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Digital divide: Technology for All loan laptops to Burlington families


WESTAMPTON Even while schools are slowly welcoming students back in person, the Burlington County Library System (BCLS) is still providing families in need with working laptops.
The Library Foundation renewed the “Technology For All” project to help bridge the digital divide. BCLS Foundation president Pat Lindsay-Harvey says COVID-19 “accelerated what we wanted to do, since we knew there were a number of families in Burlington County who did not have devices to get on the internet. Education for all, electronics for all.”
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the library has been able to provide five laptops to five different families. Lindsay-Harvey says some of the difficulties they have faced include “finding families during COVID, due to some social services offices being closed and receiving donations that were not in good working order.” ....

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