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How do you advance library visibility using effective data collection, use, and sharing?

Advancing Library Visibility in Africa

How do you identify and address technology accessibility and education gaps for refugee women in Seattle?

Refugee Women And Technology Education in Seattle

How do we harness nontraditional learning environments, like public libraries, to address gender data gaps and lack of women in STEM fields?

STEM Education for Gender Data Equity in Costa Rica

How can ICTs be co-developed with Indigenous communities to support their political empowerment while avoiding unintended negative effects?

Indigenous Connectivity in Peru

How do you identify what skills people need to equitably participate in digital life?

Digital Skills for Digital Equity

How can mobile applications expand global literacy? How can we use computational analysis to understand mobile reading patterns?

Mobile Reading Data Exchange

How does the international development community perceive public libraries as partners in development?

Perceptions of Libraries as Development Partners

What are the relevant skills, concepts, and attitudes for people using mobile devices, not PCs, to access the internet & information?

Mobile Information Literacy

How can online education, like MOOCs, best help young adults across the developing world grow successful careers?

Advancing MOOCs for Development

How does access to information contribute to achieving the SDGs? What roles do libraries play in the UN's 2030 Agenda?

Development & Access to Information

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How can we change the data collection landscape for public libraries in the US?

Measures that Matter

What is the role of library-like institutions in providing public access to information and technologies? How do they compare to libraries?

Public Internet Access & Use in Vietnam

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Where do people in developing countries access computers and the internet? How is the landscape of public access venues comprised?

Public Access Landscape Study

How does public access to computers and the Internet — through venues like libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés— change people's lives?

Global Impact Study

What is the impact of public libraries in the European Union on library users' lives? How are libraries in the EU perceived and used?

Measuring perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries in the EU

How can web literacy trainings be used in libraries to meet the evolving needs of the communities they serve?

Digital Skills for Digital Librarians Evaluation

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How important are libraries and telecenters in emergency management?

Libraries, Telecenters, and the 2010 Chile Earthquake

What are the features of effective innovation spaces? What policies and practices support their establishment and growth?

Innovation Spaces

What influences the success of regional libraries intended to spearhead national improvements in reading, learning, and information access?

Regional Study & Resource Center Evaluation

What information challenges do societies in transition face? How can information literacy be used to support transitions to democracy?

Information Strategies for Societies in Transition

What research and data exists about public libraries? How can it best be organized, accessed, and used to inform future work in the library field?

Research Roadmap for Strengthening the Library Field

How can governments, public libraries, and community organizations adopt an inclusive policy posture to promote access to digital resources?

Digital Inclusion Framework

What skills are required for developing and implementing successful information-based projects in the digital age?

Information Strategies Curriculum

How can data be collected, managed, analyzed, and visualized to tackle challenges and enable social change and democracy?

Data for Democracy

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How did the use of ICTs impact the evolution of the April 6th Youth Movement and the trajectory of the Egyptian revolution?

Youth, ICTs, and Democracy in Egypt

How can we understand the impact of ICT training when the contexts are so diverse? How can case studies and storytelling help?

Employability Evidence Narratives

Mapping eInclusion actors in the EU 27 countries

Mapping eInclusion Actors in the European Union

How are Georgian civil society organizations using social media to engage citizens, spark change, and shift public policy?

Georgia Civil Society 2.0

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How do ICT training and digital literacy promote employability and social inclusion among immigrant women in Europe?

Immigrant Women and e-Skills in Europe

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How do e-inclusion actors operate? What is the impact among marginalized populations? What theories and frameworks have been applied?

e-Inclusion actors in the European Union: Theories and frameworks

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Does ICT training help Washington state residents find jobs? Do trainees earn higher wages? How does training effect their employability?

Technology for employability in Washington State

How can computers and technology programs in clubs advance 21st-century skills, employability, and social development?

Technology Utilization in Boys & Girls Clubs of America

What happens when you gather technologists, human rights activists, and international experts to collaborate around openness and good governance?

Open Cambodia 2011

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How can technology access and training empower and promote employability among marginalized groups, such youth and people with disabilities?

Youth, Accessibility, and Employability in Latin America

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