by Carrie Cleary | May 15, 2023 | Broadband, Equity, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities
Read below about opportunities for libraries, as community anchor institutions, to continue to play a role to close the digital divide and attain greater digital equity for Pennsylvanians due to funding from the federal government that Pennsylvania will deploy through...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
In an effort to better reach those seeking employment or navigating career transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Berks County Public Libraries will take to the road later this month with the launch of their Mobile Job Lab, bringing free workforce resources and...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 21, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Broadband, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Digital Equity in the Age of COVID-19 spotlights how the pandemic has both intensified the digital divide and created a window for action by raising the visibility of what it means to be unconnected in our hyper-connected world, especially for our most vulnerable...
by Compendium News Staff | May 11, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Broadband, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Access data on the digital divide for lower-income Americans and see links for other groups, such as the disabled or the rural population, on PEW’s Fact-Tank.
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 13, 2018 | Accessibility, Broadband, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2018 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Centre County is a rural area in Pennsylvania and the Schlow Centre Region Library is using a unique method to bring low-cost internet to help bridge the digital divide. Utilizing TV WhiteSpace — the unused...
