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Call for Submissions: “The Kids Are Online”

We’re building a new platform to share real-life examples of how to improve access to technology and the internet – and the skills to use them – for young people in America. The goal is to help communities find approaches that fit their needs to then adapt for themselves. Do you have a story of how a community has tackled the digital divide among young people in America? Share it now.

BY Aspen Digital

Blog Post

04.13.2023
Public Libraries

Beyond Connectivity

With a focus on California Public libraries, this report suggests how library broadband can be used to address statewide goals.

BY John Horrigan

Publication

06.11.2019
Public Libraries

The Grand Opportunity

This report details how city agencies, businesses and other stakeholders can more effectively use libraries to strengthen opportunity, equity and innovative problem-solving across Houston.

BY Amy Garmer

Publication

05.08.2019
Public Libraries

Libraries 2018 Year in Review

Libraries play an important role in areas that are priorities for communities, like civic engagement, workforce development, education and democratic discourse.

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

11.27.2018
Public Libraries

Future of Libraries: 2017 in Review

This year the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries convened and facilitated a successful series of dialogues and other conversations across the country to advance the work that public libraries are doing to address community challenges and to transform for the digital age.

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

12.15.2017
Public Libraries

The Role of Libraries in Advancing Community Goals

Follow-up research using the results from a nationwide survey in the Spring of 2016 to examine the evolving role of public libraries in advancing community goals.

BY John B. Horrigan, PhD

Publication

01.17.2017
Public Libraries

Future of Libraries: 2016 in Review

The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries launched a series of initiatives in 2016 that are creating new opportunities and resources for transforming public libraries. Exciting new projects will continue in 2017.

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

12.22.2016
Public Libraries

Re-envisioning Winter Park Library

The Dialogue on Public Libraries in collaboration with the Winter Park Public Library released a report designed to spark new thinking and action to transform libraries for the 21st Century.

BY Amy Garmer

Blog Post

10.26.2016
Public Libraries

Libraries are Bridging the Digital Divide in Cities

Public libraries offer more than just books — for many Americans, they are the sole provider of digital access.

BY Clarence Anthony, Executive Director, The National League of Cities

Blog Post

04.12.2016
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