Sep 25, 2014
"We as librarians have worked very hard to establish ourselves as digital leaders in our communities, but the needs are increasing," says Courtney Young, president of the American Library Association, which conducted the study with the University of Maryland's Information Policy & Access Center. "We need to continue to do more to connect poor communities — and connect them at the speeds that they need."
-excerpted from How Rural and Suburban Libraries Bridge the Digital Divide