Social Contexts of New Media Literacy: Mapping Libraries.

This paper examines the issue of universal library access by conducting a geospatial analysis of library location and certain socioeconomic factors in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. Framed around the issue of universal access to Internet, computers, and technology (ICT) for digital nati...

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Publicado en:Information Technology & Libraries Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 53 - 66
Autor principal: Thorne-Wallington, Elizabeth
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Library Association Dec2013
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Sumario:This paper examines the issue of universal library access by conducting a geospatial analysis of library location and certain socioeconomic factors in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. Framed around the issue of universal access to Internet, computers, and technology (ICT) for digital natives, this paper demonstrates patterns of library location related to race and income. This research then raises important questions about library location, and, in turn, how this impacts access to ICT for young people in the community.