Community Technology Centers:

• TITLE
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF FIGURES
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• INTRODUCTION
• THE RURAL CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
  1. Benefits, Risks, and History of Information and Communication Innovations
  2. The Importance of Training and Exposure
  3. The Importance of Collaboration
• DESCRIPTIONS AND ASSESSMENTS OF TELECENTERS
  1. Community Technology Centers
     1. Telecottages
     2. U. S. Efforts
  2. Telework and Telework Centers
  3. Other Community Uses of Telecommunications and Computers
  4. The Playing to Win Network
  5. Business Incubators
• MODEL CASE STUDIES
  1. The North Central Development Center, Ainsworth, Nebraska
  2. Fredericksburg Regional Telecommuting Center, Virginia
  3. Comparisons
• NETWORKS IN MASSACHUSETTS
  1. State Network Initiatives
  2. Network Providers
     1. Telephone Service
     2. Internet Providers
     3. Cable TV
  3. Implications
• CASE STUDIES OF POTENTIAL USER GROUPS
  1. Introducing New Technology
  2. A Context for Communication
  3. Sharing Equipment and Services
  4. Anchor Users
  5. Networks
• THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS
  1. The Right Kind of Rural Community for a Community Technology Center
  2. Building Skills and Understanding, Creating a Social Context for Technology
  3. Making the Unavailable Available
  4. Organizing Community Technology Centers on a Local Level
  5. The Size of a Rural Community Technology Center
  6. Operating a Community Technology Center
  7. Conclusion
• REFERENCES CITED

1. Cases Needing Technical Advice or Assistance
2. Cases Facing Cost or Local Access Barrier to Technology Equipment or Services
3. Service and Equipment Sharing in Case Studies
4. Cases' Desire to Connect to Additional Networks

1. The MAGNet site on the World Wide Web
2. Massachusetts Map of World Wide Web Resources
3. Towns in Massachusetts without cable TV service as of April 1995

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