Overcoming information poverty : (Record no. 216363)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780081012314 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0081012314 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mckeown, Anthony, |
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| Title | Overcoming information poverty : |
| Sub title | investigating the role of public libraries in the twenty-first century / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Anthony McKeown. |
| 300 ## - DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Background and Rationale -- 1.3. Information Poverty -- 1.4.A New Perspective on Information Poverty and Public Libraries -- 1.5. The Macro, Meso and Micro Framework -- 1.6. Research Design and Methodology: Libraries NI as the Case Study -- 1.7. Structure of the Book -- 1.8. Summary -- 2. Setting the Context -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Historical Context: Public Libraries and Social Inclusion -- 2.3. Poverty in Northern Ireland -- 2.4. The Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure and Libraries NI -- 2.5. Library Usage in Northern Ireland -- 2.6. Library Usage in Socially Deprived Areas -- 2.7. Conclusions -- 3. Developing an Understanding of What Information Poverty Is -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Conceptualising `Information' -- 3.3. Poverty and Information Poverty -- 3.4. Origins of the Concepts of `Information Poverty' and the `Information Poor' -- 3.5. Information Poverty and the Information Poor in the LIS Discourse. |
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| Formatted contents note | Note continued: 3.6. Information Poverty: Perspectives From Policy Makers and Library Staff -- 3.7. Information Poverty and Social Exclusion -- 3.8. United Kingdom Government: Access to Information and Public Libraries -- 3.9. Conclusions -- 4. Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.3. Physical Access to Information: Infrastructural Approaches -- 4.4. Social Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.5. Awareness of Information -- 4.6. Financial Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.7. Educational Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.8. The Skills Needed to Access Information -- 4.9. Barriers to Library Usage -- 4.10. Personal Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.11. Intellectual and Cognitive Factors Creating Information Poverty -- 4.12. Viewing Information Poverty as a Continuum -- 4.13. Information Poverty Indicators -- 4.14. Information Poverty Indicators and Public Libraries. |
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| Formatted contents note | Note continued: 4.15. Measuring the Impact of Public Library Services -- 4.16.A Three-Level Model of Information Poverty -- 4.17. Concluding Thoughts -- 5. Investigating Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 1 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Macro-Level Approaches to Information Poverty -- 5.3. Digital Inclusion: The Digital by Default Agenda -- 5.4. Northern Ireland Home ICT and Internet Access -- 5.5. Access to Information: Infrastructure -- 5.6. Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: The TSE Strategy -- 5.7. Staff Skills to Tackle Social and Digital Exclusion -- 5.8. Conclusions -- 6. Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 2 -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Lifelong Learning and Public Libraries -- 6.3. Supporting Learning: Developing Literacy Skills -- 6.4. Public Libraries and Cultural Inclusion -- 6.5. Information Literacy Skills and Public Libraries -- 6.6. Digital Literacy. |
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| Formatted contents note | Note continued: 6.7. Mapping the Information Poverty Indicators Framework to Libraries NI's Information Provision and Services -- 6.8. Summary and Conclusions -- 7. Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 1 -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Localised Information Environments -- 7.3. Information Seeking Within Disadvantaged Communities -- 7.4. Chatman's Information Poverty Theories -- 7.5. Chatman's Small-World Theories and Public Libraries -- 7.6. Social Participation -- 7.7. Strong Ties/Weak Ties Theory and Public Libraries -- 7.8. Public Libraries as Third Places Supporting Information Sharing -- 7.9. Summary and Conclusions -- 8. Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 2 -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Challenges Facing Library Managers in Socially Deprived Areas -- 8.3.Community Partnerships -- 8.4. Groups That Public Libraries Could Target More Effectively -- 8.5. Library Services and the Elderly -- 8.6. Library Services to the Disabled. |
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| Formatted contents note | Note continued: 8.7. Outreach to the Homeless -- 8.8. Engagement With Lone Parents -- 8.9. Improving Community Outreach -- 8.10. Conclusions -- 9. Investigating Information Poverty at the Micro Level -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Public Libraries and the Unemployed -- 9.3. Focus Group 1: Young People Aged 18 -- 24 Years (NEET) -- 9.4. Job Clubs in Libraries -- 9.5. Focus Group 2: The Library Job Club -- 9.6. Learning From Other Locations -- 9.7. Summary and Conclusions -- 10. Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Summing Up -- 10.3. Future Challenges for Public Libraries -- 10.4. Recommendations for Policy and Practice -- 10.5. Concluding Thoughts. |
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| Keyword | Public libraries |
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| Keyword | Public libraries |
| 856 40 - ONLINE RESOURCES | |
| url | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780081011102 |
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| -- | has work: |
| -- | Overcoming information poverty (Text) |
| -- | https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PD3F6d7HvyFKgXPWxkKbpPP |
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