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Library now offers hot spots for checkout

05/02/2023

FAIRFIELD — Library card wielding residents of Jefferson County may now utilize the Fairfield Public Library’s latest resource available for check out. The library now offers Mobile Beacon Wi-Fi hot spots with high-speed broadband internet. According to library director Al Mickuna, this newest offering came after months of receiving requests from community members. Read the […]

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Pulaski Library offering Wi-Fi hotspots and food

01/19/2023

There’s no doubt that the digitization of our world has left the role of public libraries in question. With the accessibility of the internet overshadowing the use of public libraries for research projects, book reports, or simply entertainment, the librarians of the Pulaski Library have been searching for unique ways to serve the community and […]

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St. Patrick Academy Students Explore History And Archaeology At Verdant Pastures In Scituate

09/20/2022

Providence, RI (September 20, 2022) – An educational partnership between three entities, St Patrick Academy in Providence, the North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. (NACEPF), and Mobile Beacon, a subsidiary of NACEPF, has been expanded to include the hands-on study of U.S. history and exploration in archaeology. Today, students from the St. Patrick Academy […]

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Mobile Beacon Invites Not for Profit Organizations to Apply for its Digital Inclusion Grant

08/24/2022

Mobile Beacon’s Annual Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant is accepting applications.  The grant is designed to work hand-in-hand with community organizations to create digital inclusion programs that provide the internet and technology to combat the digital divide. Together, Wi-Fly grantees help connect people to this vital tool to improve their lives.  The Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant […]

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Abilene Public Library now has WiFi hotspots available

05/09/2022

To better meet the needs of the area, the Abilene Public Library has purchased WiFi hotspots with a federal grant. The hotspots are intended for students to use when they do not have access to WiFi, but any adult can borrow the hotspots for up to two weeks. “It’s a good opportunity to try it […]

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Livingston County Library to begin loaning wi-fi hotspots to patrons

03/24/2022

The Livingston County Library recently received an LSTA Technology Mini-grant grant for the library’s Technology Reboot Project that included the purchase of 10 new hotspots that will be available to the public beginning April 1, 2022. Mobile wi-fi hotspots are portable and allow up to 12 devices to connect to the internet at the same […]

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Grant will help library expand Wi-Fi

02/15/2022

The Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, and in light of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement that the statewide mask mandate for indoor establishments would be lifted on Thursday, Library Director Cynthia Rubino announced that masks are now voluntary but encouraged, especially for the unvaccinated. Ms. Rubino said that after speaking […]

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Mobile Beacon Awards Two Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grants

12/08/2021

Wi-Fly Grant Recipients Will Use the Granted Technology to Support Community Mobile Beacon’s Annual Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant is designed to work hand-in-hand with community organizations to create digital inclusion programs that provide the internet and technology to combat the digital divide. Together, Wi-Fly grantees help connect people to this vital tool to improve their […]

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Library Notes: WiFi hotspots offer connectivity in Waterford

10/29/2021

Thanks to federal grant funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act administered by the Connecticut State Library, we will be launching a new service in November: WiFi hotspots. Our six new Mobile Beacon hotspots offer internet access for up to 10 connected devices using Sprint’s network providing coverage across North America. Cardholders may check […]

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Mobile Beacon is Now Accepting Applications for the Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant Deadline to Apply is September 30, 2021

09/09/2021

Mobile Beacon is calling on all Community Anchor Institutions to apply for the Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant. Nearly 6% of Americans do not have access to high-speed internet and rely on local organizations to provide this essential tool. The grant provides 25 laptops and 25 mobile hotspots with free, mobile, and unlimited mobile broadband service […]

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