{"title":"Growth of the Internet in Polish Libraries","authors":"M. Gomułka","doi":"10.1080/10572317.2022.2057771","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article highlights essential aspects of development of the Internet in Polish libraries, both in public and academic libraries. An author describes what influenced the equipment of libraries with computers, laptops, scanners and cameras. Important roles in Internet access were projects supported by ministries, foundations, NGOs and telecommunication companies. The article also presents some statistics related to computers and Internet access in libraries, as well as wifi and broadband Internet networks. Add to this, training initiatives developing digital skills organized for librarians and by librarians for readers were shortly explained.","PeriodicalId":39917,"journal":{"name":"International Information and Library Review","volume":"10 1","pages":"203 - 204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Information and Library Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2022.2057771","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract This article highlights essential aspects of development of the Internet in Polish libraries, both in public and academic libraries. An author describes what influenced the equipment of libraries with computers, laptops, scanners and cameras. Important roles in Internet access were projects supported by ministries, foundations, NGOs and telecommunication companies. The article also presents some statistics related to computers and Internet access in libraries, as well as wifi and broadband Internet networks. Add to this, training initiatives developing digital skills organized for librarians and by librarians for readers were shortly explained.
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For more than twenty years, the International Information and Library Review has been welcomed by information scientists, librarians and other scholars and practitioners all over the world for its timely articles on research and development in international and comparative librarianship, information sciences, information policy and information ethics, digital values and digital libraries. Contributions to the journal have come from staff or members of many different international organizations, including the United Nations, UNESCO, IFLA, and INTAMEL, and from library and information scientists in academia, government, industry, and other organizations.