ALA Office for Information Technology Policy files broadband stimulus application

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) today filed an application to the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), requesting $1,644,785 from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to fund a project to develop a set of resources to help librarians manage and plan broadband capacity.

The ability to plan for and manage broadband services successfully is essential for today’s 21st century libraries, which face rapidly increasing demand for broadband-based services from their communities. By contrast, most librarians are not well prepared to serve as network managers and broadband capacity planners...