Hi Esmeralda and all,
After an initial scan, the paper looks excellent, full of very
useful and progressive ideas and references regarding public
access. Thanks and congrats!
Regarding infrastructure sharing, I'd recommend this excellent
booklet on it: https://www.apc.org/en/infrastructuresharing and
this related report:
https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/unlocking-broadband-all-broadband-infrastructure-s
The document has many "Find out more" sentences that I
expected would be links but are not, or do not work for me.
I missed a description and references about the provision of
access to end-users itself in the libraries and around and policy
issues around it (i.e. wired and wireless access). For instance
about recommended practices and limits to offer access from user
devices (mobiles, laptops), and library owned devices (and
lending), hosting and content curation of local content in
libraries, wireless access inside and outside libraries (and
extended for remote access in collaboration with local communities
e.g. via mesh networks to homes), recommendations about federated
identity for access roaming across libraries and related
institutions (like Eduroam, perhaps there is Libroam, at least in
Slovenia).
Although most of these aspects affect internal policies and
decisions in libraries, when trying to implement them, they also
intersect with communities, people, content, municipalities,
governments, and commercial telecom providers, resulting in
important public policy implications too. Community networks
should be on the same side too regarding public Internet access.
Cheers, Leandro.
On 19/10/18 22:29, Luca Belli wrote:
Hi all,
FYI,
the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is developing a
“Toolkit on Public Access to the Internet in Libraries.”
As
we discussed over the past 2 years, it would be good to
enhance cooperation with the librarian communities.
If
you have any comments on the toolkit, please feel free to
send them to Esmeralda (in CC)
All
the best
Luca
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