id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt ital-3129 Visser, Marijke; Ball, Mary Alice The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband 2010-12-01 8 .pdf application/pdf 6825 269 40 Access to broadband Internet today increases This paper discusses the role of the public library in ensuring access to the broadband communication that is so critical in today’s knowledge-based society. Three anticipated outcomes of providing community access to broadband are ■■ civic participation will increase; ■■ communities will realize economic growth; and ■■ individual quality of life will improve. cache/ital-3129.pdf txt/ital-3129.txt