Paul T Jaeger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4154508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul T Jaeger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul T |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaeger |
| SIGNATURE | JAEGER P T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 554 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 56 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Academic libraries and their legal obligation for content accessibility
U.S. academic libraries exist in an unusual space, as they are both providers of access to computers, the Internet, and databases and electronic products, and producers of electronic content through digital repositories and electronic journals. They are part of larger organizations, yet the other parts of these larger organizations are not libraries or even library-related. In addition, there are factors — beyond merely decision-making processes …
The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust
How the blockchain—a system built on foundations of mutual mistrust—can become trustworthy. The blockchain entered the world on January 3, 2009, introducing an innovative new trust architecture: an environment in which users trust a system—for example, a shared ledger of information—without necessarily trusting any of its components. The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is the most famous implementation of the blockchain, but hundreds of other companies ha…
Decoding the Social World: Data Science and the Unintended Consequences of Communication
How data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences. Social life is full of paradoxes. Our intentional actions often trigger outcomes that we did not intend or even envision. How do we explain those unintended effects and what can we do to regulate them? In Decoding the Social World, Sandra González-Bailón explains how data science and digital traces help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences…
Information access and information literacy under siege: The potentially devastating effects of the proposed 2017 White House budget on already-marginalized populations in the United States
This paper explores major proposed funding cuts to the United States 2017 federal budget, how these cuts align with a neoliberal ideology, and how they ultimately diminish information access and literacy among marginalized populations including, but not limited to, the elderly, working poor, impoverished communities, people of color, elderly, chronically ill, and disabled. A great many of these effects to access and literacy would directly alter …
Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion
Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society. It is the first large-scale consideration of digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy problems and provides p…
Disability, human rights, and social justice: The ongoing struggle for online accessibility and equality
This paper argues for a reconsideration of the arguments made for online equality for persons with disabilities, using the context of the United States as a primary lens through which to examine the issues. By linking the existing legal protections and professional standards for accessible design to structures and institutions of human rights and social justice from international to local levels, advocates for an accessible online environment wil…
Securing the homeland in the digital age: Issues and implications for policy and governance
HCI public policy issues in U.S. libraries
Public policy plays an influential role in the work we do as HCI researchers, interaction designers, and practitioners. "Public policy," a broad term, includes both government policy and policy within non-governmental organizations. This forum focuses on topics at the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. ---Jonathan Lazar, Editor
Connecting government, libraries and communities: Information behavior theory and information intermediaries in the design of LibEGov.org
As e-government grows in scope and complexity, an increasing number of e-government services have surpassed the digital technology access and literacy of many members of the public. The “digitally excluded” often seek information intermediaries — such as public libraries and other community anchor institutions — to bridge their information needs and e-government systems. The purpose of this paper is to examine the phenomenon of user-librarian-age…
Homelessness, wirelessness, and (in)visibility: Critical reflections on the Homeless Hotspots Project and the ensuing online discourse
This paper provides a critical reflection on the Homeless Hotspots Project which was unveiled during the 2012 South by Southwest Festival held annually in Austin, Texas in the U.S. The corpus comprised 28 news articles and 1,896 tweets about Homeless Hotspots posted from the launch of the project on 6 March through the height of the debate which diminished by 31 March 2012. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper considers four perspectives…
The circular continuum of agencies, public libraries, and users: A model of e-government in practice
Big data, open government and e-government: Issues, policies and recommendations
The transformative promises and potential of Big and Open Data are substantial for e-government services, openness and transparency, governments, and the interaction between governments, citizens, and the business sector. From "smart" government to transformational government, Big and O pen Data can foster collaboration; create real-time solutions to challenges in agriculture, health, transportation, and more; promote greater openness; and usher …
Personal Health Record interfaces: A hermeneutic analysis
This study draws upon cultural hermeneutics to provide insight into the ways Personal Health Records (PHRs) project an information world related to health. Differences in PHRs can range from key variations in functionality to differences in how they make the experiences of users more akin to personal interactions than to clinical visits or impersonal e-commerce transactions. This study provides analyses of design and communication issues in three…
