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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Lisa Libraries. Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). The Lisa Libraries. The Lisa Libraries donates new children’s books and small libraries to organizations that work with children in low-income or underserved areas.

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Structural Poverty and the Non-Adoption Tax

Tech Soup

This post originally appeared at TechSoup for Libraries. GCCE and the New Mexico State Library are partners in Fast-Forward New Mexico (FFNM), a BTOP-funded project. Among other things, the project provides for 64 hours of free Internet training in 17 libraries around the state.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of my holiday greetings this year, I would like to introduce you to two young people who have used Benetech’s Bookshare library to reach academic excellence and find the books that keep them engaged in their off hours. You can read our full profile of Steffon here.

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Government, Community, and Corporate Partnerships to Expand Broadband Access

Tech Soup

With shrinking budgets, providing increased access to the Internet and training for computer literacy can be particularly challenging for libraries and public computing centers. read more.

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How BTOP Funding Is Informing Innovative Training Methods

Tech Soup

This post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog and was authored by Jennifer Anthony. A nonprofit organization in New Mexico and Maine's state library are using the funds from the NTIA's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant to fund innovative ways to provide necessary training in such communities.

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Using BTOP Funds to Reach Remote Areas

Tech Soup

This post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog and was authored by Jennifer Anthony. A library in Montana and a nonprofit organization in New Mexico are using the BTOP grant money to fund unique ways to reach out to remote areas. Mobile Training. read more.

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The Three P’s of Board Performance

ASU Lodestar Center

Buchanan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of New Mexico, sits on the Arizona CURESMA Board of Directors and is the President of the George Roskruge & S. Barry Casey Masonic Memorial Library & Museum of Arizona.

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