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presented for IFLA, Joint FAIFE/CLM Session on August 15, 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA

The Implications of the IFLA Statement on Net Neutrality and Zero-rating for Education and Practice. presented for IFLA, Joint FAIFE/CLM Session on August 15, 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA. The Current Landscape.

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presented for IFLA, Joint FAIFE/CLM Session on August 15, 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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  1. The Implications of the IFLA Statement on Net Neutrality and Zero-rating for Education and Practice presented for IFLA, Joint FAIFE/CLM Session on August 15, 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA

  2. The Current Landscape • “After reviewing data on Internet penetration, we describe five dimensions of digital inequality—in equipment, autonomy of use, skill, social support, and the purposes for which the technology is employed—that we believe deserve additional attention.”

  3. The Current Landscape • “The story in South Africa stirs concern over an issue that has generally been seen as a U.S. domestic problem because it exemplifies that net neutrality is truly a global issue—especially in developing nations. The above-mentioned story exemplifies that net neutrality is truly a global issue.”

  4. The Current Landscape • The digital divide measured in terms of bandwidth is not closing. • Asia increased its global share of installed bandwidth from 23% to 51% in 30 years. • Bandwidth inequality is closely linked to income, which is notoriously unequal. • Increase in cloud computing, big data and other applications it is urgent to start measuring bandwidth, not merely counting subscriptions.

  5. The Current Landscape • “The social solidarity argument is quite powerful for those arguing for direct intervention by the state in remedying digital exclusion…” • “Indeed, it would allow the concept of ‘social safety net’ to be expanded from basic needs of food and accommodation to participation in digital society—a ‘welfare’ approach to digital access.”

  6. LIS Education: ALA COA • Systematic Planning: I.2 Clearly defined student learning outcomes are a critical part of the program’s goals. • I.2.2 The philosophy, principles, and ethics of the field; • I.2.6 The role of library and information services in a diverse global society, including the role of serving the needs of underserved groups; • I.2.7 The role of library and information services in a rapidly changing technological society.

  7. LIS Education: ALA COA • Curriculum: II.2 The curriculum is concerned with information resources and the services and technologies to facilitate their management and use. • II.2.4 Responds to the needs of a diverse and global society, including the needs of underserved groups.

  8. Implications for LIS Education • The place for Net Neutrality and Zero-rating discussions in the curriculum: • Foundations of Library and Information Science. • Digital Information Services and related courses. • Ethics and the Information Society. • Information Policy; possibly “legal issues” courses. • Instilling Advocacy: from the classroom to the “courtroom” and back again. • Service Learning and Engagement.

  9. Implications for LIS Education • “While most LIS students are aware of disparities in society through classroom-based coursework, ‘real-life’ experiences are needed for a deeper understanding of issues such as the digital divide and equity of access for diverse populations.”

  10. Implications for Practice • “…libraries may also find that they are confined to slower Internet speed laneswhen they act as information providers.” • “For libraries engaged in digital library, electronic publishing, and institutional repository projects, this may be problematic, especially as they increasingly add more digital media, large-data-set, or other bandwidth-intensive applications.”

  11. Implications for Practice • Ideological: Purpose and mission of libraries. • Practical challenges for service delivery. • Advocacy fits the 2016 Congress theme “A Call to Action.” • Awareness. • Mobilization.

  12. In Practice • Some of us have been here before: USA PATRIOT Act! • Awareness by and education of patrons (IFLA statement on NN and ZR: Recommendations: • “Make clear their support for an open Internet. • “Explain to users what net neutrality and zero rating are, and the challenges they pose.” • “Verify if local ISPs are compromising net neutrality, and make users aware of this.” • Mobilization. • Participate. • Advocate

  13. Your assignment …. • Understand the concepts and arguments in the net neutrality and zero-rating debate. • Undertake one act of Awareness raising with your patrons. • Participate in one act of engagement. • Enlist others in your relevant library community to do the same.

  14. THANK YOU! Questions and Answers,now or later . . . Tomas A. Lipinski, B.A., J.D., LL.M., M.L.I.S., Ph.D. Dean of the iSchool at UW—Milwaukee, tlipinsk@uwm.edu

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