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Download full textBollier, David – 1988
An issue of growing importance in rural economic development is the role of telecommunications and information technologies. Looking prospectively at the rural economies of the 1990s and beyond, a conference of 25 participants from various fields of expertise met to address the issues of how rural America will be affected, both positively and…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Facsimile Transmission, Information Networks, Information Technology
Shane, Jackie C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1994
Discusses using the Internet as a tool for delivering information to rural areas and the possible benefits, such as telecommuting, effective dissemination of medical information, and the promotion of grass-roots activism. The means rural residents use to connect to the Internet and their use of bulletin board systems are described. (nine…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Activism, Citizen Participation, Computer Networks
Byers, Anne – Rural Clearinghouse Digest, 1996
Rural areas lag behind urban areas in access to information technologies. Public institutions play a critical role in extending the benefits of information technologies to those who would not otherwise have access. The most successful rural telecommunications plans address barriers to use, such as unawareness of the benefits, technophobia, the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Odasz, Frank – 1994
This paper discusses the market for rapidly expanding information technology and the benefits of developing community computer networks. Accessible low-cost community networks allow rural communities to provide specific training and educational opportunities tailored to their needs. However, communities must assess the value of connectivity…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Programs, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education
Cutright, Patricia J.; Edvalson, Terry – 1988
The Online Reference and Document Delivery Service Library Network developed at Eastern Oregon State College and operated in Eastern Oregon provides rural east Oregonians improved access to information sources via computers, telefacsimile, and telecommunications. Microcomputers have been placed in public, school, community college, and hospital…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Distance Education
Peer reviewedWolfe, Gary D., Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This overview of information technology in Pennsylvania discusses Internet access in public libraries; technology infrastructure; strategic partnerships; future possibilities; distance learning for small, rural, and/or poor school districts; an electronic communication network; a computer bulletin board for teachers; and a database for school,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
