I need any kind of Internet connection or gadget that can keep me on the sledding hills this week. Until I learn to blog while I help a 4 year old trudge through waist-deep snow I’ll have to be brief – or I suppose get a babyistter but I kind of like sledding.
Here’s the good news for libraries announced late last week:
A pilot initiative announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help public libraries in seven states secure faster Internet connections so more people can access a full range of online applications and opportunities.
The foundation has awarded $6,959,771 in combined grant funding to Connected Nation, a non-profit broadband Internet advocacy group, and the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) to support improved Internet connections for public libraries in Arkansas, California, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Virginia.
Two interesting notes – the tie to Connected Nation and the fact that Minnesota isn’t on the list.
