The Social Justice Framework in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program: Bridging the Rural Digital Divides

Bharat Mehra, Kimberly Black, Vandana Singh, Jenna Nolt, Kelly Williams, Susan J. Simmons, Nancy Renfro · 2017 · Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries

Summary. A scholarship program trained sixteen rural librarians in Appalachia to earn master's degrees through distance education, using a social justice framework. The program recruited paraprofessionals from Southern and Central Appalachian libraries and delivered part-time coursework synchronously online from 2010 to 2012. The initiative addressed digital divides by building local information technology capacity in underserved rural communities.

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Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., Nolt, J., Williams, K., Simmons, S. J., & Renfro, N.. (2017). The Social Justice Framework in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program: Bridging the Rural Digital Divides. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries. http://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/download/206/205

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Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: broadband-and-digital, education, regional-innovation-systems
Added: 2026-04-28