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Writing The Hemisphere - New Americans World

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia; Faulkner, William; McMunrtry, Larry; Ellison, Ralph; Atwood, Margaret (1991)
ALA Policy Perspectives: Libraries and Reentry

Unknown author (2020-09-01)

Everyone deserves access to opportunity, including individuals navigating reentry after experiencing incarceration. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, each year, more than 600,000 individuals ...
Conclusions & Recommendations Digital Literacy Programs and Libraries

Digital Literacy Task Force (2013-06)

The Digital Literacy Task Force of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy developed the following recommendations to advance and sustain library engagement in digital literacy initiatives nationwide as a companion ...
Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy

Digital Literacy Task Force (2013-01)

In our technology-saturated culture, there is an emerging understanding that access to technology is only a part of the solution needed to ensure digital inclusion and empowerment. Increasing digital skills and competencies ...
What is Digital Literacy?

Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP); Digital Literacy Task Force (2011)

Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. This issue brief covers the foundations ...
ALA Policy Perspectives: Built by E-Rate

Batch, Kristen (American Library Association, 2020-09-04)

Just over half of Native Americans living on tribal lands have access to high-speed internet service.1 Tribal libraries and schools in New Mexico joined together to address their connectivity challenges and bring broadband ...
Libraries and the 2020 Census, October, 2018

Washington Office (2018-10)
Leveraging E-Rate to Provide Opportunity, October, 2018

Washington Office (2018-10)
The Manufacturing Sector and the Knowledge Economy, December, 2016

Washington Office (2016-12)
From Baby's First Words: Libraries Promote Early Learning, January, 2017

Washington Office (2017-01)
Equitable Opportunity for Tribal Communities, September, 2018

Washington Office (2018-09)
Digital Empowerment and America's Digital Libraries, January, 2017

Washington Office (2017-01)
Careers for America's Youth in the Digital Age, April, 2017

Washington Office (2017-04)
One Small Business at a Time: Building Entrepreneurial Opportunity in America's Communities, November, 2016

Washington Office (2016-11)
Libraries Help and Honor Our Veterans: Employment, Education, and Community Connection, March, 2017

Washington Office (2017-03)
Libraries and COVID-19: How Community Leaders Can Partner with Libraries During the Response and Recovery, April, 2020

Washington Office (2020-04)
ALA Policy Perspectives, Number 6, Healthier Communities: Libraries Improve Health Literacy, Access, May, 2019

Goldsmith, Francisca (2019-05)
Library in the Networked World

American Library Association (2002)

Self-assessment tool for creating modern and user friendly libraries.
New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act

Crews, Kenneth D. (2002-09-30)

Paper summarizing standards and requirements of the TEACH Act and impact on distance education.
Impact and Analysis of Law Enforcement Activity in Academic and Public Libraries

Goodrum, Abby (2005-08-25)

Study on the impact on public and academic libraries in terms of law enforcement activity since September 11, 2001.

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