by Jeff Garcie | Feb 8, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
We took off from the Kodiak airport after a long delay due to high winds. The flight to Akhiok was beautiful but bumpy. As we flew south along the western coast of Kodiak. The sheer distance of the flight and the seemingly impassable mountains that stretched to the...
by Nicole Umayam | Feb 7, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
I’m happy to say that the momentum for digital inclusion work at the Arizona State Library will continue after the NDIA Digital Inclusion Corps pilot ends this month. This week we had the second Digital Inclusion Working Group meeting. Working group is an apt name as...
by Jeff Garcie | Jan 29, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
The Kodiak Island Borough School District is invested in the educations of the children in our rural villages. Over the years, their innovation and persistence for excellence has allowed the school district to integrate a video conferencing system that allows students...
by Nicole Umayam | Jan 26, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Although the Digital Inclusion Corps pilot project comes to a close next month, my digital inclusion activities with the Arizona State Library will continue. We can credit NDIA’s vision and execution of this pilot project to be the change agent for increased action in...
by Nicole Umayam | Jan 2, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
First, let’s just take a moment to appreciate how incredible public libraries are. Library services are driven by the needs of the community, and this extends well beyond lending books. They can lend all sorts of non-traditional items, from power tools and telescopes...