Mobile phones and smartphones have become the entry point to the internet for billions of people around the world. In these mobile-centric contexts, accessibility, manifestation of social ecosystems, and the affordances of mobile devices shape people’s participation in the digital world. Through these changes, public libraries ...

The Mobile Information Literacy curriculum is a growing collection of training materials designed to build information literacies for the millions of people worldwide coming online every month via a mobile phone. Most information and digital literacy curricula were designed for a PC age, and public and private organizations ...

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Building on 20 years of work, in 2016 the City of Seattle published a Digital Equity Action Plan to help ensure all residents and neighborhoods have access to and are proficient in using digital technologies. In order to monitor and assess progress toward the plan’s goals, the City worked with researchers from the iSchool ...

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As communities plan for and implement broadband adoption and digital inclusion or digital equity plans, they also need to clarify intended outcomes and measure impacts. The City of Seattle envisions the city as a place where technology’s opportunities equitably empower all residents and communities - especially for those who ...