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Fast Company
Harry McCracken |
How Google And HUD Plan To Bring Broadband To More Americans At Google's Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt held a "fireside chat" on Thursday morning with Julian Castro, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.   |
Information Today
February 3, 2015 |
ALA Educates Libraries About the E-rate Program The American Library Association launched the Got E-rate? initiative, which encourages library leaders to apply for internet discounts as part of the E-rate program. |
Information Today
December 22, 2008 |
Pilot Grant Program to Improve Internet Connections in Public Libraries The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a pilot initiative designed to help public libraries in seven states secure faster internet connections so more people can access a full range of online applications and opportunities. |
Information Today
December 16, 2014 |
E-Rate Program Increases Broadband Budget The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an E-rate program modernization order that will expand public libraries' broadband access. |
Fast Company
May 2012
Lindsey Kratochwill |
Four Community Initiatives For Urban Food Deserts, When Supermarkets Fail Low-income urban areas are frequently declared "food deserts" -- areas lacking access to supermarkets and nutritious food, requiring intervention from urban planners. |
InternetNews
February 3, 2004
Roy Mark |
Coalition Targets Digital Divide A new group hopes tax credits will encourage developers to integrate high-speed Internet access into their housing plans. |
Information Today
January 14, 2016 |
EBSCO Gives Libraries Incentives to Step Toward Solar EBSCO Information Services created a grant initiative (totaling $150,000) to help libraries adopt solar power. |
IDB America
June 2003 |
IDB supports housing sector in Peru The IDB announced the approval of a $60 million loan to Peru to support the first phase of a $200 million program to transform the housing sector by mobilizing private investment in order to increase the supply of homes and benefit low-income groups. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Caroline Mascarell |
The Odessa Initiative An initiative that involved local residents in reforming Odessa's housing and water sectors demonstrates how popular participation can contribute to the success of development projects... |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Is Subsidized Internet For The Poor Finally Here? The White House unveiled an effort this morning to expand broadband access to low-income households. |
AskMen.com
Tyson Lowrie |
The Most Expensive Cities To Buy A House The Demographia International Housing Affordability annual survey just came out, and has revealed some of the world's most expensive cities to live. |
InternetNews
June 2, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Broadband Subs Pull Into Passing Lane The number of U.S. households with high-speed Internet connections is about to pass dial-up. That's welcome news for more than just ISPs. |
IDB America
October 2003 |
IDB supports low-income housing in Colombia The IDB has approved a $150 million loan to Colombia to strengthen and expand a government program that assists disadvantaged groups in buying and improving their homes. |
Information Today
April 29, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
FCC and IMLS Focus on Libraries, Broadband, and the Future of Net Neutrality Libraries as Key to Addressing the Digital Divide... The FCC Announces a Game-Change for Net Neutrality... Governmental and Business Efforts to Speed Up Access... |
IDB America
February 2003
Charo Quesada |
Housing for everyone? New approaches to low-income housing could help to solve the long-standing needs of the urban poor. |
Information Today
April 17, 2008 |
ALA Releases `The State of America's Libraries' Report Libraries of all kinds continue to be "engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide." |
U.S. Banker
February 2006 |
Dwelling on the U.S.'s Affordable-Housing Crisis The housing boom of the last 13 years has lulled many people into a false sense of stability. Look past the numbers and one can easily find evidence of a housing crisis-and it increasingly involves the Everyman. The opportunity to address this crisis starts with banks. |
Information Today
January 26, 2009 |
OCLC Launches WorldCat Mobile Pilot OCLC has launched a pilot program to make collections from libraries visible through mobile devices. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Home Sweet Savings Home is where the wealth is -- less so, if you're rich. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Roy Mark |
Deep Tax Breaks Offered For Broadband Access The rollout of national broadband picked up some speed from two lawmakers seeking tax incentives for service providers. |
Information Today
March 28, 2013 |
EveryoneOn Launches to Promote Digital Literacy March 21, 2013 marked the launch of Everyone On -- a national campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy skills and increase access to computer and internet training. |
InternetNews
March 26, 2010 |
Google High-Speed Fiber Offer Proves Popular Build it and they will come - or in Google's case, simply pledging to build was enough. |
Information Today
August 26, 2010 |
"Geek the Library" Campaign Now Available to All U.S. Libraries The campaign is designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today's challenging economic environment and to increase local library support. |
Information Today
October 27, 2015 |
IMLS Fosters Extension of STEM Programs' Reach A $150,000 grant is being offered to the Association of Science-Technology Centers to help science centers and museums develop a pilot project for finding new ways to introduce young people to STEM programs and careers. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Affordable Housing Shortage To overcome housing shortages, developers and nonprofit groups have been lobbying Congress for more tax credits or other subsidies that can support affordable construction. But faced with budget deficits, Washington has been reluctant to increase the amount of money spent on housing. |
