¿Donde Esta La BiblioTech?
summary
The talk gives concrete counts and constraints: 34 million Americans lack internet, 16,700 public library locations serve as de facto ISPs, and library connections average 12.8 Mbps in Idaho versus a 57.4 national mean. It names specific failures — PC reservation timeouts that leave patrons with 15 usable minutes, guest-pass startup delays, Wi‑Fi hotspot lending fees ($5) and $150 penalties — and points to deployed fixes like white‑space «super Wi‑Fi» and laptop‑unlock systems that actually work.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:29Broadband Access
- 3:20Public Libraries
- 4:53Urban v. Rural
- 6:16Library Usage
- 6:59Homework Gap
- 7:39Digital Divide
- 8:04User Experience
- 10:38Barriers
- 11:59Needs
- 12:52Performance
- 14:07Authentication
- 15:32Surveillance
- 18:48Outreach
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