Overcoming Information Poverty

List of Figures

Figure 3.1 Groups at risk of information poverty. 47

Figure 4.1 Factors creating information poverty. 64

Figure 4.2 A continuum of information poverty comparing information poverty (information poor) with information access (information rich). 84

Figure 4.3 A continuum determining information poverty (IP) or richness, based on the Continuum of Deprivation model described by Gordon (2008). 85

Figure 5.1 Daily computer use in the United Kingdom by age group in 2006 and 2015. 100

Figure 6.1 Average rankings of skills and access that libraries could develop more in disadvantaged areas. 125

Figure 6.2 Skills continuum. 135

Figure 6.3 Library activities/services able to best reduce information poverty. Values are based on surveys completed ...