In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a number of other national civic organizations, The Pew Internet & American Life Project served as research advisors for a new report finding that public
libraries have helped close the digital divide by providing free, public
access to computers and the Internet, particularly for people without
access at home or work.
The report,
"Toward Equality of Access: The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing the
Digital Divide",
also identifies significant challenges libraries face in sustaining and
improving this service and recommends the public and private sectors work
together to ensure that libraries can continue to provide this vital
access to technology for years to come.
"Toward Equality of Access"
is available online at the Gates Foundation Website.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/nr/Downloads/libraries/uslibraries/reports/TowardEqualityofAccess.pdf
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