Digital Inclusion Corps
The Corps
Emily Kissane
Minnesota
Emily is hosted by the State Library Services & Charter Center at the Minnesota Department of Education.
Email: [email protected]
Drew Lauderdale
New Mexico
Drew is hosted by the ¡Explora! Museum.
Email: [email protected]
Nicole Umayam
Arizona
Nicole is hosted by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records A Division of the Secretary of State
Email: [email protected]
Jeff Garcie
Alaska
Jeff is hosted by the Alutiiq Museum.
Email: [email protected]
Sandy Tharp-Thee
Oklahoma
Sandy is hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
Email: [email protected]
Matthew Kopel
Program Manager
Matthew Kopel was the Program Manager for NDIA, and oversaw the Digital Inclusion Corps project.
Host Sites
Expert Advisory Group
James Neal, IMLS
Sandra Narva, IMLS
Samantha Becker, University of Washington iSchool
Leana Mayzlina, NTEN
Joel Krogstad, CTEP
Bernadine Joselyn, Blandin Foundation
Susan Feller, Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Roberto Gallardo, Mississippi State Univeristy Extension
Field Reports
The Connected Village of Akhiok
The Village of Akhiok is situated on the southernmost point of Kodiak Island. Its isolation is only surpassed by its beauty. The village overlooks Cape Alatak where over 1000 years ago the Ancestors carved petroglyphs in the rock faces near the shore. The village of...
Broadband in Ouzinkie?
When I started working as a digital inclusion advocate in 2017, one of the first projects I worked on was Libraries Leading with TV Whitespace. The program was designed to enable libraries to broadcast a TVWS signal from the central point of the library to the...
Thoughts on Digital Inclusion One Year Later
As we’re at the buzzer with our final reporting for this project, I wanted to share a couple of the thoughts I’ve had about doing this work. Intense engagement with digital inclusion for the past year has been transformative on many levels and I’m grateful to have...