Public Libraries and the Internet

John Bertot, PhD, is professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation (www.liicenter.org), and associate director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (www.cipeg.umd.edu). Dr. Bertot serves as the editor of Library Quarterly and Government Information Quarterly. Charles R. McClure, PhD, is Frances Eppes professor and director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute at the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Since his founding of the Information Institute in 1999, it has obtained some $5 million in research grants and contracts. Dr. McClure has written or edited numerous books, journal articles, and research reports, some of which are available at his website at http://www.ii.fsu.edu/~cmcclure. Paul T. Jaeger, PhD, JD, is assistant professor in the College of Information Studies, director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (www.cipeg.umd.edu), and associate director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation (www.liicenter.org) at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.