by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Feb 13, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Susan McVey, Director at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries told me once, that my donor computers where like puppies. They all found homes quickly. By the end of the grant thanks to our donor to the project almost 50 desktops computers will have been placed. I...
by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Feb 13, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Kialegee Tribal Town Tribal Library had one older desktop for public access. Thanks to our donor to the project we were able to place five. Three in the library area and two for the GED program. The new computers are a way of giving extra access for computer...
by Nicole Umayam | Feb 9, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
In areas of the world where there is no broadband infrastructure whatsoever, how can people access online resources or engage with digital tools? I’ve been learning about offline internet solutions, such as Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders)’s...
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 Nicole Umayam | Jan 30, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
I had the pleasure of attending the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) webinar “Libraries as Digital Inclusion Champions” on Thursday, January 25. Libraries have long been local champions of digital inclusion in their communities, and I loved...