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The Future of Libraries and Digitally Inclusive Communities
Just before the start of the ALA 2015 conference in San Francisco, the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy invited digital inclusion advocates to discuss the future of libraries and digital...
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Bringing Solar-Powered Digital Libraries to Haiti
Inveneo is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that's passionate about expanding the tools of technology and educational opportunities to those who need it most in the developing world. In late November...
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Digital Skills Are Not the Same as Digital Literacy
Digital skills mean that you can follow a step-by-step process of creating an email account. Digital literacy means that you can recognize spam, know why it is being sent, and understand how email...
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How Libraries Are Increasing Home Broadband Adoption
Cutting-edge libraries are addressing all aspects of broadband adoption: home Internet access, public Internet access, digital literacy training, and support and access to devices. As part of this...
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Stop What You're Doing NOW and Celebrate the FCC's Decision
This post was originally published on the TechSoup blog. Because this ruling directly affects digital inclusion efforts, we thought our library audience would also be interested. In The Tech That Will...
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Your Library's Cheat Sheet for OverDrive Training
Article source: What is OverDrive for Libraries by TechBoomers.com. On May 18, TechSoup for Libraries is teaming up with TechBoomers' Steve Black for a webinar Digital Skills for OlderAdults: Teaching...
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Two Digital Literacy Sites You Need to Know
Most libraries provide some sort of digital literacy training, from public computer classes to drop-in technology labs to one-on-one help. TechSoup for Libraries' March webinar was all about free...
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5 Tips for Teaching Digital Literacy Skills to Non-English Speakers
This post was originally published on the Community Technology Network's (CTN) blog. CTN's mission is to unite organizations and volunteers to transform lives through digital literacy. We thought...
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Making Mobile Devices and Computers Easier to Use for Seniors: Part One –...
This is the first of a three-part series on ways to make digital devices easier to use for seniors. It was originally published by Community Technology Network (CTN) and is reprinted here by permission...
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Making Mobile Devices and Computers Easier to Use for Seniors — Part Two —...
This is the second of a three-part series on ways to make digital devices easier to use for seniors. It was originally published by Community Technology Network (CTN) and is reprinted here by...
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Making Mobile Devices and Computers Easier to Use for Seniors — Part Three —...
This is the third of a three-part series on ways to make digital devices easier to use for seniors. It was originally published by Community Technology Network (CTN) and is reprinted here by permission...
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When a Chromebook Becomes a Family Lifeline
One of my hobbies at my public library job is buying affordable laptops on eBay and fixing them up. I then sell them at the same price I bought them for to people who need a laptop. When I noticed on...
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How and Why Oakland Public Library Is Loaning Out Hotspots
Over 500 libraries have now requested Mobile Beacon hotspot product donations through TechSoup. After the Oakland Public Library placed a big donation request, we thought we'd call them to find out how...
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Libraries Advance Digital Inclusion Role with Hotspots
Libraries are a lynchpin for national, state, and local digital inclusion efforts — particularly our 16,500+ public library locations across the country. Mobile Beacon's report Creating Opportunity...
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The Gates Library Foundation Remembered: How Digital Inclusion Came to Libraries
From 1997 to 2018, the Gates Library Foundation (a program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) invested $1 billion over 21 years in public libraries both domestically and globally. Its...
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