Resources & Tools for Libraries
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Current Federal funding can be used to support and expand the digital equity work libraries are already doing, like building digital literacy skills, supporting job seekers and small business owners, offering telehealth support, enabling access to broadband, and providing access to technology to communities across the country.
Learn More About the Federal Funding Programs at 91´«Ã½’s Digital Equity Federal Funding Opportunities
Getting Started
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Use our resources below to connect and promote your library within your local digital equity system. This will allow you to leverage funding opportunities to support your digital equity work.
State Digital Equity Plans | Webinars | Connect with Experts | Promote Libraries Inclusion in Digital Equity Programs and Plans | Understand Your Digital Equity Ecosystem | Supporting Covered Populations | Creating Partnerships and Coalitions | Assessment and Evaluation | Supporting Home Broadband Adoption | Supporting Digital Skills | Learn more
State Digital Equity Plans
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Use our interactive map to learn more about your state's Digital Equity Plan! We've gathered each state's plan along with information on where to go to find out more. Each state will be handling their state capacity grants differently. States are color coded by their plan's current status: Red is for states that have submitted their plan; Yellow is for states that have been awarded grant funds from NTIA; and Green is for states that have begun applications for sub-grants. Visit your for additional updates.
Webinars
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Learn more from experts by watching the webinars below.
- 91´«Ã½ & PLA: Expand Library Digital Equity Services with New Funds Now! (September 4, 2024)
- NTIA (April 2024)
- Co-hosted by 91´«Ã½, Common Sense Media, and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) (April 2024)
- Co-hosted by 91´«Ã½, Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL), and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) (April 2024)
- (February 2024)
- NTIA and 91´«Ã½ (August 29, 2023)
- "" webinar co-presented by National Skills Coalition (NSC), 91´«Ã½, and PLA (April 2022)
Connect with Experts
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Reach out to local, state and national organizations that support and promote digital equity.
- 91´«Ã½: State E-Rate Coordinators
- 91´«Ã½: Digital Inclusion Working Group
- Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA): Find the top in your state.
Promote Libraries Inclusion in Digital Equity Programs and Plans
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Use these resources to help promote and position your library’s resources and services within your community's digital equity ecosystem.
- 91´«Ã½ & PLA: Digital Equity Resources for Public Libraries
- 91´«Ã½: What Your Library Needs to Know: Technical Requirements for Seeking State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Funding
- 91´«Ã½: What Your Library Needs to Know: Developing Your State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Funding Program.
- 91´«Ã½: Policy Brief: Digital Equity and America’s Libraries
- 91´«Ã½: Leveraging Libraries to Achieve Historic Progress Towards Digital Equity for All
- Executive Summary
- 91´«Ã½: Leverage Federal Funds to Advance Digital Equity in Your Community
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- NDIA:
- NDIA and NYSL
- PLA: 2023 Public Library Technology Survey Report
- Benton:
Understand Your Digital Equity Ecosystem
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Use these tools to learn more about your community, identify existing resources and services gaps, and plan for future work.
- NTIA:
- NDIA:
- ACRL: Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends
- 91´«Ã½: Census Data Literacy
- ULC: tool to provide public libraries with a set of digital equity activities
- 91´«Ã½: National Data About Public Libraries
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Free tool to help libraries learn about and improve their current broadband infrastructure and internal information technology (IT) environment.
Supporting Covered Populations
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The Digital Equity Act promotes digital inclusion and spur greater broadband adoption among covered populations disproportionally impacted by digital inequity. Learn more about the eight covered populations.
- Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: provides an overview of why each covered populations is being targeted for digital equity efforts.
- 91´«Ã½: Serving Patrons with Disabilities in Small and Rural Libraries: Practitioner's Guide