Information Today
July 9, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
High-Speed Exhibits Regional Growth San Diego marks the first U.S. locale where broadband subscriptions outnumber dial-up. |
Information Today
July 21, 2015 |
Senate Approves Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 The American Library Association shared the news that the U.S. Senate voted to reauthorize and amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S.1177). |
Information Today
July 23, 2013 |
IMLS and ALA Offer Health Insurance Resources The Institute of Museum and Library Services teamed up with the American Library Association to offer resources on health insurance issues for libraries before enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins on Oct. 1, 2013. |
InternetNews
August 19, 2009 |
FCC Probes Demand Side of Broadband Debate As it continues its series of meetings working toward a national broadband plan, the Federal Communications Commission this morning considered what to some is the most important, and overlooked, aspect of the broadband debate: adoption. |
Information Today
August 13, 2012 |
ALA Releases Report on Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content and Libraries Working Group, suggests opportunities for publishers to showcase content through public libraries. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2003
Anthony Downs |
Powerful Effects of Elasticity Many real estate markets are affected by an aspect of consumer behavior -- and sometimes supplier behavior -- that involves people making rapid, often unexpected, responses to situations they want to avoid. The "elastic adjustment factor" affects what people do in housing and office markets. |
PC World
August 2005
Tom Spring |
ISPs Attempt to Stop Public Broadband Cable and DSL providers battle cities that want to offer access to residents. |
Information Today
April 14, 2011 |
ALA Releases 'The State of America's Libraries, 2011' The Great Recession may have come to an end, but hard-pressed Americans continue to turn to their local libraries for help in finding a job or launching their own business. This is one trend listed in the report. |
InternetNews
June 28, 2010 |
Mobile Broadband Gets White House Backing The Obama administration announces strong support for a mobile broadband policy initiative. |
InternetNews
May 30, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Broadband Numbers Changing Face of Web Forty-eight million users have posted content to the Internet and 73 percent of them are broadband users, according to a new Pew Internet & American Life Project report. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2007
Carolyn Chapin |
Affordable-Housing Awareness Increasing demand and rising costs pose challenges in this specialized sector. |
CIO
May 11, 2010
Elana Varon |
Testing the Benefits of High-Speed Internet Access Case Western Reserve University pilots a program to prove that high-speed Internet access leads to a better standard of living. |
D-Lib
February 2009
Bonita Wilson |
Challenges and Opportunities Historically, libraries have been instrumental in helping individuals and businesses through difficult economic times |
Information Today
May 3, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Celebrating Libraries and Promoting Choose Privacy Week (May 2-8) Choose Privacy Week, which takes place May 2-8, 2010, is about bringing information privacy issues out into the open and discussing them - and libraries are the perfect places for those conversations to take place. |
Information Today
April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
Information Today
July 22, 2014 |
OCLC Gets Grant to Promote Early Literacy in Public Libraries OCLC's project will increase libraries' awareness of the new service model and help library staff members and administrators support their early literacy services. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Mike Hogan |
Phone on the Range Head to the country, where Wi-Fi roams free and unrestricted by big-city politics. You'll be encouraged by the possibilities. |
Information Today
February 13, 2012 |
ALA Reaches Out to Ebook Publishers; Penguin Terminates OverDrive Contract American Library Association president Molly Raphael led an ALA delegation to New York recently to meet separately with representatives from publishers Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Perseus. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007 |
What is the Biggest Challenge in Managing Large Cities? Economists generally agree that urbanization, if handled well, holds great promise for higher growth and a better quality of life. But the flip side is also true. Here are three expert points of view on different ways to manage things well. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Salyer & Bloom |
The March of the Cities The coming year marks a dramatic milestone: the world's urban population will outstrip its rural population, albeit with big regional variations. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2007
Crockett & Ante |
Equal Opportunity Speedway African Americans are snapping up broadband - and closing the digital divide. |
Reason
March 2003
Brian Doherty |
Do You Know the Cost of San Jose? The high cost of low growth |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
HUD Raises Hackles on the Hill New rules slated to take effect on Oct. 1 will effectively reduce borrowers' leverage on most multifamily and health care loans backed by the FHA. Unless rescinded by HUD, the regulations will increase annual mortgage insurance premiums by 71%. |
Information Today
July 29, 2014 |
ALA Survey Reveals Statistics on Technology in Libraries The survey found that almost 100% of U.S. public libraries provide workforce development training programs, online resources for finding jobs, and other technology skills training. |
