The Policy Gap

Author(s)

Kim M. Thompson, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Paul T. Jaeger, University of Maryland at College Park
Natalie Greene Taylor, University of Maryland
Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland at College Park
John Carlo Bertot, University of Maryland at College Park

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Digital literacy, Digital inclusion

Abstract

Federal policies in the United States rely on public libraries to promote digital literacy and digital inclusion. Yet, public libraries are predominantly excluded from the funding made available for digital literacy and digital inclusion, as well as from the decision-making processes.

Publication Info

Published in Library Journal, Volume 139, Issue 14, 2014, pages 36-36.