August 2010
Global Impact Study presents poster at IFLA
The Global Impact Study presented a poster, Open data and open tools: The Global Impact Study inventory and web application, at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) annual conference in Sweden. The theme of the conference — open access to knowledge — offered the perfect opportunity to highlight the project's achievements. Read more »
Preliminary results from the Collaborative Knowledge Sharing study: Busy Internet, Ghana
The Collaborative Knowledge Sharing study investigates the way that people share knowledge, experience, and technologies among friends and strangers while physically co-present in cybercafés. Preliminary results show that 37% of respondents reported some deeper forms of computer sharing and collaboration with friends, family members, business associates, and even strangers. And a third of those people reported gaining knowledge and learning from the other user as their primary reason for sharing. Read more »
Survey of non-users complements user survey
Any study of public-access ICT users is incomplete without a corresponding examination of non-users. To put the findings from our public-access venue operator and user surveys in context, we are also implementing a non-users survey. Read more »
Public access, private phone: the interplay of shared access and mobile internet
What does the dramatic increase in mobile use — and particularly mobile internet use — mean for public access venues? Will mobile internet compete with, complement, or coexist with public access? A new in-depth study, Public Access, Private Phone, will explore the interplay between mobile internet and public access venues. Read more »
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