Librarian by Day » digital doorway http://librarianbyday.net Bobbi L. Newman Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:29:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The UNICEF Bee and the Digital Doorway http://librarianbyday.net/2009/06/the-unicef-bee-and-the-digital-doorway/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/06/the-unicef-bee-and-the-digital-doorway/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:45:19 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=1510 This video, The Future of the Library, has been making the rounds on library blogs and after watching it I visit the blog Everywhere is Here.  Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the digital divide and the bubble I spend most of my time in so I was much more interested in this video.  It is about the Digital Doorway and the UNICEF Bee, providing access to the internet for those in remote areas.  The project was inspired by the Hole in the Wall experiment (perhaps more famous for inspiring the movie Slumdog Millionare)

The information and access we take for granted, so for granted in fact that we we’re concerned about the future of libraries as they have been traditionally, is something a great many people don’t have.  This video and the projects linked to are in Africa and India but the divide is real, right here in the United States.  There are a great many people without access to the internet access or a computer or a smartphone. People, who, if they did have access wouldn’t know how to use them. Just something to think about.Similar Posts:

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