<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/2010_2011/index.cfm">www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/2010_2011/index.cfm</a> </div><div><p><b>Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2010-2011</b>
assesses public access to computers, the Internet, and Internet-related
services in U.S. public libraries, and the impact of library funding
changes on connectivity, technology deployment, and sustainability. The
study builds on the longest-running and largest study of Internet
connectivity in public libraries begun in 1994 by John Carlo Bertot and
Charles R. McClure.</p><p>The report provides information that can help library directors and
library IT staff benchmark and advocate for technology resources in
communities across the nation. The data are also of importance for
policymakers at local, state, and federal levels, manufacturers of
information and communication technologies, and the communities served
by public libraries.</p></div><div><br></div>To learn about <b>Fast Forward New Mexico</b>, and to see what the New Mexico State Library and partner organizations are doing with broadband stimulus funding from the NTIA Sustainable Broadband Adoption program, log on to: <a href="http://www.fastforwardnm.org/">www.fastforwardnm.org/</a> <div><br><br><div>
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