Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolving relationships between information technology and public libraries / Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot, and Kenneth R. Fleischmann -- Public libraries and the Internet : a retrospective, challenges, and issues moving forward / John Carlo Bertot -- Public libraries and e-government / Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot -- Public library 2.0 : new technologies, roles, and challenges for public libraries / Lorri Mon -- Public library roles in hurricane preparedness and response / Charles R. McClure ... [et al.] -- The public library in the life of the Internet : how the core values of librarianship can shape human-centered computing / Kenneth R. Fleischmann -- Assessing Florida public library broadband for e-government and emergency/disaster management services / Lauren H. Mandel, Charles R. McClure, and Bradley Wade Bishop -- Providing services for the underserved in public libraries through an understanding of information poverty and access / Kim M. Thompson -- Serving older adult health information seekers in the Internet age : the role of public libraries / Bo Xie ... [et al.] -- Plugging into youth : youth library services in the digital age/era / Erin V. Helmrich and Erin Downey Howerton -- Persons with disabilities and physical and virtual public library settings / Jonathan Lazar, Paul T. Jaeger, and John Carlo Bertot -- Public library funding : an overview and discussion / Denise M. Davis -- The role of state library agencies in public library Internet development / Robert Bocher -- Public libraries and the Internet : a view from the trenches / Larra M. Clark -- Shaping the debate : the present and future impacts of policy on the Internet and library services / Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot -- The ever changing impacts of Internet access on libraries and their communities / Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot, and Paul T. Jaeger.