by TIPI Staff | Feb 4, 2020
by Dr. Sharon Strover Several years ago, I met with many local economic development people throughout various Texas towns. They all said, “I want this town to be attractive enough for my kids to come back here when they want to raise their families.” That was not...
by TIPI Staff | Dec 2, 2019
At the start of November, our team traveled to Brazoria County, Texas as part of our continued project researching disasters and the role of libraries. In our second trip to Brazoria County for this project, our goal was to perform a “deep dive” to better understand...
by TIPI Staff | Aug 29, 2019
STROVER, SHARON, PI; BRIAN WHITACRE, COLIN RHINESMOTH, CO-PI; ALEXIS SCHRUBBE AND GERMAN ALVAREZ, RESEARCHERS Supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, Grant #31-16-0014-16 Introduction The Technology & Information Policy Institute at the...
by TIPI Staff | Aug 21, 2019
Rural Hotspot Lending Program STROVER, SHARON, PI; BRIAN WHITACRE, COLIN RHINESMITH,CO-PI ALEXIS SCHRUBBE AND GERMAN ALVAREZ, RESEARCHERS Introduction TIPI, in partnership with researchers at the University of Oklahoma and Simmons University, is examining how rural...
by TIPI Staff | Jul 5, 2019
Abstract: A great deal of scholarship on broadband deployment and federal policies has positioned rural America through a deficit framework: rural parts of the country have older populations (and therefore not tech savvy), are poor (and therefore justifiably ignored...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 19, 2019
TIPI is wrapping up the final phase of data collection as part of its IMLS grant examining rural libraries, hotspot lending programs, and local connectivity. We conducted a survey of six communities out of the 24 with which we worked to investigate how local citizens...
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 | 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...
