World Librarians: A Peer-to-Peer Commons for Closing the Global Digital Divide

INTRODUCTION An estimated 53% of the world’s population do not have Internet access. As a consequence, they lack information capital that could be key to bettering their lives. In this practice article, we introduce a sociotechnical system called “World Librarians.” This system, facilitated by a kno...

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Main Authors: Carl Meyer, Charles Schweik, Jeremy Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iowa State University Digital Press 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
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Online Access:https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12818/