Delivering e-government services and transforming communities through innovative partnerships: Public libraries, government agencies, and community organizations
Due to an increasing reliance on public libraries to deliver government services online, coupled with decreasing funding for public services, many public libraries have begun to collaborate with local government agencies and community organizations to provide vital services to their communities. Drawing upon findings made through an extensive literature review, site visits at a number of public libraries across the country, and interviews with st…
Promoting transparency and accountability through ICTs, social media, and collaborative e‐government
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which governments build social media and information and communication technologies (ICTs) into e‐government transparency initiatives, to promote collaboration with members of the public and the ways in members of the public are able to employ the same social media to monitor government activities. Design/methodology/approach This study used an iterative strategy that involved conducting…
Building the scholarship of next generation information professional
Disability and the Internet: Confronting a Digital Divide
From websites to mobile devices, cyberspace has revolutionized the lived experience of disability—frequently for better, but sometimes for worse. Paul Jaeger offers a sweeping examination of the complex and often contradictory relationships between people with disabilities and the Internet. Tracing the historical and legal evolution of the digital disability divide in the realms of education, work, social life, and culture, and also exploring ave…
Retrofitting accessibility: The legal inequality of after-the-fact online access for persons with disabilities in the United States
Despite the significant advantages that access to information and communication technology has made to many of our lives, the related benefits, opportunities and even equalizing effect of this technology are often not accessible or only partially accessible to a growing portion of the global population. Current disability rights laws which are supposed to exist for the protection and well–being of individuals with disabilities are often too close…
Describing and measuring the value of public libraries: The growth of the Internet and the evolution of library value
In the current economic climate, public libraries find themselves in the position of defending and justifying their funding and continued existence to their stakeholders. Many of these public libraries seek to prove their worth to their community through the use of different measurements and metrics to demonstrate quantifiable contributions and different understandings of the concept of value as part of showing a contribution. As libraries need t…
The impact of polices on government social media usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations
Social Media Technology and Government Transparency
Researching and evaluating social media initiatives is essential to encourage usage, continually improve the tools and policies governing their use, and develop governance processes that incorporate social media participation in its many forms.
Information Policy in National Political Campaigns: A Comparison of the 2008 Campaigns for President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada
The parallel 2008 campaigns for President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada provided a unique opportunity for a comparison of the issues raised in the campaigns of two neighboring countries with many similarities. After exploring the roles of information policy in recent political campaigns, this article compares the information policy and technology issues emphasized in the platforms and positions of the major party candidates in…
Identifying the security risks associated with governmental use of cloud computing
Up in the air: Are airlines following the new DOT rules on equal pricing for people with disabilities when websites are inaccessible
Using ICTs to create a culture of transparency: E-government and social media as openness and anti-corruption tools for societies
Using ICTs to create a culture of transparency: E-government and social media as openness and anti-corruption tools for societies
The impact of polices on government social media usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations
Transparency and technological change: Ensuring equal and sustained public access to government information
Big data, open government and e-government: Issues, policies and recommendations
The transformative promises and potential of Big and Open Data are substantial for e-government services, openness and transparency, governments, and the interaction between governments, citizens, and the business sector. From "smart" government to transformational government, Big and O pen Data can foster collaboration; create real-time solutions to challenges in agriculture, health, transportation, and more; promote greater openness; and usher …
The endless wire: E-government as global phenomenon
User-centered e-government: Challenges and benefits for government Web sites
Deliberative democracy and the conceptual foundations of electronic government
E-government around the world: Lessons, challenges, and future directions
Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-government Web sites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities
Disability and the Internet: Confronting a Digital Divide
From websites to mobile devices, cyberspace has revolutionized the lived experience of disability—frequently for better, but sometimes for worse. Paul Jaeger offers a sweeping examination of the complex and often contradictory relationships between people with disabilities and the Internet. Tracing the historical and legal evolution of the digital disability divide in the realms of education, work, social life, and culture, and also exploring ave…
