I am excited to announce that registration is now open for the BEST Conference (Broadband, E-rate, Sustainability and Technology) to be held on August 25 & 26, 2011 in beautiful Breckenridge Colorado. The registration form and a draft of the agenda can be found on the BEST website. Check back often as we continue to add details about the sessions and speakers!
Thanks to a Gates grant, registration, lodging, food and travel will be covered for one staff member per library (2 staff members may attend if your library serves a population of 100,000 or more). We will make the hotel reservations for you based on the registrations received. Continue reading ‘BEST Conference Registration Open!’
The Colorado State Library continues to update Colorado libraries about ARRA via http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/LibraryDevelopment/PublicLibraries/ARRA.htm
Below is a message State Library Executive Director Gene Hainer sent to public library directors this week:
Three updates to the ARRA page on www.ColoradoStateLibrary.org:
1. Several months ago a firm related to the B&M Gates’ Foundation contacted you or your IT staff to gather data about broadband access, speed, funding, oversight and other elements in Colorado libraries. The results of that effort are posted on the ARRA site, http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/LibraryDevelopment/PublicLibraries/ARRA.htm.
2. Besides the full excel sheet with 98% of the state’s libraries included, there is a one-page overview that may be helpful for your Boards, civic leaders, or vendors.
Continue reading ‘Colorado Libraries and ARRA’
It’s been strangely difficult for library leaders in Colorado and the U.S. to stay abreast of opportunities for securing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding, particularly tied to investment in computer networking (broadband) for libraries. Why? There has been little detail provided to libraries about application criteria and procedures.
Happily, several librarians in Colorado and at the State Library have been tracking this topic!
A “broadband update” memo [pdf] has been released by the State Library, summarizing activities and progress to date. The State library also is maintaining a general ARRA Resources page for libraries.
The Trinidad newspaper The Times Independent printed “Libary, Workforce Center unite to aid job seekers” By Nancy Ellis. Continue reading ‘Library Trend – Library and Work Force Partnerships’
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