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    Global impact study of public access to information and communication technologies : final technical report
    (Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School, Seattle, WA, US, 2013-08) Coward, Chris; Sey, Araba
    Results show that a central impact of public access is the promotion of digital inclusion through technology access, information access, and development of ICT skills. Both users and non-users report positive impacts in various social and economic areas of their lives. This report presents the objectives, accomplishments, shortcomings, lessons, and reflections of this five-year study. The Global Impact Study generated evidence about the scale, character, and impacts of public access ICTs in eight countries: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Lithuania, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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    Non-User Survey: Usage and Perceptions
    (2011)
    This questionnaire is used in a study about public access to computing venues, like cybercafés, telecenters, and libraries, and focuses on the reasons why some demographics do not use them. Mobile phone and Internet usage are also factors of the questionnaire. As well, some questions are specifically designed to help estimate the value people place on Public Libraries, Telecenters and Internet Cafes.
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    Venue Survey - Characteristics, Design, Capacity
    (2010)
    The survey questions cover types of event venues, event participants and demographics, venue staffing, and public access to computing operations. It asks for feedback from respondents regarding their assessment and experience of the venue.
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    User Survey - Usage And Perceptions
    (2010)
    The questionnaire asks respondents about their information and communication technology (ICT) usage, history, skills and knowledge. As well, the types of information users access (including government and health services), the conditions around using computers and the Internet at public access venues like cybercafés, public libraries, and telecentres; and reasons for use outside the home, along with other services that might be available at the telecentre or cyber café,
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    Public access to ICTs : sculpting the profile of users; working paper
    (Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), University of Washington Information School, Seattle, WA, US, 2012) Sciadas, George; Lyons, Hil; Rothschild, Chris; Sey, Araba
    Based on a survey of public access ICT users in five countries, the preliminary analysis indicates that while many public access ICT users are young (40% under 20 years old), male (65%), students (44%), with at least secondary education (82%), there is a fair amount of diversity in user characteristics. The significance of public access ICTs is demonstrated in the finding that most users’ first contact with computers and the internet was in a public access venue. The Global Impact Study of Public Access to Information and Communication Technologies was a five-year project (2007-2012).
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    Using an information ecology approach to identify research areas : findings from Chile
    (Universidad de La Frontera Instituto de Informática Educativa, Temuco, CL, 2009) Hinostroza, J. Enrique; Labbé, Christian; Hott, Jairo; Mora, Freddy; Vivent, Macaren; Garrido, Rodrigo
    The aim was to characterize the infrastructure of ICT public access venues, their users, their main activities and their role in the community. The study is part of the first stage of a wider project, “The Global Impact Study of Public Access to Information and Communication Technologies.” The findings from Chile are presented in a table form with photos of the venues, the name of the venues, and their category and characteristics of use (library, telecentre, school/ users, community, students, activity type). There are clear differences between community and commercially oriented venues.
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    Using an information ecology approach to identify research areas : findings from Bangladesh
    (Development Research Network (D.Net), Dhaka, BD, 2009) Raihan, Anaya; Uddin, Forhad; Billah, Masum
    The primary purpose of this mapping exercise was to gather intelligence for development of a methodology to assess the impact of public access to ICT. The paper aims to capture the experiences of villagers in Bangladesh, focusing on how rural people interact within and outside their community to collect, use, and assimilate information and knowledge for various livelihood and social purposes. This “Information Ecology Mapping” exercise is part of the larger project, “The Global Impact Study of Public Access to information and Communication Technologies.”
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    Using an information ecology approach to identify research areas : findings from Lithuania
    (Society for Information and Development (S4ID), Vilnius, LT, 2009) Beresnevičiūtė, Vida; Butkevičienė, Eglė; Macevičiūtė, Elena; Sadunišvili, Renata
    As part of the Global Impact Study of Public Access to Information & Communication Technologies, this exploratory fieldwork contributes to background information and data on usage of public access to ICTs. For the majority of people interviewed, both users and non‐users or mediated/indirect users of the library venues, ICT is an important source of information that is handled with varying skills and trust. The Global Impact Study explores libraries, telecentres, and cybercafes in multiple areas of access and usage, including for communication and leisure, culture and language, education, employment, governance, and health.
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    Global impact study : review
    (Gamos, Reading, GB, 2011) Batchelor, Simon
    This formative evaluation develops recommendations based on lessons that have emerged from the coordination, management, and implementation of various activities within The Global Impact Study of Public Access to Information & Communication Technologies, at the halfway point of its five year mandate. Looking at libraries, telecentres, and cyber-cafés, the Global Impact Study investigates impact in a number of areas, including communication and leisure, culture and language, education, employment and income, governance, and health; to the extent that public use differs from private use, we need to understand these differences, and articulate the mechanisms through which they produce impact.
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    Compendium on impact assessment of ICT-for-development projects
    (Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US, 2009) Heeks, Richard; Molla, Alemayehu
    This compendium of research presents frameworks useful for ICT4D practitioners, policy-makers and consultants to better understand the impact of informatics initiatives in developing countries. It summarises a series of impact assessment frameworks, each one drawing from a different perspective. As well, it provides a bibliography – a tabular summary of real-world examples of ICT4D impact assessment. The ICT4D value chain illustration depicts the basis for understanding the assessment of ICT4D projects, taking into consideration elements of readiness, availability, uptake, and impact.
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    Literature review on the impact of public access to information and communication technologies
    (Center for Information and Society, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US, 2009) Sey, Araba; Fellows, Michelle
    This document summarizes preliminary findings of a literature review of research on the impacts of public access to information and communication technologies. The report was prepared by Araba Sey and Michelle Fellows for the Global Impact Study.
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    Public access to ICTs : a review of the literature
    (Center for Information and Society, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US, 2008)
    This document summarizes CIS's preliminary findings of a literature review of the types of research conducted to date on public access to ICTs, including issues investigated, methods used, main findings, and gaps in the literature.