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Information‐saturated yet ignorant: information mediation as social empowerment in the knowledge economy
Jake WallisIn today’s information society, the information citizen must face a variety of challenges in order to make the most of their role in the knowledge economy. The role of information…
The American public library during the Great Depression
Charles A. SeaveyThis paper investigates the broad outline of the growth of the public library in the USA during the Great Depression. Despite economic hard times public libraries were founded in…
The social impact of public libraries
Emir Jose SuaidenThis paper analyses the divide between the information professional and the community. It focuses on topics such as social exclusion and the bibliographical explosion; information…
Gender factor in crop farmers’ access to agricultural information in rural areas of Delta State, Nigeria
Esharenana E. Adomi, Monday O. Ogbomo, O.E. InoniFocuses on crop farmers’ access to agricultural information in rural areas of Delta State, Nigeria. Data were gathered by questionnaire from ten villages. Farmers of both genders…
Building up or breaking down barriers? The role of the public library in adult basic skills education
Briony TrainThis paper considers the capacity of the public library service to support adult basic skills education. Research and policy documents pertaining to this subject in the fields of…