Leverage Libraries to Achieve Historic Progress Towards Digital Equity for All: Submission to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Abstract

The IIJA is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make major inroads towards digital equity for all. The American Library Association (ALA), which represents the nation’s 117,000 libraries of all types—including school, public, community college, college & research, tribal and other libraries–celebrates the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and especially, its historic investment in advancing digital equity, literacy, and inclusion.