Digital Divide/Ravine or Infoschism:
One Librarian’s View and Response

2/26/00

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Digital Divide/Ravine or Infoschism:
One Librarian’s View and Response

Digital Divide (race, class, geography, education)
(n=48,000) (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1999)

Digital Melting Pot (n = 100,000)
Ekaterina Walsh (Forrester Research, 1999)

Technology: More Facts

Technology: More Facts (cont’d)

Technology: More Facts (cont’d)

Technology: More Facts (cont’d)

School and Library Connectivity

Public Access Centers
(Becky Lentz, 2000)

Impact of Network Access and Computer Training

Social Consequences of Net Use
(Stanford Study)

Closing the Digital Divide

Closing the Digital Divide (cont’d)

Librarians in Action

Author: Clara M. Chu

Email: cchu@ucla.edu

Home Page: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/chu