by Alexis Schrubbe | Jan 19, 2021 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship
Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters may be tucked away in a corner of Maine’s Boothbay Harbor, but the 500 sq. ft shop occupies a much larger footprint in cyberspace by design. Don Kingsbury, who runs the business together with his wife, Liana, shared the story of their...
by Alexis Schrubbe | Oct 8, 2020 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship
In 2017, our research team visited Calais, ME for the Maine State Library Hotspot Lending Assessment project. Calais, Maine is a small city situated on the St. Croix river bordering the Canadian town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In the morning rush hour and after...
by Alexis Schrubbe | Aug 28, 2020 | Lead Story
Austin Independent School District was slated to begin instruction on August 18th, 2020. In July, when COVID-19 rates were spiking in Austin and across the state, the district decided that the first four weeks of classes would be conducted 100% virtually. There are a...
by Alexis Schrubbe | Aug 26, 2020 | IMLS Libraries and Disasters, Lead Story
Hurricane Laura and the challenges of remote learning Hurricane Laura was initially predicted to avoid the majority of Texas and impact Louisiana, but by early Tuesday morning, August 25, 2020, predictions shifted the path Westward toward Texas’ highly populated...
by Alexis Schrubbe | Aug 17, 2020 | Digital Assessment Project
Positioned between major pressure points of the increasing infection rate in the majority of the US and the memory of virtual school they experienced in the spring, parents in the United States feel conflicted about the coming 2020-2021 school year. On one side of the...
by Alexis Schrubbe | Jul 30, 2020 | Broadband and Rural Entrepreneurship
The Bling Box Boutique began as an experiment by Jeremy and Courtney Renaud eleven years ago. In a recent interview with the TIPI research team, Jeremy explained that the idea to start a business was sparked when someone asked Courtney, “Hey, where did you get that...
