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UT Austin | Portugal Digital Media Program Hosts Hackathon
Science can appear inaccessible and complex to non-scientists, whereas communication can seem daunting to scientists. EMERGENCE brought together scientists,...
Press Release: Hotspot Access in Texas Rural Libraries
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...
Evaluation of the New York Public Library Hotspot Lending Program
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...
Portugal Program News
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...
New Hotspot Lending Initiative in Oklahoma
Dr. Brian Whitacre and his doctoral student, Jacob Manlove, recently undertook a small pilot project to extend hotspot lending to Oklahoma rural libraries. Utilizing...
Presentations and Webinars
Past Presentations: National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals(NACDEP) Annual Conference; Big Sky, Montana; June 11-14,...
COMPASS WINNER
Congratulations to Maria Skouras for being awarded the prestigious Consortium On Media Policy Studies fellowship this summer. The Technology and Information Policy...
Video: What is a Hotspot?
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...
Video: The Importance of Internet Service for Local Communities
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...
Video: The Cost of Broadband and the Concept of the Cooperative
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...