Funding public computing centers: Balancing broadband availability and expected demand     

Krishna JayakarAuthor Vitae  Eun-A Park^{Author Vitae} 《Government Information Quarterly》2012,29(1):50-59

The National Broadband Plan (NBP) recently announced by the Federal Communication Commission visualizes a significantly enhanced commitment to public computing centers (PCCs) as an element of the Commission's plans for promoting broadband availability. In parallel, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has channelized part of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) funding to PCCs. However, BTOP funding was the result of an unprecedented economic crisis, and is unlikely to be repeated. Future programs will need to evolve criteria for selecting projects for funding that maximize their cost-effectiveness. We argue in this paper that basing funding for PCCs on broadband availability (or non-availability), is not as cost-effective as considering a broader array of factors related to demand for internet access at public computer centers. We use data on public libraries from the National Center of Educational Statistics to identify factors predicting high demand for internet access at PCCs. Based on this analysis, we argue that low demand markets may benefit more from consumer outreach and digital literacy programs, than from infrastructure deployment. Also, we argue that markets with high availability, should receive more funding if there is high demand as well, as predicted by our model.  相似文献   

Critical factors for evaluating the public value of e-government in Sri Lanka     

Kanishka Karunasena^{Author Vitae}  Hepu Deng Author Vitae 《Government Information Quarterly》2012,29(1):76-84

This paper aims to identify the critical factors for evaluating the public value of e-government in Sri Lanka from the perspective of the delivery of public services and the efficiency of public organizations. To fulfill these aims of the study, a conceptual framework is developed based on a comprehensive review of the related literature by considering the delivery of public services and the efficiency of public organizations. With the collected survey data from Sri Lanka, the conceptual framework is empirically tested and validated by performing a confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling. The study shows that the delivery of quality information and services, user-orientation of information and services, efficiency and responsiveness of public organizations, and contributions of public organizations to the environmental sustainability are the critical factors for evaluating the public value of e-government in Sri Lanka. As the first study in examining the critical factors for evaluating the public value of e-government in Sri Lanka, the findings of the study would be of practical significance to the continuous development of e-government in Sri Lanka and other countries in the world.  相似文献   

Modeling Web-based library service quality   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

K. Kiran  S. DiljitAuthor Vitae 《Library & information science research》2012

Studies of e-service quality have consistently used adaptations of service-quality measurement tools that have been adopted and extended from traditional service-quality frameworks. However, a fresh insight into the investigation of key determinants of Web-based library service quality, with an emphasis on how library customers perceive service quality, has much to offer. Key determinants were identified, and contributed to the development and empirical testing of a proposed conceptual model of service quality that encompasses environment, delivery, and outcome quality. Unlike the disconfirmation approach, the performance-only measure was used. Participants included postgraduates and academic staff from four research intensive universities in Malaysia. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling was carried out in order to develop and validate a measurement model for Web-based service quality, which included three second-order dimensions and eight first-order dimensions. Insights into the conceptualization of Web-based library-service quality as a multidimensional hierarchical construct are provided. The emergence of specific determinants specific to the Web services supports the notion that measurement of electronic-service quality is different from traditional services, though they may share some common factors.  相似文献   

Use of library space and the library as place     

Svanhild Aabø  Ragnar AudunsonAuthor Vitae 《Library & information science research》2012

Citizens' use of the public library in their local community is explored, focusing on social activities and how the libraries function as meeting places. The findings are important because of the need for meeting places across cultural, ethnic, generational, and social lines in a complex multicultural and digitized society. How library visitors use the library space and services, so that the overall societal goals of the library and the local community are obtained, is still rarely examined. An in-depth observational study was conducted in three library branches of Oslo, combined with interviews with patrons to establish the context and purpose of their library activities and to which life spheres they are linked. The research used concepts from social theory. The overall finding is that the public library use is very diverse. Patrons move easily between high and low intensive activities and float between life spheres and roles—student, family member, friend, neighbor, and citizen. The library is a complex arena. It is a public realm, in the sense that most of the visitors are strangers to each other; most of the individual uses belong to a private realm, and the library's community activities constitute it as a parochial realm. In the library, users are exposed to the plurality of the community and learn about otherness. People are not categorized by profession or as being unemployed, a patient or a client, but are all library users. This quality of the library contributes to social inclusion.  相似文献   

Writing fluency and quality in kindergarten and first grade: the role of attention,reading, transcription,and oral language     

Shawn Kent  Jeanne Wanzek  Yaacov Petscher  Stephanie Al Otaiba  Young-Suk Kim 《Reading and writing》2014,27(7):1163-1188

