Field Reports
Notes from the Digital Inclusion CorpsOut of Order
Susan McVey, Director at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries told me once, that my donor computers where like puppies. They all found homes quickly. By the end of the grant thanks to our donor to the project almost 50 desktops computers will have been placed. I...
Kialegee Tribal Town
Kialegee Tribal Town Tribal Library had one older desktop for public access. Thanks to our donor to the project we were able to place five. Three in the library area and two for the GED program. The new computers are a way of giving extra access for computer...
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
Max Tricky pictured is Treasurer of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. He worked on all the permissions needed to place donated computers in the library. Our project requires that a form be signed and that the equipment belongs to the Tribe and becomes their sole...
Pawnee Public Library – New Job and Career Center
The Pawnee Public Library thanks to two donor desktops now has a dedicated center for job and career. The new area will help individuals with computer skills, online job searching, applications, resumes and cover letters. This is the first Job and Career Center...
Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town
Rovena is the Library Director for the Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town. Her library is well organized and loved. Thanks to a donor for our project the Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town now has four public access computers in the library. There were none before. Rovena...
Delaware Tribe – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Anita Mathis, is picture in front of two of the four desktops that were donated to her library, archives and cultural center. When I first called Anita about the possibility of working with her library she was so excited. She had received wonderful news that they...
Kiowa – Mary Toppah Yeahquo Library
I first meet Pershing Yeahquo at a Tribal Health Conference. I was there to discover which Tribes did not have Tribal libraries in Oklahoma. He was there to find funding for his veterans. He is the Veteran’s Director and once he found out about our project, he now...
Thank You!
I’d like to use my final blog post for some thank yous and for a couple last reflections. Thank you to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the PAST Foundation and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance—the people as well as the organizations—for supporting...
Offline Internet
In areas of the world where there is no broadband infrastructure whatsoever, how can people access online resources or engage with digital tools? I’ve been learning about offline internet solutions, such as Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders)’s...
Digital Inclusion Webinars
In the past few weeks I have hosted two digital inclusion webinars—one about the work of PCs for People and the other about building digital literacy partnerships among libraries, adult education and workforce. I thought I’d share a few thoughts and tips based my...