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    Assessing the digital divide in a Jordanian academic library

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    Authors
    Obeidat, O.
    Genoni, Paul
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Obeidat, Othman and Genoni, Paul. 2010. Assessing the digital divide in a Jordanian academic library. Library Review. 59 (6): pp. 384-400.
    Source Title
    Library Review
    DOI
    10.1108/00242531011053913
    ISSN
    00242535
    Faculty
    School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts
    Faculty of Humanities
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    The definitive version is available from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3496
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The research reported attempts to assess the extent and nature of the digital divide as it applies in a developing Arab country. The method used is an innovative form of document availability test developed to measure the extent of the digital divide between a service offered by a university library in a developed (western) tertiary education system (Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia), and one offered by a university library in a developing Arab country (Yarmouk University, Jordan). The method tests differences in capacity to deliver content according to format (digital or print), and tests for differences in digital access to both 'international' and 'local' content experienced by users of the two libraries. The findings indicate the existence of a digital divide, but also suggest that the availability of digital content has helped overcome the substantial scholarly information divide. The research has implications for academic libraries in developing Arab countries as they attempt to redress the effects of the digital divide. The research uses an innovative methodology for measuring the digital divide, and represents the first attempt to quantify the effects of the digital divide as it impacts upon the users of an academic library in a developing Arab country.

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