Georgia Bullen's scientific contributions

Publications (5)

Conference Paper
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This paper presents findings from a participatory design workshop with public librarians and information technology practitioners to gain their insights on the development of an open source broadband measurement system for public libraries across the United States. Participatory design has been a key strategy in community informatics to engage user...
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This paper presents findings from a participatory design workshop with public librarians and information technology practitioners to gain their insights on the development of an open source broadband measurement system for public libraries across the United States. Participatory design has been a key strategy in community informatics to engage user...
Chapter
Public libraries need access to reliable, automated, and longitudinal data on the speed and quality of service of their broadband Internet connections. Having such data at a local, granular level is essential for libraries to understand how their broadband infrastructure can meet their communities’ digital demands, as well as inform local, state, a...

Citations

... As Bertot, Real, and Jaeger concluded, one of the big challenges that public libraries have been dealing with is that the speed of public library internet connections "can vary significantly according to local population density." 9 In reaction to this situation, public librarians have shown great interest and need to acquire knowledge about their libraries' current broadband performance. 10 Digital inclusion scholars have proposed topics that future research on public libraries and broadband measurement should explore. 11 These topics include how to better inform public librarians in order to assist them in planning, as well as how to deliver sufficient and quality broadband connections to the community. ...