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Author West, Jessamyn C

Title Without a Net : Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide
Published Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (300 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 People in the Library; 2 The Bigger Picture--Who Makes the Tools We Use; 3 Planning--Strategies, Techniques, and Tools; 4 Planning for Pedagogy; 5 Basic Instruction and Explanations; 6 What Is the Internet?; 7 Email Is Everything; 8 Office Software, Databases, and Social Software; 9 When Things Go Wrong, or Right; 10 Things That Work--Examples from the Field; 11 Why This Matters and What to Do; Appendix and Bibliography; Notes; Index
Summary Millions of AmericansÑ35 percent of adultsÑlive without broadband access at home. Perhaps more surprising, as of late 2009, 22 percent of adults still did not use the Internet at all. New government initiatives and services mean that Internet access and understanding is no longer an optional skill. How can libraries help close the gap?
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Subject Libraries and the Internet -- United States
Libraries -- Information technology -- United States
Internet access for library users -- United States
Public access computers in libraries -- United States
Library employees -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States
Library orientation -- Technological innovations -- United States
Information technology -- Study and teaching -- United States
Libraries and community -- United States
Digital divide -- United States
Digital divide
Information technology -- Study and teaching
Internet access for library users
Libraries and community
Libraries and the Internet
Libraries -- Information technology
Library employees -- Effect of technological innovations on
Library orientation -- Technological innovations
Public access computers in libraries
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781598844542
1598844547