Digital Divide Readiness
Jessamyn Westlibrarian.net/talks/nelavt
"The 'digital divide' refers to the fact that certain parts of the population have substantially better opportunities to benefit from the new economy than other parts of the population." - Jakob Nielsen
Handouts & Files
- Slides: PDF , Keynote format, PowerPoint format
- Handout: PDF, Doc
- Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide
Links
- Statistics from Pew Research Center's reports on Internet & Technology
- Why are people offline still: IRS Advancing E-file Study
- Broadband availability in VT, Maine and Connecticut
- Jakob Nielsen's Three Stages of the Digital Divide
- Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? Public Perceptions and Policy Implications by Dmitry Epstein, Erik C. Nisbet & Tarleton Gillespie in The Information Society Volume 27, Issue 2, 2011
- Broadband Adoption and Use in America & NY Times summary [pdf]
- The public access computer problem & sample service agreement document
- ALA: State of America's Libraries 2010
- NYC Broadband landscape report
- FEMA adds libraries to "essential services" in Section 403 of Stafford Act (Cedar Rapids story)