Gigabit Libraries Network Announces Five Library TV White Space Broadband Project Awards

Libraries in five states – Georgia, Maine, Nebraska, South Dakota and Washington – number among a total of nine projects awarded funding and support from the Gigabit Libraries Network (GLN) and San Jose State University’s School of Information (iSchool) to expand the Libraries WhiteSpace Project. Launched with grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Libraries White Space Project funds are awarded to libraries that have initiated projects in partnership with other community service organizations to explore and develop innovative uses for TV White Space (TVWS) spectrum to provide remote fixed and portable library broadband access points at new locations. The first of these is slated to open this summer, GLN and iSchool explain.