Whitacre, Brian (author / Oklahoma State University)
Format:
Presentation
Publication Date:
2018
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10312
Notes:
32 pages., From the website, proceed to "agenda" link., PowerPoint presentation for the Federal Reserve Annual Agriculture Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 7, 2018., Addresses the concept of "broadband," the rural-urban digital divide, broadband across the Midwest, academic research in rural broadband, and current federal/state policy.
The Netherlands: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D10107
Notes:
9 pages., Via website., This thematic brief describes the work that IICD and local Burkinabe organisations have been implementing since 1997 to bring about ICT-enabled development at the grassroots level. It includes short case studies on: using television and puppetry for market price information services, strengthening the production and marketing of women's shea products and imprving linkages in the shea value chain, the establishment and use of a community radio station for women-led community development, and using grassroots multimedia to enhance rural sanitation and hygiene.
Delmar Hatesohl Collection, Article in American Agricultural Editors' Association (AAEA)75th anniversary supplement to the October 1996 issue., "The internet is many things, but at its core it remains essentially a new kind of print medium. Its immediacy and graphic flexibility provide fertile space for experimentation."
18 pages., via online journal., Findings in rural communities prompt authors to recommend a customized policy framework that is responsive to the diversity and uniqueness of local contexts in connectivity and digital inclusion.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09922
Notes:
Paper presented at the 2015 4th annual International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services, Noida, India, January 6-8, 2015. 15 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09871
Notes:
Via website. 3 pages., Report of discussion at four E-Connectivity Listening Sessions organized by the Farm Foundation in collaboration with five other public agencies and related organizations.
