Responsibility rolls down: Public libraries and the social and policy obligations of ensuring access to e-government and government information

Public Library Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-116

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Bertot, John Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

E government; Government information; Law; Policy; Public access

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957863315     PISSN: 01616846     EISSN: 15411540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616846.2011.575699     Document Type: Article

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