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    1. "Reconnecting" the unemployed: information and communication technology and services for jobseekers in rural areas

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    McQuaid, Ronald W. (author), Lindsay, Colin (author), and Greig, Malcolm (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23242
    Journal Title:
    Information Communication and Society
    Journal Title Details:
    7(3) : 364-388
    Notes:
    Authors identify challenges and potentials for using new information technologies, such as the Internet, to help jobseekers in rural labour markets find employment. Social networks and telephone helplines were found to be used most at present.

    2. Ambiguity and uncertainty in the last mile: broadband adoption in rural Alberta

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Brown, Daniel James (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Australia.
    Format:
    Thesis
    Publication Date:
    2009-09-03
    Published:
    Canada
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30554
    Notes:
    Posted at http://www.ccnr.net/pratoconf2009/pdfs/brown.pdf, Master of Arts in Communications and Technology, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Canada, September 3, 2009.. Presented at the Prato CIRN Community Informatics Conference, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 100 pages.

    7. Cybercafes and their potential as community development tools in India

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Haseloff, Anikar M. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35659
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Community Informatics
    Journal Title Details:
    1(3) : 53-65
    Notes:
    Examines users, reach and uses of cybercafes in rural areas of India. Results suggest no reduction of digital divide.

    8. Distance education via SMS (Short Message Service) technology in rural Bangladesh

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Islam, Yusuf Mahbubul (author) and Doyle, Kenneth O. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-09
    Published:
    Bangladesh
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C30029
    Journal Title:
    American Behavioral Scientist
    Journal Title Details:
    52(1) : 87-96

    9. From wheat to Web: children of the revolution

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fairless, Daemon (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007-10-25
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28343
    Journal Title:
    Nature
    Journal Title Details:
    449(7165) : 964-966
    Notes:
    Focuses on efforts of Monkumbu Sambasivan Swaminathan to bring information and communications technologies to villages in India.