INFORMATION TO HELP AMERICA'S RURAL LIBRARIES

From: Don Wood [mailto:dwood@ala.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:56 PM
To: alacro-l@ala.org
Subject: [alacro-l] INFORMATION TO HELP AMERICA'S RURAL LIBRARIES

The ALA Washington Office will host a webinar to assist rural libraries with pursuing funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at 2 p.m., EST, October 29.

Cheryl Cook, the Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture, Carla Anderson, the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of e-Copernicus, a Washington consulting firm expert in broadband, and Kevin Cherry, Senior Program Officer for the Institute of Museum and Library Service’s Office of Library Service will participate.

The presenters will discuss the three USDA programs with funds available for rural libraries – the Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, the Communities Facility program and the Community Connect program.

Click here register for the webinar.

Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study

Forwarded from ALA Chicago Office
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Libraries urged to participate in national study of Internet use in libraries http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=4940

(CHICAGO) The American Library Association (ALA) is encouraging public libraries to participate in the 2010-2011 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study online survey. The survey provides an important opportunity for libraries to share information on computer and Internet resources and infrastructure, as well as funding, technology training and other uses of public libraries, such as providing public access technology centers in their communities. The current year's online survey, available at http://www.plinternetsurvey.org , will be available through Nov. 5, 2010.