Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

The FCC has proposed the formation of a Digital Literacy Corps as part of the National Broadband Plan.  These are both things you need to know more about, so please read up.  Bobbi Newman has an excellent write-up of what this DLC would look like, considerations in its development, and more.

This Digital Literacy Corps is Recommendation 9.3, and reads as follows:

The federal government should launch a National Digital Literacy Program that creates a Digital Literacy Corps, increases the capacity of digital literacy partners and creates an Online Digital Literacy Portal.

• Congress should consider providing additional public funds to create a Digital Literacy Corps to conduct training and outreach in non-adopting communities.
• Congress, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should commit to increase the capacity of institutions that act as partners in building the digital literacy skills of people within local communities.
  
  • Congress should consider providing additional public funds to IMLS to improve connectivity, enhance hardware and train personnel of libraries and other community-based organizations (CBOs).
  • OMB consulting with IMLS should develop guidelines to ensure that librarians and CBOs have the training they need to help patrons use next-generation e-government applications.
• Congress should consider funding an Online Digital Literacy Portal.

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