id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt ital-5141 Real, Brian; Bertot, John Carlo; Jaeger, Paul T. Rural Public Libraries and Digital Inclusion: Issues and Challenges 2014-03-25 19 .pdf application/pdf 8349 326 34 Through analysis of the PLFTAS data2 about technology access in rural public libraries in conjunction with other studies of rural libraries and librarians, this article explores the causes and effects of the relatively more limited technological and support infrastructures for rural patrons and communities. Rural libraries are also far less likely to have formal guides to help customers understand these government services, with only 15.3% of rural libraries offering such products as compared to 33.6% of urban and 22.2% of suburban counterparts. cache/ital-5141.pdf txt/ital-5141.txt