A mad dash to the end (or beginning) as FCC readies for an E-rate vote
Plus a few things we’re likely to know this Friday Last night, about 40 minutes before the FCC filing system put up its “closed for business” sign, ALA filed a joint letter (pdf) with the Association...
View Article176 pages and many hours distilled into a summary of the July 11 E-rate Order
After checking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website several times each day between July 11 when the Commission adopted an Order in the E-rate Modernization proceeding and when it was...
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“Outside the Lines” at ICMA
(From left) David Singleton, Director of Libraries for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, with Public Library Association (PLA) Past President Carolyn Anthony, PLA Director Barb Macikas and PLA...
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Experts to discuss library policy at ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago
Library and policy leaders will discuss Policy Revolution!, an initiative to advance national policy for libraries and our communities, during the 2015 American Library Association’s (ALA) Midwinter...
View ArticleStrong coalition calls on libraries to plan now to secure E-rate funding
Libraries now have an extraordinary opportunity to upgrade their broadband following the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to modernize the E-rate program and address the broadband capacity...
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Chairman Wheeler E-rate game #OnPoint
FCC Chairman Wheeler receives ALA resolution. E-rate is nothing if not opportunistic and opportunity struck while hundreds of librarians combed congressional offices during National Library Legislative...
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ConnectED Library Challenge: Answering the Call
ALA President Sari Feldman discussed the ConnectED initiative with Felton Thomas, Jr., director of the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and president-elect of the Public Library Association (PLA), a...
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ConnectED Library Card Challenge seeks new recruits
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) are seeking 60 new communities to participate in the second round of the ConnectED Library Card Challenge. The...
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