TSLAC awarded Broadband grant

The Texas State Library & Archives Commission was awarded approximately $8 million from the federal government’s Recovery Act Investments program, with nearly $3.7 million in matching contributions, that will allow the Texas State Library & Archives Commission to deploy the Technology, Expertise, Access and Learning for all Texans (TEAL) project. The TEAL project will provide greater broadband [...]

Connectivity funds for Rural Libraries

FYI from Timothy Owens, President of Association for Rural & Small Libraries

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided $2.5 billion to the Rural Utility Service to promote broadband deployment in rural areas. RUS established the Broadband Incentives Program (BIP) and set out two major application windows for this funding.

Applications for the first round were [...]