by TIPI Staff | Aug 3, 2024
Strengthening Community Resilience: Connecting Online and Offline Networks Project Description A Team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin explored how Texas communities responded during the 2021 winter storm. The study revealed that a unique...
by TIPI Staff | Feb 20, 2023
Digital Navigators: Texas Libraries and Digital Literacy View the executive summary here. View the full report here. A team of researchers worked with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to conduct research examining digital inclusion programs in...
by TIPI Staff | Jun 18, 2019
IMLS Rural Hotspots At the Edges of the National Digital Platform: Rural Library Hotspot Lending Programs This IMLS project examines small town libraries that are sharing the Internet through loaned hotspots. A mobile hotspot device enables users to connect to the...
by TIPI Staff | Jun 13, 2019
Hotspot Access in Texas Rural Libraries Take the Internet Home In the summer of 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...
by TIPI Staff | May 18, 2019
New York Public Library Hotspot Assessment The Perils and Possibilities of the Urban Library as Digital Inclusion Institution The Robin Hood Foundation engaged TIPI in 2015 to evaluate a program in which mobile hotspot devices and library-funded broadband provides...
by TIPI Staff | Mar 12, 2019
Digital Assessment Project Digital Inclusion in Austin, Texas What’s New Digital Inequalities and Homework Gap in Austin, Texas Jul 16, 2020As schools rely more and more on digital tools for teaching and learning, concerns over universal access to broadband...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 30, 2018
Past Projects 2014 Austin Digital Inclusion SurveyA team of researchers under the supervision of professors Sharon Strover, Joseph Straubhaar, and Wenhong Chen are collaborating with the City of Austin to perform a survey that assesses digital inclusion among...
