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| author | Ayoung, Daniel Azerikatoa Bugre, Charles Baada, Frederic Naazi-Ale |
| author_facet | Ayoung, Daniel Azerikatoa Bugre, Charles Baada, Frederic Naazi-Ale Ayoung, Daniel Azerikatoa Bugre, Charles Baada, Frederic Naazi-Ale |
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| contents | An Evaluation of the Library Connectivity Project through the Lens of the Digital Inclusion Model Ayoung, Daniel Azerikatoa Bugre, Charles Baada, Frederic Naazi-Ale Program Evaluation Library Services Foreign Countries Cooperation Access to Computers Rural Areas Inclusion Public Libraries Secondary School Students Purpose: It has been a decade, as the collaboration between the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) to extend information and communication technology (ICT) and library services to rural deprived, unserved and underserved communities in Ghana dubbed the library connectivity project. This paper aims to evaluate this initiative from the perspective of relevant key stakeholders and through the lens of the digital inclusion model. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a qualitative approach to evaluate the library connectivity project offered to deprived communities in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Interviews were conducted with the head librarians, ICT teachers and school librarians. Focus group discussions were held with pupils from four beneficiary schools of the project. The researchers also witnessed four of the outreach programmes and training sessions and observed the mode of instruction. Findings: The study brought to fore the enormous benefits of the library connectivity project as it aided school pupils to acquire practical ICT skills, which were found to be useful towards their final exam. Despite the enormous benefit of the project, it was bereft with a lot of challenges such as inadequate logistics and personnel thereby restricting the project to very few schools. Low staff motivation and unmotorable roads were also found to be a challenge, which could all be as a result of lack of funds. Research limitations/implications: The paper underscores the importance of computer and information literacy and reveals how the GhLA is using innovative mobile library services to bridge the digital divide through the library connectivity project. Originality/value: This paper makes a further contribution to the paucity of literature on the role of mobile libraries in the promotion of computer and information literacy. |
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| spellingShingle | An Evaluation of the Library Connectivity Project through the Lens of the Digital Inclusion Model Ayoung, Daniel Azerikatoa Bugre, Charles Baada, Frederic Naazi-Ale Program Evaluation Library Services Foreign Countries Cooperation Access to Computers Rural Areas Inclusion Public Libraries Secondary School Students An Evaluation of the Library Connectivity Project through the Lens of the Digital Inclusion Model Ayoung, Daniel Azerikatoa Bugre, Charles Baada, Frederic Naazi-Ale Program Evaluation Library Services Foreign Countries Cooperation Access to Computers Rural Areas Inclusion Public Libraries Secondary School Students Purpose: It has been a decade, as the collaboration between the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) to extend information and communication technology (ICT) and library services to rural deprived, unserved and underserved communities in Ghana dubbed the library connectivity project. This paper aims to evaluate this initiative from the perspective of relevant key stakeholders and through the lens of the digital inclusion model. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a qualitative approach to evaluate the library connectivity project offered to deprived communities in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Interviews were conducted with the head librarians, ICT teachers and school librarians. Focus group discussions were held with pupils from four beneficiary schools of the project. The researchers also witnessed four of the outreach programmes and training sessions and observed the mode of instruction. Findings: The study brought to fore the enormous benefits of the library connectivity project as it aided school pupils to acquire practical ICT skills, which were found to be useful towards their final exam. Despite the enormous benefit of the project, it was bereft with a lot of challenges such as inadequate logistics and personnel thereby restricting the project to very few schools. Low staff motivation and unmotorable roads were also found to be a challenge, which could all be as a result of lack of funds. Research limitations/implications: The paper underscores the importance of computer and information literacy and reveals how the GhLA is using innovative mobile library services to bridge the digital divide through the library connectivity project. Originality/value: This paper makes a further contribution to the paucity of literature on the role of mobile libraries in the promotion of computer and information literacy. |
| title | An Evaluation of the Library Connectivity Project through the Lens of the Digital Inclusion Model |
| topic | Program Evaluation Library Services Foreign Countries Cooperation Access to Computers Rural Areas Inclusion Public Libraries Secondary School Students |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1362445 |