geek out don't freak out the digital divide & the library's mission
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Geek Outdon't freak out
the Digital Divide & the Library's Mission
<librarian.net/talks/indiana>
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my (former) library
population 900
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me‣ run MetaFilter
‣ lifeguard
‣ teach basic computer classes
‣ “help me buy a laptop” stuff
‣ just finished a book!
‣ this sort of thing
so-called "expert"
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my home‣ rural
‣ very little broadband
‣ nice people
‣ strong library support
‣ far from everything
‣ including internet
nice place
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what's wrong with dial-up?
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who is not online?
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why no internet?‣ 19% of dial-up users said
nothing would convince them to get broadband.
‣ 14% of dial-up users (24% in rural America) say that broadband service would have to become available where they live.
‣ one-quarter (27%) of adult Americans are not internet users
born with the
chip, indeed!
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why no broadband?
‣ Cost.
‣ Lack of digital literacy.
‣ Broadband “not sufficiently relevant for them.”
‣ Frightened.
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Waste of time?!
why are you a nonuser?
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not just rural
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who cares?
Please get online,
thank you.
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"71 percent of public libraries provide their community’s only free public access to computers and the Internet"
Huh.
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survey says...
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question actually asked
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rural, suburban, urban?
public, academic, special?
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"Who is the better doctor—the one who can remember more
diagnostic tests or the one who is the quickest and most savvy at online searching for
the relevant tests?"
academic
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special/legal"Only a third of newly purchased books are initially bound. 'We’ll put a barcode on it, put it on the shelf, and see if people use it,'
Palfrey explains. 'If they do, and the book starts to wear, then we’ll send it to the bindery.'"
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public"The Howe Library is pleased to announce it has moved its entire
bibliographic catalog and circulation system to Evergreen.... Moving to Evergreen will save considerable
taxpayer dollars, primarily in annual service fees and upgrades."
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networked local
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thank you!
questions?