[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] OITP stresses the importance of E-rate for libraries, communities during FCC workshop

[Diedre Conkling]

 OITP stresses the importance of E-rate for libraries, communities during
FCC workshop <http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=3538> August 21st,
2009 | Category: OITP <http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=5>


Carrie Lowe, director of the Program on Networks for the ALA Office of
Information Technology Policy, participated in a Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) workshop yesterday as part of a panel discussion on the
future of E-rate.

Lowe’s official
statement<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ALAstatementfinal.pdf>highlighted
how the E-rate program has not only brought direct broadband
access to libraries and schools but has also benefited their surrounding
communities and should be a key component of a national broadband plan. Her
commentary is noted in an article
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/08/20/urnidgns852573C4006938800025761800790659.DTL>about
the workshop in the San Francisco Chronicle


Jenni Terry
jterry at alawash.org




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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
Work email:  diedre at beachbooks.org
Home email:  diedre08 at gmail.com
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