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Bridging the digital divide: libraries in developing countries
(University Librarians' Association of Sri Lanka, 2003) Perera, Sriyani
In this paper it discusses briefly on the situation of digital divide in general with special reference to libraries in the developing countries. It continues to describe how a situation called digital divide came into existence and became a global phenomenon and outlines the possible reasons for emergence of such a situation.It discusses on various issues those emerging along the entire spectrum of digital divide.To delineate various aspects of bridging the digital divide,the author uses the experience,information and data that was gathered during her recent educational visit to various institutes in India and uses the contexts in Sri Lanka and India as examples to explain how bridging of the digital divide could be dealt with in libraries in the developing countries.Special reference is being made on the role of library networks in bridging the divide with examples.