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Weekly News Digest
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April 17, 2018 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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ALA Talks Better Broadband Access for Tribal and Rural Libraries
ALA hosted a panel on April 12, during which “Tribal librarians and rural telecom experts advocated for leveraging the federal E-rate program to improve broadband access in Tribal and rural areas. The discussion, moderated by National Museum of the American Indian Librarian Elayne Silversmith, focused on how broadband connectivity and telecommunications infrastructure in Tribal and rural regions advances education, provides economic opportunity and can close the digital divide.”“Public libraries across America provide internet-enabled technologies and other resources to meet the needs of their communities. And yet Tribal and rural library broadband capacity currently falls far short of the FCC’s benchmarks set for U.S. home access,” said Jim Neal, ALA’s president. ALA notes that the Tribal Connect Act of 2017 (S 2205) “would expand Tribal lands’ eligibility to participate in the E-rate program” for helping public libraries and K–12 schools get affordable broadband access. For more information, read the press release.
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