The Global Impact Study

Global Impact Study presents poster at IFLA

The Global Impact Study presented a poster, Open data and open tools: The Global Impact Study inventory and web application, at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) annual conference in Sweden. The theme of the conference — open access to knowledge — offered the perfect opportunity to highlight the project's achievements.

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Public access, private phone: the interplay of shared access and mobile internet

Mobile phone use is soaring, especially in developing and transitioning countries. What does the dramatic increase in mobile use — and particularly mobile internet use — mean for public access venues? Will mobile internet compete with, complement, or coexist with public access? A new in-depth study, Public Access, Private Phone, will explore the interplay between mobile internet and public access venues.

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Survey of non-users complements user survey

Any study of public-access ICT users is incomplete without a corresponding examination of non-users. To put the findings from our public-access venue operator and user surveys in context, we are also implementing a non-users survey.

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Survey field testing underway

Field testing for the venue operator and user surveys is underway. Our survey coordinator, Chris Rothschild, just returned from two weeks in the Philippines and Bangladesh getting acquainted with the survey implementation teams, visiting public access ICT venues, and observing some of the field testing in progress.

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Cognitive testing to improve survey instruments

Our survey implementation teams completed cognitive testing of the venue operator and user surveys at the end of May. Overall, we find no serious problems with the questionnaire instruments, although there are several areas we can improve.

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