Connectivity and Food Security: Boosting yields and fighting crop failure with ICT in rural Sri Lanka
This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of ICTD.
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them in such a way that each one, individually, illustrates important…
Crossing the Finish Line: Telecenter jobs bank helps ICT training graduates find work in Sri Lanka
This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD).
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them…
Improving Income Generation in Rural India: ICT-trained veterinarians assist small farmers with livestock production
This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD).
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them…
The Road to Employability: Austrian Pilot Program Brings “Computer Driver’s Licenses” to Vienna’s Most At-Risk Women
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…
Breaking Barriers with ICT: Charta 77 guides Czech paraplegics back to work
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…
Joining the Celtic Tiger: ICT training leads inner-city Dubliners toward the booming Irish economy
This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD).
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them…
Fathers and Sons: Developing new traditions of education in Ireland
This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD).
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them…
Cultivating Global Library Leadership: A Review of Leadership Training Programs for Librarians Worldwide
The role of libraries and librarians has dramatically changed with the advent of new technologies and increased access to digital information. Libraries have become central places for learning, innovation, and community and need strong library leaders equipped to embrace risk and innovation as they…
Namibia Regional Study & Resource Centers: Evaluation design report
This evaluation design report documents the evaluation questions and methodology that will guide the evaluation of Namibia’s Regional Study and Resource Centers (RSRCs). This report provides an overview of the RSRCs and the project, describes the literature review undertaken, details the research…
Celebrate National Readathon Day with TASCHA
TASCHA and fellow iSchool research group US Impact Study have joined together to sponsor a team for the National Readathon Day. We've pledged to read with librarians, librarians-to-be, and book lovers of all types from the University of Washington's iSchool, and beyond. We invite you to …