GSLIScast

Emerging technologies present exciting new opportunies for information professionals. But do they also exclude some information seekers? On Monday April 7th, 2008, Jessamyn West, Susan O’Connor, and Pat Oyler participated in a panel discussion at Simmons College about this so-called Digital Divide—the gap between those people who have effective access to information technology and those who do not.

Jessamyn West is a librarian in rural Vermont and the author of the popular blog librarian.net. Susan O’Connor is the Executive Director of the Timothy Smith Network, an organization that promotes technology use in the Roxbury section of Boston. Pat Oyler is a professor at Simmons GSLIS who has been intimately involved with the school’s ongoing librarian training programs in Vietnam. Together the three panelists talked about how issues of access to technology have impacted end users of information services.

The panel discussion was co-sponsored by the Simmons College chapters of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, the Progressive Libraians Guild, and Simmons International Relations.

Slide Presentation

Link to slides for Jessamyn West

Slide Presentation

Slides for Susan O'Connor / PDF Format 3.89 MB

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Slides for Pat Oyler / PDF Format 73 KB

Kevin MacLeod / Bright Wish

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