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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 17 (2014), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2014

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 17 (2014), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 16 (2013), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2013

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 16 (2013), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 14 (2011), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2011

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 14 (2011), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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“Success Stories” As An Evidence Form: Organizational Legitimization In An International Technology Assistance Project, Cheryl Klimaszewski, Gail E. Bader, James M. Nyce Jan 2011

“Success Stories” As An Evidence Form: Organizational Legitimization In An International Technology Assistance Project, Cheryl Klimaszewski, Gail E. Bader, James M. Nyce

Library Staff Research and Scholarship

This paper looks at how evidence and success were constructed in Biblionet - Global Libraries Romania, an NGO-led, technology-based project in Romania. The main focus of Biblionet is to provide public access to computers and the internet in public libraries throughout Romania. Here, we discuss how project staff relied on one particular set of measures to legitimatize, validate and "sell" their project to audiences in Romania and in the West. This NGO tended to "demonstrate" success using relatively weak measures. Perhaps the most suspect of these were, paradoxically, appeals to" science," that is to say, "hard" numbers and and one-time, …

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 13 (2009), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2009

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 13 (2009), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Does Universal Access Mean Equitable Access? What An Information Infrastructure Study Of A Rural Romanian Community Can Tell Us, Cheryl Klimaszewski Jan 2009

Does Universal Access Mean Equitable Access? What An Information Infrastructure Study Of A Rural Romanian Community Can Tell Us, Cheryl Klimaszewski

Library Staff Research and Scholarship

Researchers interviewed villagers to investigate the current state of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development in the village. Ethnographic methods were used to collect data and to assess villagers’ information needs. The information landscape in Viscri is presented and analyzed in local and national contexts. The national policies shaping Romania’s emerging Information Society are discussed and literature on the impact of ICT development at the community level is also reviewed.

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 12 (2008), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2008

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 12 (2008), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 11 (2007), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2007

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 11 (2007), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 10 (2006), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2006

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 10 (2006), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 9 (2005), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2005

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 9 (2005), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 8 (2004), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2004

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 8 (2004), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 7 (2003), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2003

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 7 (2003), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 6 (2002), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2002

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 6 (2002), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 5 (2001), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2001

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 5 (2001), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 4 (2000), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 2000

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 4 (2000), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 3 (1999), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 1999

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 3 (1999), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 2 (1998), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 1998

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 2 (1998), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 1 (1997), Bryn Mawr College Library Jan 1997

Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 1 (1997), Bryn Mawr College Library

Mirabile Dictu: Newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries

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