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Español: WSIS Forum 2013 - Public Access to the Internet and the Role of Libraries as an Agent of Development (IFLA)
Mónica Aspe Bernal, Coordinator at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications
Libraries are agents for development, giving communities access to information in order to support education, health, economic security and development. Taking, as its starting point, recent research which looks at user perceptions of the benefits of public access to technology in libraries, and the opportunities public libraries offer for policymakers to meet development goals, this workshop will explore a number of questions around the theme of public access in the community. What policies are needed to ensure that public access is facilitated? What partnerships need to be made with the private sector to help bring technology into the community?
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