Presentation from Mark Bard at the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy on how broadband is changing public libraries & how to improve connectivity. Reports used for data in the slides can be found at: http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/contactwo/oitp/papersa/public_version_final.pdf http://www.ala.org/plinternetfunding

1. Libraries In the Digital Age Mark Bard [email_address] Information Technology Policy Specialist ALA Office for Information Technology Policy

2. Question Do libraries matter in the digital age?

3. Answer: Yes! Libraries provide free public access computing to the communities they serve

4. % of Public Libraries Connected By Year

10. Connection Speeds By State

11. Increasing Library Connectivity Summary of Findings

15. Question Do libraries matter in the digital age?

21. Mark Bard [email_address] www.ala.org/oitp © 2007 The American Library Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. For more information, please visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/