Libraries extending efforts to secure federal money for high-speed Internet | Speed Matters

May 15, 2009

As the need for high-speed Internet access grows, America's public libraries have begun to step up efforts to secure federal funding to upgrade their own network infrastructure.

Our public libraries provide vital services to low-income communities. From career counseling sessions to Internet access, more and more unemployed workers - most of them recently laid off - are taking advantage of jobs resources at the library. In fact, computer usage at libraries nationwide has skyrocketed...