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What Good is a Gig?

How Public Libraries Can and Are Strengthening Their Communities with High Speed Bandwidth This blog post is by Angela Siefer, Senior Research Associate, Center for Digital Inclusion. Through a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, we at

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Gant interviewed on CIO Talk Radio

Jon Gant, director of the Center for Digital Inclusion and GSLIS faculty member, was recently a guest on CIO Talk Radio, an internet-based talk show that discusses the ways in which technology is changing business and society. The show, “Could Global

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Center for Digital Inclusion to Speak at American Library Association Conference

Staff from the Center for Digital Inclusion will present at two sessions during the upcoming American Library Association Conference in Chicago. The first session, “Gigabit Libraries” is at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 29 in McCormick Place Convention Center. Jon

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Inclusive Gigabit Libraries Project Featured at SHLB Conference

    Update: The full video from this session is now available. Click here to watch! Representatives from the Center for Digital Inclusion’s “Inclusive Gigabit Libraries” project will share updates at the upcoming nationwide Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition

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UC2B Director Gant: Libraries Vital to Adoption, Usage in Gigabit Cities

Dr. Jon Gant, Director of the UC2B Broadband Adoption Program at the University of Illinois, called on libraries in gigabit cities to lead the way in public ultra-high speed adoption. Gant spoke this week during a panel on Google Fiber

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