Editing Digital divide (section)

=== Libraries ===
[[File:13394-Laptops Anytime Launch-6629 (10844113484).jpg|thumb|A laptop lending kiosk at [[Texas A&M University–Commerce]]'s Gee Library]]

In 2010,
an "online indigenous digital library as part of public library services" was created in [[Durban]], South Africa to narrow the digital divide by not only giving the people of the Durban area access to this digital resource, but also by incorporating the community members into the process of creating it.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Greyling | first1 = E. | last2 = Zulu | first2 = S. | s2cid = 110314974 | year = 2010 | title = Content development in an indigenous digital library: A case study in community participation | journal = IFLA Journal | volume = 36 | issue = 1| pages = 30–9 | doi = 10.1177/0340035209359570 }}</ref>

In 2002, the [[Gates Foundation]] started the Gates Library Initiative which provides training assistance and guidance in libraries.<ref name=":3">{{cite journal | last1 = Blau | first1 = Andrew | year = 2002 | title = Access isn't enough: Merely connecting people and computers won't close the digital divide | journal = American Libraries | volume = 33 | issue = 6| pages = 50–52 |oclc=96592560 }}</ref>

In [[Kenya]], lack of funding, language, and technology illiteracy contributed to an overall lack of computer skills and educational advancement. This slowly began to change when foreign investment began.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Civelek |first1=Mustafa Emre |last2=Çemberci |first2=Murat |last3=Uca |first3=Nagehan |title=The Role of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investments on the Relation between Digital Divide and Economic Growth: A Structural Equation Model |journal=Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal |date=15 January 2016 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=119–127 |doi=10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V7-07 |s2cid=53978201 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenya Economic Update: Accelerating Kenya's Digital Economy|url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kenya/publication/kenya-economic-update-accelerating-kenyas-digital-economy|access-date=2021-09-29|website=World Bank|language=en|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929213916/https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kenya/publication/kenya-economic-update-accelerating-kenyas-digital-economy|url-status=live}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Foundation]] funded a revitalization project through the [[Kenya National Library Service]]. Those resources enabled public libraries to provide information and communication technologies to their patrons. In 2012, public libraries in the [[Busia County|Busia]] and [[Kiberia]] communities introduced technology resources to supplement curriculum for primary schools. By 2013, the program expanded into ten schools.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pingo |first1=Zablon B. |title=Transition from Camel Libraries to Digital Technologies in Kenya Public Libraries |journal=Public Library Quarterly |date=2 January 2015 |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=63–84 |doi=10.1080/01616846.2014.970467 |s2cid=205491803 }}</ref>