[please post] The digital divide is not binary, but complex, and many sectors in society need to be heard from in order to understand this phenomenon to overcome it. Eight lectures examining digital divides in college sports, social work, the unemployment line, libraries, broadband, neighborhoods and more will be streaming online starting November 20 and ending with an 8-hour marathon on November 27. Each lecture is an hour long. Stream the lectures at http://www.media.illinois.edu/service/ui7live.html SAT NOV 20 9am: DIGITAL DIVIDES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, presented by members of the Univ of Illinois Football Video Team 10am: HISTORICAL DIGITAL DIVIDES: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE EARLY PLATO COMPUTER SYSTEM, presented by Dr. Peter Braunfeldt , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Univ of Illinois SUN NOV 21 1pm: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, presented by Adrian Kok, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago 2pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, presented by Deb Aggertt, Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library MON NOV 22 10pm: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, presented by Adrian Kok, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago TUE NOV 23 11am: DIGITAL DIVIDES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, presented by members of the Univ of Illinois Football Video Team 12pm: HISTORICAL DIGITAL DIVIDES: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE EARLY PLATO COMPUTER SYSTEM, presented by Dr. Peter Braunfeldt , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Univ of Illinois WED NOV 24 6am: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, presented by Deb Aggertt, Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library SAT NOV 27 (LECTURE MARATHON) 4pm:BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE U. OF ILLINOIS LIBRARIES, presented by Beth Sandore, Assoc Univ Librarian for IT Planning and Policy, Assoc Dean of Libraries, and Professor of Library Administration, Univ of Illinois 5pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG THE UNEMPLOYED, presented by Brian Bell, Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant Coordinator, Computer Science and Information Technology Dept, Parkland College 6pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDES IN ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES: LITERACY, LIFE SKILLS AND DIGITAL INCLUSION, presented by Frances Roehm, SkokieNet Librarian and Community Liaison, Skokie Public Library 7pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH FEDERAL BTOP BROADBAND CONSTRUCTION: UC2B, presented by Mike Smeltzer, Director of Networking and Acting Director of Physical Infrastructure, Univ of Illinois 8pm: DIGITAL DIVIDES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, presented by members of the Univ of Illinois Football Video Team 9pm: HISTORICAL DIGITAL DIVIDES: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE EARLY PLATO COMPUTER SYSTEM, presented by Dr. Peter Braunfeldt , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Univ of Illinois 10pm: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, presented by Adrian Kok, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago 11pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, presented by Deb Aggertt, Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library The lectures are a part of the Third Annual Digital Divide Lecture Series sponsored by the Community Informatics Research Lab at Univ of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Access the series archive anytime for further video, audio and presentation slides at http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/digitaldivide/GSLIS-allVideo.html. --- Community Informatics Research Lab Graduate School of Library & Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign office: 217-244-8203 cell: 419-377-5200