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Dear Helen et al, Interesting query. I had never considered ICT as a purely Internet-based field. As I understand it, the phrase encompasses anything that involves the digital processing, storage or delivery of data. The Internet is one example of a structure that consists of both hard and software and the protocols that enable different arrangements of these to interact. The information part of ICT covers non-Internet based (or at least not necessarily Internet-based) applications such as a library OPAC or catalogue, while the communications part refers to the various technologies that enable the transmission and receipt of that information between remote locations. The technology part of ICT refers to the physical components, from processors to cables to infra-red or shortwave radio transmitters and receivers that act as a vehicle for the data. Hope that helps! Yours sincerely, Nick Poole ICT Adviser Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries Fifth Floor, 19-29 Woburn Place London WC1H 0LU email: [log in to unmask] tel: 020 7273 8757 http://www.resource.gov.uk http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk Join the Resourcenews mailing list at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/resourcenews.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Helen Towers [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 1:33 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: definition of ICT > > I'm doing a dissertation, on the impact of ICT on mobile library > service provision and use, and am looking for an authoritative > definition of ICT which does not focus on the Internet solely. If > anyone has any suggestions could they please email me at the > following address > > [log in to unmask] > > Thanks > Helen Towers > email: [log in to unmask] > Department of Information Studies > University of Sheffield > Western Bank > Sheffield > S10 2TN > UK