Role of Rural College Libraries of Assam in Digital Divide

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2019-11

Authors

Choudhury, Unindajyoti

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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar

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Due to the rapid growth in information and communication technology the digital divide has been identified as one of the prime issues in present situation. Again the digital divide occur maximum in rural areas which make barrier for the development. There are lots of opportunities to development in rural areas which are not full filled due to digital divide. But the rural college libraries can play a role of making bridge to overcome the digital divide. This paper contains some different reason of digital divide in rural areas and trying to put some solution to overcome from this situation so that the rural society can grow as faster as the nation grow.

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College Library, Digital Divide, Information and Communication Technology, Assam - Rural Areas

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