tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post348493881671592287..comments2024-03-19T16:26:45.863-04:00Comments on Digitization 101: For New Yorkers: Opportunity Online: Achieving Broadband Solutions for Libraries and CommunitiesJill Hurst-Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-112585387416373442009-06-05T14:26:39.941-04:002009-06-05T14:26:39.941-04:00The Summit helped me to focus on the needs of libr...The Summit helped me to focus on the needs of libraries, large and small, and the great challenges they face in sustaining upgrades. The conference provided an excellent forum for sharing practical ways to partner with new user groups as potential partners in this initiative and the big thinking that would include libraries as one of the economic drivers for revitalizing a community and the quality of life associated with a resource which Bernie Margolis, our State Librarian, called the new electricity. In our quest to connect at higher bandwidth, we still need to think about the quality of community life afforded by the availability of reliable and affordable broadband services. The large question may not be cost but the will of community to accept this challenge and need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com