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Starting from the position that the source of definitions of social need must be examined, the paper suggests that it is also of value to analyse the sequential process through which a series of judgments about need is made by both consumers and providers of services. A framework is suggested by which the relationship between source and sequence of need judgments may be explored, and the factors influencing them identified. This framework is also used to clarify some ambiguities in the use of the term 'need', and to consider some implications for need studies. A consensus definition of need is offered in the light of this discussion.

In 1995, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Public Health Service (PHS) recommended that special attention be given to the information needs of unaffiliated public health professionals. In response, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Greater Midwest Region initiated a collaborative outreach program for public health professionals working in rural east and central Iowa. Five public health agencies were provided equipment, training, and support for accessing the Internet. Key factors in the success of this project were: (1) the role of collaborating agencies in the implementation and ongoing success of information access outreach projects; (2) knowledge of the socio-cultural factors that influence the information-seeking habits of project participants (public health professionals); and (3) management of changing or varying technological infrastructures. Working with their funding, personnel from federal, state, and local governments enhanced the information-seeking skills of public health professionals in rural eastern and central Iowa communities.

Frontcover -- Titel -- Impressum -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Florian Krobb and Elaine Martin: Introduction: Coloniality in Post-Imperial Culture -- Heidrun Kämper (Mannheim): Linguistic Representations of Colonialism as an Ideological-Discursive Construct in the Early Weimar Republic -- Elaine Martin (Maynooth): "Die Bestien im Lande" -- Catherine Repussard (Strasbourg)': Back to the Wild' -- Stefan Hermes (Freiburg): Colonising the Mind -- Brett M. Van Hoesen (Nevada): Re-staging Genocide -- Hinnerk Onken (Cologne): "Südamerika: Ein Zukunftsland der Menschheit" -- Florian Krobb (Maynooth): "Doch das orientalische ist es ja eben, was uns interessiert" -- Kristin Kopp (Missouri): The Weimar 'Drang nach Osten' -- Jason Verber (Austin Peay State): Remembering at a Time of Forgetting -- Dirk Göttsche (Nottingham): Memory and Critique of Weimar Colonialism in Contemporary German Literature -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Backcover.