Public Libraries and the Internet


U.S. Public libraries were early adopters of the Internet.  Since 1994, nine national studies that track the use of and issues associated with public library Internet connectivity.  Funded over the years by the American Library Association, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, the national surveys provide longitudinal data that track trends in the public access computing and Internet access provided by public libraries to the communities that they serve.   


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Center for Library & Information Innovation Features & Highlights

Dr. John Bertot receives Star Award


Dr. John Carlo Bertot, Director of the Center for Library & Information Innovation, receives the Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN) Star Award.  More

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  1. ‣Develop innovative information practices and services

  2. ‣Promote library and information professions

  3. ‣Conduct innovative research

  1. ‣Engage library and information leaders

  2. ‣Build a community of best practice library and information organizations

  3. ‣Identify innovation in library and information organizations

  1. ‣Technology innovation

  2. ‣Civic engagement

  3. ‣Policy

  4. ‣Evaluation

  5. ‣Societal contributions and impacts

  6. ‣Information management

  7. ‣Cultural spaces

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Public Library Broadband Capacity Planning


As public libraries adapt to the service demands of public access computing and Internet access, simply being connected to the Internet is not enough. Web 2.0 technologies, E-government, emergency management services, educational content, employment activities, and other Internet-enabled services and resources require a high quality public access technology environment that includes high-speed connectivity.


The Center for Library & Information Innovation is working with the American Library Association and others to help public libraries understand, determine, and plan their broadband needs.


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Dr. John Bertot asked to join IMLS Library Statistics Working Group


Dr. John Carlo Bertot, Director of the Center for Library & Information Innovation, joins the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services Library Statistics Working Group.  More

Dr. Paul Jaeger joins CLII


Dr. Paul T. Jaeger, Director of the Center for Information Policy and E-Government joins CLII as Associate Director.  More

CLII receives $780,000 grant from IMLS


Drs. John Carlo Bertot and Paul T. Jaeger received a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to create a new librarianship specialization in digital government information services.  More

CLII receives $970,000 grant from ALA


Dr. John Carlo Bertot received a $970,000 grant from the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct the 2009-2012 Public Library Funding and Technology Access surveys.  These continue the Public Libraries and the Internet survey series began in 1994.  More

 

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