purpose – this paper aims to describe the role of public libraries in bridging the digital divide. the paper firstly reviews the existing literature body in this area and then suggests a number of practical solutions. digital divide is a concept which appears in the area of information and communication technology (ict) since 1990 and refers to the existing inequality in accessing to ict among ...

purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the information poverty of post graduate students of birjand university with respect to its 4 indicators (information overload, information vacuum, information inequality, and digital divide) and the role of globalization in information poverty from their point of view. methodology: this study was a descriptive survey. the population consisted o...

in this paper, the notion of the digital divide has been described, and a few analyzing methods of digital divide have been reviewed. analyzing methods of digital divide are called indices which have different indicators and different formulas for calculation. since data collection for an indicator may be difficult, calculating an index is an essential problem. we collected and calculated some ...

As this world progresses towards a phase where digital modes of education are no longer considered optional, it has become mandatory and the only means schooling due to effects pandemic, Covid-19. The sector is now entirely under wing digitalization accomplish its objectives. Even though can be carried out through means, ease accessibility for people from every socioeconomic cannot establish co...

Zusammenfassung Schweizer Nutzer*innen suchen dreimal häufiger nach Cyberrisiken als die User in den USA. Wir lebten aufgrund der Pandemie plötzlich einer weitgehend digitalen Schweiz und 8,01 Mio. aktive Menschen nutzten gemäss ITU zahllosen Chancen des Internets. Ein Leben ohne Internet ist kaum mehr vorstellbar. Doch welches sind wichtigsten Risiken, welche Bevölkerung tatsächlich beschäftig...

The importance of digital literacy well established, but it is unclear how this is integrated in teachers' practice. This paper presents a curriculum innovation and collaboration addressing this issue through development of digital products, in first-year teacher education subject. A key aspect of this initiative was providing students with home copies of appropriate software to support the tas...

The main aim of the paper is to raise some issues related to the access and usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in South-Eastern Europe. It is based on the results of a recent project and highlights the trends and the remaining challenges for ICT development in the region. A short review is made on the changes in the concept of Digital Divide with the time, and in particul...