by TIPI Staff | Jun 29, 2018
Take the Internet Home Austin, TX June 29, 2018 │ The Technology and Information Policy Institute (TIPI) at the University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the Tocker Foundation to implement hotspot lending programs at rural libraries throughout the state...
by TIPI Staff | Mar 19, 2018
The Robin Hood Foundation engaged TIPI in 2015 to evaluate a program in which mobile hotspot devices and library-funded broadband provide access to 10,000 families in New York City. The goal of the overall assessment is to examine why people have home-based wireless...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 30, 2018
Summer Institute 2018 in Lisbon and Porto UT professors are again teaching from June to mid-July over 2 campus locations in Portugal: INOVA media labs in Lisbon and the Media Innovation Labs in Porto. This year’s topics are far-ranging and are up-to-date with...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 11, 2018
Dr. Brian Whitacre and his doctoral student, Jacob Manlove, recently undertook a small pilot project to extend hotspot lending to Oklahoma rural libraries. Utilizing Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service funds, Brian and Jacob recruited four libraries in rural...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 11, 2018
Past Presentations: National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals(NACDEP) Annual Conference; Big Sky, Montana; June 11-14, 2017. http://www.nacdep.net/2017-cds-nacdep-conference “Rural Library Hotspot Lending...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 4, 2018
Congratulations to Maria Skouras for being awarded the prestigious Consortium On Media Policy Studies fellowship this summer. The Technology and Information Policy Institute is sponsoring this $7500 fellowship. COMPASS Summer Fellows learn about the real world of U.S....
by TIPI Staff | Oct 27, 2017
Dr. Sharon Strover answers the question “What’s a hotspot?” and discusses library Hotspot lending through the Kansas State Library program with community members. Karen Gillingham, the Goodland Librarian, feels that these technologies are “up and coming”, and the...
by TIPI Staff | Oct 27, 2017
In areas where there are not competitive Internet services, children and the local education system are a step behind – kids may not be as ready to join a 21st century workforce. Dr. Sharon Strover discusses the importance of internet service for local...
by TIPI Staff | Oct 23, 2017
Rural areas are consistently disadvantaged simply because the more people that are in a town, the more attractive the town is for businesses; rural locations are negatively affected by economies of scale. Everything may cost more, including Internet, and in some cases...
by TIPI Staff | Oct 11, 2017
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