◽  
pp. 26-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Fernández-Cavia ◽  
Assumpció Huertas-Roig
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
City Marketing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mind

City marketing tries to position cities in the mind of the public, although the process of creating and communicating city brands is still at an early stage of its development. One of the main tools for the communication of these brands is now the World Wide Web. This chapter describes the results of two combined studies (qualitative and quantitative) that analyzes a sample of official city Web sites. The results show that official Web sites of cities give much attention to ease of navigation, but interactivity is much less implemented, especially between users. Furthermore, some lack of attention to the communication aspects of city brands can also be found. Finally, the chapter submits a number of improvement proposals.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Steven McKevitt
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
New Labour ◽  
General Election ◽  
Public Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Platforms

The Conclusion draws together the main findings of the study. Britain in 1997 was a far more emotional and expressive society. This is highlighted by two events: the public response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the success of New Labour in the general election. The extent to which persuasion industries were responsible for bringing these changes about is discussed. There is a discussion of some areas for further study: the subsequent impact of the World Wide Web and social media platforms; persuasion aimed at children/juvenile consumption, and the development of single British brand throughout the period—for example, Virgin.

scholarly journals Reliability of health information for the public on the world wide web: systematic survey of advice on managing fever in children at home

BMJ ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 314 (7098) ◽  
pp. 1875-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Impicciatore ◽  
C. Pandolfini ◽  
N. Casella ◽  
M. Bonati
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Health Information ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systematic Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
At Home

Dear WWW: interacting with the public through the World Wide Web

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Weiss ◽  
Steve Faith
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World

Morning Dew on the web in Australia: 1992–1995

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Roger Clarke
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Innovation Diffusion ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Players ◽  
Access To Documents ◽  
The Web

The World Wide Web arrived just as connections to the Internet were broadening from academe to the public generally. The Web was designed to support user-performed publishing and access to documents in both textual and graphical forms. That capability was quickly supplemented by means to discover content. The web browser was the ‘killer app’ associated with the explosion of the Internet into the wider world during the mid- 1990s. The technology was developed in 1990 by an Englishman, supported by a Belgian, working in Switzerland, but with the locus soon migrating to Illinois and then to Massachusetts in 1994. Australians were not significant contributors to the original technology, but were among the pioneers in its application. This paper traces the story of the Web in Australia from its beginnings in 1992, up to 1995, identifying key players and what they did, set within the broader context, and reflecting the insights of the theories of innovation and innovation diffusion.

Digital Divide

2018 ◽  
pp. 4619-4628
Author(s):  
Patrick Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Global Community ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges

Since 1991 when the World Wide Web (WWW) was first made available to the public, it has revolutionized the ways the global community engages each other economically, politically, and socially. Its impact has been historically unprecedented. While the availability of and access to the WWW appears to be ubiquitous, it is not. The expansion of this marvelous Information Communication Technology (ICT) has not penetrated certain areas of the world resulting in a “digital divide.” This chapter discusses this digital divide. It first defines the term and then it moves to discuss the origins of the term. From there, the chapter moves to present concrete evidence of how the digital divide has negatively impacted the global community. Finally, it names and evaluates the efforts of different organizations and agencies to resolve the digital divide. It concludes with a prospectus on the future challenges of information communication technology vis-à-vis the digital divide.

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