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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  12, Issue 2, May - August 2018, Pages 95-100
 

Original Article

Exploring the Shortcomings of Union Digital Center (UDC) in Bangladesh: A Study

Md. Nazmul Islam, Md. Aktarul Islam

1Associate Professor 2Research Student, Dept. of Information Science & Library Management, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi- 6205, Bangladesh.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.12218.4

Abstract

Union Digital Center (UDC) is one-stop service center set up in Bangladesh with a view to providing all sorts of government digital services and ICT facilities to the doorsteps of every citizen residing at the rural peripherals of the country. These newly set up information centers are powered by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) under the “Access to information (a2i)” project and UDP and other organizations are helping to fulfill the real objectives of “Vision 21” and “Digital Bangladesh”. This paper is an attempt to delineate the present helms of UDCs and possible problems that hinder these information centers from reaching the rural people smoothly with necessary digital equipments and services. This paper also puts forward some recommendations in order to overcome the existing problems.


Keywords : Union Digital Centers (UDC); Digital Bangladesh; Rural Community; Union Parishad; UISC.
Corresponding Author : Md. Nazmul Islam, Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Science & Library Management, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.