Universal Access to Civic Information

报告讨论了获取“公民信息”的问题。在第一章中，作者将公民信息定义为“公民在日常生活中需要和希望了解的信息”。公民在社区中是一个积极的实体和合作的参与者，应该是动态信息的生产者。作者通过将信息技术应用于福利问题来发展福利信息领域的基本学术概念。在第二章中，介绍了一些在地方当局网站和有线电视“公共访问频道”上呈现的公民和/或公共生活信息的进步案例。然后，通过使用计算机媒介通信（CMC），作者探索了改革社区形成的通常模式的可能性。在最后一章中，作者介绍了长野大学在支持残疾学生方面具有经验和声誉的信息保障/援助的现状。从信息公开/公共服务评价的角度和“虚拟小组工作坊”计划的角度介绍了小丸子镇无障碍网络项目。本研究还收集了其他学校福利信息相关项目的资料，并在报告的附录中纳入了一所小学和一所盲人学校的普及实验案例研究。

The report addresses the issue of access to "civic information. " In the first chapter, the authors define civic information as "information that a citizen needs and wishes to know in daily life situations. " A citizen has a role as an active entity and cooperative player in the community and should be a producer of dynamic information. The authors' approach to developing fundamental academic concepts for the field of welfare information through application of information technology to welfare issues is discussed.In the second chapter, some progressive case examples of civic and/or public life information presented on the websites of local authorities and "public access channels" of cable television are introduced. Then, by using computer-mediated communication (CMC), the authors explore possibilities for reforming what have been usual patterns of community formation.In the last chapter, the authors introduce the status of information assurance/assistance at Nagano University, which has experience and a proven reputation in supporting disabled students. The Barrier-free Network Project in Maruko Town is also introduced, regarding both the perspective of information disclosure/public services evaluation and also that of "virtual group-workshop" plans. The present researchers also collected information regarding welfare information related projects at other schools, and in the appendices of the report, case studies of experiments for universal access at an elementary school and a school for the blind are included.