Information policy, information access, and democratic participation: The national and international implications of the Bush administration’s information politics
The Policy Implications of Internet Connectivity in Public Libraries
The impact of the USA Patriot Act on collection and analysis of personal information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Implications of harmonizing the future of the federal depository library program within e-government principles and policies
The E-Government paradox: Better customer service doesn't necessarily cost less
Reconciling government documents and e-government: Government information in policy, librarianship, and education
Constitutional principles and E-government: An opinion about possible effects of Federalism and the separation of powers on E-government policies
Broadband for public libraries: Importance, issues, and research needs
Older Adults and Political Participation on the Internet: A Cross-cultural Comparison of the USA and China
Older adults are not only lagging behind in terms of physical access to the Internet but also in engaging in political activities in the online environment. The findings from two independent studies bridging the USA and China suggest that older adults, even when they have access to the Internet, have ambivalent or negative attitudes toward political activities online. As political participation is seen as one of the key social benefits of the Int…
The Social Impact of an Accessible E-Democracy: Disability Rights Laws in the Development of the Federal E-Government
This article examines policy issues related to disability law and the accessibility of the provision of federal electronic government (e-government) information and services. The article first discusses disability discrimination in relation to the on-line environment and examines the history of governmental attitudes toward disability that affect the current state of accessibility of the e-government. Detailing federal disability laws and policie…
Information Policy in National Political Campaigns: A Comparison of the 2008 Campaigns for President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada
The parallel 2008 campaigns for President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada provided a unique opportunity for a comparison of the issues raised in the campaigns of two neighboring countries with many similarities. After exploring the roles of information policy in recent political campaigns, this article compares the information policy and technology issues emphasized in the platforms and positions of the major party candidates in…
Cloud Computing and Information Policy: Computing in a Policy Cloud
Cloud computing is a computing platform that resides in a large data center and is able to dynamically provide servers with the ability to address a wide range of needs, from scientific research to e-commerce. The provision of computing resources as if it were a utility such as electricity, while potentially revolutionary as a computing service, presents many major problems of information policy, including issues of privacy, security, reliability…
Developing Online Community Accessibility Guidelines for Persons With Disabilities and Older Adults
As online communities have become an important means of social interaction and community participation, ensuring their universal accessibility is essential for social inclusion. Although accessibility standards have been developed to make information-oriented Web sites more inclusive to users with disabilities and older adults, similar efforts have not been devoted to accessibility standards tailored specifically for online communities that are p…
The circular continuum of agencies, public libraries, and users: A model of e-government in practice
Securing the homeland in the digital age: Issues and implications for policy and governance
The structures of centralized governmental privacy protection: Approaches, models, and analysis
Constitutional principles and E-government: An opinion about possible effects of Federalism and the separation of powers on E-government policies
Curtailing online education in the name of homeland security: The USA Patriot Act, Sevis, and international students in the United States
Online courses have become an important part of the academic offerings of many institutions of higher education in the United States. However, the homeland security laws and regulations enacted since September 2001, including the USA PATRIOT Act, have created serious limitations on the ability of international students studying in the United States to participate in online educational opportunities. Placing online education within the context of …
E-government around the world: Lessons, challenges, and future directions
The endless wire: E-government as global phenomenon
The impact of the USA Patriot Act on collection and analysis of personal information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Potential legal challenges to the application of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (Cipa) in public libraries: Strategies and issues
When the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), the ruling was limited to issues of whether the statute, as written, was an unconstitutional limitation of freedom of speech. In holding that the wording of the law did not present an unconstitutional limitation on the exercise of free speech, the Supreme Court did not address the constitutionality of the application of the law. Two…
The Social Impact of an Accessible E-Democracy: Disability Rights Laws in the Development of the Federal E-Government
This article examines policy issues related to disability law and the accessibility of the provision of federal electronic government (e-government) information and services. The article first discusses disability discrimination in relation to the on-line environment and examines the history of governmental attitudes toward disability that affect the current state of accessibility of the e-government. Detailing federal disability laws and policie…
Deliberative democracy and the conceptual foundations of electronic government
