I absolutely believe in the digital divide as my family and i have experienced it. Back in the 90s our family seemed to be one of the last to join the computer age (at least among my children's friends). Raising five children and having them attend the Bonsall/Fallbrook school system showed me so many gross inequalities that i still cringe when i think about it. This is a school system where you have the children of multi  millionares going to school with children of migrant workers. Though our family did not fall into either category, i was not working. I had no job skills at the time so it almost didn't make sense for me to work and pay someone for childcare. My point in all this, is that we came to computers very late in the game. I know it probably hindered my children by not having one for homework assignments and research. Though we have had a computer and internet access for many years (so hard to imagine life without it now) the reality is that many still do not and if it wasn't for libraries and the services they offer a lot of the population would simply be cut off. I believe it is everyone's responsibility to know that the digital divide exists and it should be a concern for everyone. I think that libraries are doing a great job in helping to bridge this problem, but still there is usually a wait and a time limit. Libraries need more computers and to be open more hours. I still hear people making stupid and uninformed comments such as "since there is Google and the internet" libraries are going to become a thing of the past. ugh! i just want to shake them.