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Minimize effort... Maximize e-rate
Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
January 4-5, 2012
Carnegie Center
1101 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007 (Map)
Mission
- To bring you updates on E-rate and help maximize your reimbursements
- To increase you comfort level about Technology Planning
- To focus on Internet politics, CIPA and Internet safety issues
- To understand the national and state-level broadband initiatives and its impact on libraries
Who will this benefit?
- Current applicants - to maximize your e-rate reimbursements
- Non-applicants - to learn how you can do it and discuss roadblocks and benefits
- To train other staff if your current staff is retiring/has retired/has other responsibilities
- Day 2 of interest to Children's and Teen Library staff
Scholarships
Scholarships are available if you attend the entire seminar. The scholarship will cover your mileage, meals and hotel accomodation (1-2 nights depending on the distance to the Carnegie from your work place.)
Scholarships for local attendees (within 50 miles) covers mileage, meals not hotel.
Application for Scholarship
Your application must be postmarked, faxed or scanned and e-mailed by December 28, 2011.
Excellent, expert speakers from out of state, thanks to funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bob Bocher - Expert on Technology Policies for Libraries/author of numerous journal articles, an ALA/OITP Fellow and on the E-rate Task force. Read more at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_libtech
Aleck Johnson - VP, Ed Tech Strategies http://edtechstrategies.net Aleck and Linda Schatz (former USAC staff) have tremendous experience assisting schools and libraries with their E-rate applications. They have been involved with ALA in drafting, critiquing, assisting and formulating responses to the rules and guidelines.
Mike Golden - Director, AZ Broadband Initiatives, AZ Strategic Enterprise Technology Office (ASET).
Nancy Willard - Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use and author http://www.embracecivility.org/about/director/
Presentations and Handouts
Handouts
01a Importance of the National BB plan.pdf
07a EDYIBparents (1).pdf
07b EDYIBparents (2).pdf
CIPA FAQs.pdf
Cyber Awareness Exercise1.pdf
Presentations
01a Importance of the National BB plan
01National BB Picture _bb.pdf
02 Digital Arizona Presentation (Library) 2011_12_28.pdf
03 Technology Planning _mm_bb-aj.pdf
04 AZ E-rate Update and Avoiding Pitfalls.pdf
05 Maximizing your e-rate reimbursements_AJBB.pdf
06 CIPA and Net Policies_bb.pdf
07a EDYIBparents (1).pdf
07b EDYIBparents (2).pdf
E-rate State Coordinator for Public Libraries
Malavika Muralidharan
(602) 926-3601
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