Digital Equity Resources & Tools for Libraries
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Libraries engage in digital equity and inclusion in many ways. If your library provides Wi-Fi hotspots, offers one-on-one technology support, teaches information literacy skills, provides community relevant resources and partners with community organizations and health providers, your library engages in digital equity and inclusion.
Getting Started
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- NTIA:
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- How Libraries and Schools are Partnering on Digital Equity for Students (August 29, 2023)
- ALA: What Your Library Needs to Know: Technical Requirements for Seeking State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Funding
- ALA: What Your Library Needs to Know: Developing Your State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Funding Program.
- ALA: Amplify and Connect your Assets
- ALA: Ensure State Digital Equity Plans Include Libraries
- ALA: Leverage Federal Funds to Advance Digital Equity in Your Community
- ALA: Federal Funding Resources
- ALA: State E-Rate Coordinators
- ALA: Digital Inclusion Working Group
- ALA: Policy Brief: Digital Equity and America’s Libraries
- ALA: Leveraging Libraries to Achieve Historic Progress Towards Digital Equity for All
- Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA): Find the top in your state.
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Webinars
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- (July 2024)
- (August 7, 2024)
- NTIA: (August 8, 2024)
- NTIA (August 14, 2024)
- NTIA: (August 15, 2024)
- NTIA: (August 21, 2024)
- NTIA: (August 22, 2024)
- NTIA: (September 4, 2024)
- NTIA: (September 10, 2024)
- ¾«¶«´«Ã½& PLA: Upcoming September 4th Expand Library Digital Equity Services with New Funds Now!
- NTIA (April 2024)
- Co-hosted by ALA, Common Sense Media, and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) (April 2024)
- Co-hosted by ALA, Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL), and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) (April 2024)
- (February 2024)
- NTIA and ¾«¶«´«Ã½(August 29, 2023)
- "" webinar co-presented by National Skills Coalition (NSC), ALA, and PLA (April 2022)
Supporting Covered Populations
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- NTIA: Health Equity and Digital Equity
- Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: provides an overview of why each covered populations is being targeted for digital equity efforts.
- ALA: Serving Patrons with Disabilities in Small and Rural Libraries: Practitioner's Guide
Build Your Digital Equity Ecosystem
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- ULC: tool to provide public libraries with a set of digital equity activities
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Free tool to help libraries learn about and improve their current broadband infrastructure and internal information technology (IT) environment.
