[OPLINLIST] FW: [alacro-l] INFORMATION TO HELP AMERICA'S RURAL LIBRARIES

[Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela]

News from the American Library Association.

 

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and

Assistant Director

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 S. High Street

Akron, OH  44326

 

Phone 330.643.9102          Fax 330.643.9160

 

phs at akronlibrary.org         www.akronlibrary.org
<http://www.akronlibrary.org>  

 

Recognized as one of America's Best Libraries <<<<<
<http://www.akronlibrary.org/5star.html> 

 

The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning
and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all
ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community
life.

 

From: Don Wood [mailto:dwood at ala.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:56 PM
To: alacro-l at ala.org
Subject: [alacro-l] INFORMATION TO HELP AMERICA'S RURAL LIBRARIES

 

The ALA Washington Office will host a webinar to assist rural libraries
with pursuing funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) at 2 p.m., EST, October 29.

 

Cheryl Cook, the Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary of
Agriculture,  Carla Anderson, the Senior Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of e-Copernicus, a Washington consulting firm expert
in broadband, and Kevin Cherry, Senior Program Officer for the Institute
of Museum and Library Service's Office of Library Service will
participate. 

 

The presenters will discuss the three USDA programs with funds available
for rural libraries - the Distance Learning and Telemedicine program,
the Communities Facility program and the Community Connect program.

 

Click here
<https://ala.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=xyvbmfs&us
er_id>  register for the webinar.

 

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