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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. 2012 information and communications for development: mobilizing mobile

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    International: The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00846
    Notes:
    Third report in a World Bank series on information and communication technologies for development., Online from publisher. 244 pages.

    3. Can computer use on the farm build skills for off-farm jobs?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wojan, Tim (author / United States Department of Agriculture)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2000-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23537
    Journal Title:
    Rural Conditions and Trends
    Journal Title Details:
    10(2) : 43-49
    Notes:
    7 p., The increasing use of computers on the farm raises the question of whether these new skills will be valued in off-farm employment. Data suggests that computers are used predominantly for a single group of tasks that may not develop the "systems skills" that are becoming increasingly important in off-farm employment.

    4. Distributed government bureaucracy: a proposed approach to developing regional communities in Queensland using ICT (information and communication technologies)

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    O'Flynn, Mary (author), Jewell, Roderick (author), and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2007-11-05
    Published:
    Australia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35676
    Notes:
    Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2007, Prato, Italy, November 5-7, 2007. 16 pages.

    5. Grameen Telecom: the village phone program

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bhatnagar, Subhash (author), Dewan, Anika (author), Torres, Magui Moreno (author), Kanungo, Parameeta (author), and World Bank, Washington, D.C.
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    Bangladesh
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36944
    Notes:
    Empowerment Case Studies. 7 pages.

    9. Stakeholders' perceptions of the impact of a global system for mobile communication on Nigeria's rural economy: implications for an emerging communication industry

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Adeyinka, Tella (author), Ajiboye, Josiah O. (author), Emmanuel, Adu Olusola (author), and Wojuade, James Idowu (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007
    Published:
    Nigeria
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35662
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Community Informatics
    Journal Title Details:
    3(4)
    Notes:
    Via online issue. 19 pages.

    10. The one-traffic-light-town with some of the fastest internet in the U.S

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Halpern, Sue (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-12-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11098
    Journal Title:
    New Yorker
    Notes:
    Online from the New Yorker., Fibre-optic cables strung above a home in Jackson County, Kentucky, one of the poorest countries in the country. High-speed broadband has been used to bring internet-based jobs to the region.