Role of Universities in Digitising Rural Communities
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2003-02
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
Today’s real border are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and
humiliated(Kofi Annan, 2001). The humiliated, fettered and powerless, in this context are the rural population, mainly
because they are remote, they lack information. With small and widely – dispersed population, rural areas, constantly
face deteriorating services. They often face difficulty in obtaining even the essential services, being forced to travel,
despite the fact that there is an abundance or saturation of goods and services in their neighbouring urban areas. Many of
the services, essential for everyday life are available only in the urban areas. This paper describes the ways in which
universities can bridge the digital divide.
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Digital Divide, Rural Information, University Digitisation