In the present study, we examined the influence of kindergarten component skills on writing outcomes, both concurrently and longitudinally to first grade. Using data from 265 students, we investigated a model of writing development including attention regulation along with students’ reading, spelling, handwriting fluency, and oral language component skills. Results from structural equation modeling demonstrated that a model including attention was better fitting than a model with only language and literacy factors. Attention, a higher-order literacy factor related to reading and spelling proficiency, and automaticity in letter-writing were uniquely and positively related to compositional fluency in kindergarten. Attention and higher-order literacy factor were predictive of both composition quality and fluency in first grade, while oral language showed unique relations with first grade writing quality. Implications for writing development and instruction are discussed.  相似文献   

煤粉炉烟气中汞浓度测试和分布   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

段钰锋 《东南大学学报》2005,21(1):53-57

参照美国标准实验方法(ASTM)中关于汞的OHM等速取样和化学分析法,结合汞的SCEM在线测量技术,利用一多功能流动实验室,对一满负荷运行的100 MW煤粉锅炉尾部烟气系统进行了单质汞、氧化态汞和颗粒态汞的现场测试和分析.得到了空气预热器、静电除尘器前后烟气中气态、固态和烟气中总汞的浓度及其分布.结果表明烟气中气态总汞的浓度随温度的降低发生着氧化态汞向颗粒汞的转化.在ESP之后的清洁烟气中,OHM和SCEM方法的测试结果吻合较好;在含颗粒浓度较高的烟气中,2种方法存在较大的偏差,原因在于OHM取样过滤器中形成一定厚度的飞灰.该飞灰颗粒对烟气中气态汞有吸附作用并形成颗粒汞.  相似文献   

Information literacy self-efficacy: The effect of juggling work and study     

Mitchell Ross  Helen PerkinsAuthor VitaeKelli BodeyAuthor Vitae 《Library & information science research》2013

Information literacy self-efficacy and academic motivation are both argued to play important roles in student academic development. The former is considered to be a predictor of student academic achievement while the latter is considered a key factor in developing information literacy self-efficacy. Today, many students undertake paid employment in conjunction with their academic studies and little is known about the effect this may have on their information literacy self-efficacy and academic motivation. As such, the relationship between information literacy self-efficacy, academic motivation, and employment has been unexplored. Data were collected via a questionnaire, comprised of existing scales, which was administered to undergraduate business students in an Australian higher education (HE) institution. A response rate of 58% resulted in 585 completed questionnaires. Findings suggest that whether or not students were engaged in paid employment did not appear to influence information literacy self-efficacy, although students in paid employment did exhibit significantly lower intrinsic motivation than students not in paid employment. Additionally, for students not in paid employment a significant relationship was found between amount of time spent on study and information literacy self-efficacy. Of some concern, the small amount of time students reported spending in academic pursuits outside of scheduled classes raises issues regarding the placement of information literacy instruction. For information literacy practitioners this study contributes to awareness regarding the conceptualization of information literacy instruction and its placement in the HE environment.  相似文献   

Reference and Research Services in Special Libraries: Navigating the Evolving Riches of Information     

Constance Ard  Shawn Livingston 《图书馆管理杂志》2013,53(6):518-528

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Dissemination and Discovery of Diverse Data: Do Libraries Promote Their Unique Research Data Collections?     

Shawn W. Nicholson  Terrence B. Bennett 《International Information and Library Review》2013,45(2):85-93

ABSTRACT

Academic libraries acquire and steward numeric datasets as well as large collections of image files, audio archives, digital texts, and other non-numeric resources. This article considers how a sample of libraries in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom present these collections and make them available for discovery. And, importantly, the article examines whether these non-numeric collections are positioned on the library Website as research datasets, rather than as artifacts of limited local and/or historical interest. Findings from this analysis may help collection managers and Web designers as libraries define their role in connecting users to research data.  相似文献   

E-mentoring: The adoption process and innovation challenge     

Anastasios P. Panopoulos  Katerina SarriAuthor Vitae 《International Journal of Information Management》2013

The innovative nature of e-mentoring along with its ongoing adoption process provided the reasons for conducting an innovation–adoption study on e-mentoring. A sample of 234 mentors that have been employed by Ergani Center, a well respected Greek mentoring organization, were asked to identify with the use of an online questionnaire the factors that influence the adoption of e-mentoring. Gender, age, personal innovativeness, relative advantage computer self-efficacy, problems and pressures from mentees emerged as predictors of the innovation process.  相似文献