Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ486787
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Network Literacy: A Role for Libraries?
McClure, Charles R.
Information Technology and Libraries, v13 n2 p115-25 Jun 1994
Explores the impact of electronic networking on social evolution, new notions of literacy, and social equity. Strategies to develop the Internet/NREN as a vehicle for reconnecting segments of society and promoting a network-literate population are needed. The role of libraries and the educational community in accomplishing these objectives must be developed. (Contains 25 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Literacy, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Role, Policy Formation, Private Sector, Science and Society, Social Change, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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