Letter: Silicon Valley public libraries bridge this key ‘digital divide’

Silicon Valley public libraries
help bridge key ‘digital divide’

Your article “Millions of students lack access to internet at home” (Page C7, June 10) brought attention to the “homework gap” that exists between students who have access to the internet and those who do not. This is a critical issue, which disproportionally affects our students of color and low-income families.

However, there is a free community resource available to students and anyone who doesn’t have access to the internet – your local public library.

Nearly every public library in the United States offers access to high-speed internet through desktop computers. Many also offer free Wi-Fi and some check out laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots.

Even here in Silicon Valley, we have students and adults without this critical access to homework resources, job search assistance, government information and much more. Our public libraries are here to help narrow this “digital divide.”

Rosanne Macek
Campbell

 

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