The Policy Implications of Internet Connectivity in Public Libraries
Public access computing and Internet access in public libraries: The role of public libraries in e-government and emergency situations
This article presents findings from the 2006 Public Libraries and the Internet study and other research that demonstrate the impact of public Internet access in public libraries on the communities and individuals that the libraries serve. This article focuses on the importance of public library Internet access in times of emergencies and for a range of electronic government (e–government) services at the individual and community–wide levels. Publ…
Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-government Web sites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities
User-centered e-government: Challenges and benefits for government Web sites
The Looming Infrastructure Plateau? Space, Funding, Connection Speed, and the Ability of Public Libraries to meet the Demand for Free Internet Access
While virtually all public libraries provide free Internet access to patrons, libraries seem to be reaching a plateau in their ability to meet demands for Internet access. Based on the findings of Public Libraries and the Internet surveys, the average number of public access workstations and the average connection speeds of Internet access in public libraries have stayed the same or slightly decreased in recent years. Further, more than half of l…
The E-Government paradox: Better customer service doesn't necessarily cost less
Information policy, information access, and democratic participation: The national and international implications of the Bush administration’s information politics
Obfuscatocracy: A stakeholder analysis of governing documents for virtual worlds
Virtual worlds are governed not only by the source code used to develop the world, but also by civil code documents that establish a governance structure that constrains the interactions of users of the virtual world and regulates relationships among stakeholders of the virtual world. While previous research has examined specific aspects of these documents, this paper analyzes these governing documents as a totality. By examining the totality of …
Cloud Computing and Information Policy: Computing in a Policy Cloud
Cloud computing is a computing platform that resides in a large data center and is able to dynamically provide servers with the ability to address a wide range of needs, from scientific research to e-commerce. The provision of computing resources as if it were a utility such as electricity, while potentially revolutionary as a computing service, presents many major problems of information policy, including issues of privacy, security, reliability…
User-Centered Policy Evaluations of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act: Evaluating E-Government Web Sites for Accessibility for Persons With Disabilities
The author examines user-centered evaluations of e-government Web sites for compliance with a policy related to persons with disabilities: the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Although Section 508 requires that federal e-government sites offer equal access to all users, research indicates that inaccessibility is still prevalent. User-centered evaluation approaches offer a vital way to discover areas of inaccessibility on Web…
Developing Online Community Accessibility Guidelines for Persons With Disabilities and Older Adults
As online communities have become an important means of social interaction and community participation, ensuring their universal accessibility is essential for social inclusion. Although accessibility standards have been developed to make information-oriented Web sites more inclusive to users with disabilities and older adults, similar efforts have not been devoted to accessibility standards tailored specifically for online communities that are p…
National Security Letters, the USA Patriot Act, and the Constitution: The tensions between national security and civil rights
Older Adults and Political Participation on the Internet: A Cross-cultural Comparison of the USA and China
Older adults are not only lagging behind in terms of physical access to the Internet but also in engaging in political activities in the online environment. The findings from two independent studies bridging the USA and China suggest that older adults, even when they have access to the Internet, have ambivalent or negative attitudes toward political activities online. As political participation is seen as one of the key social benefits of the Int…
Lifelong Interactionspersons With Disabilities and Intergenerational Universal Usability
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Public libraries and the Internet 2008-2009: Issues, implications, and challenges
This paper presents an overview of methods, findings, issues, and implications from the 2008 Public Libraries and the Internet national survey, including comparisons to data from previous studies. Since 1994, these surveys have chronicled the expansion of the Internet as a primary library service. The 2008 survey includes key data about the many facets of public libraries as community Internet access, training, and service centers, from the numbe…
Where is the cloud? Geography, economics, environment, and jurisdiction in cloud computing
Cloud computing – the creation of large data centers that can be dynamically provisioned, configured, and reconfigured to deliver services in a scalable manner – places enormous capacity and power in the hands of users. As an emerging new technology, however, cloud computing also raises significant questions about resources, economics, the environment, and the law. Many of these questions relate to geographical considerations related to the data …
Political science (48 works) · Computer Science (42 works) · Public relations (35 works) · Business (33 works) · E-Government and Public Services (26 works) · Law (25 works) · World Wide Web (25 works) · Government (linguistics (23 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Internet privacy (20 works)