This is a Web site for Mr. John W. berry's ALA Presidential Taksforce on Equity of Access.

1. Goals of Site

• Provide historical and contemporary information about Equity of Access issues and efforts in LIS Support learning and sharing information about technology for ALA members.
  
• Encourage personal research about Equity of Access/Digital Inclusion. Be a valuable resource used ALA members, and others.

2. People involved with this project

• Dr. Loriene Roy
  Graduate School of Library and Information Science
  The The University of Texas at Austin
  SZB 564
  Austin, TX 78712-1276
  tel: (512) 471-3959 fax: (512) 471-3971
  
  
• Students in the fall 2001 "Public Libraries" class contributed content on the history of ALA and exemplary public libraries projects related to the digital divide.
  
  
• Students in the spring 2002 "Information Resources in the Social Sciences" class contributed content related to competencies, funding sources and key variables such as age, race,and accessibility regarding equity of access and digital divide.
  
  
• Graduate Student- Independent Study
  Spring 2002, Summer 2002
  Seung-Ah Lee
  
  
• Graduate Student- Independent Study
  Fall 2003
  Holly L. Smith

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