Rhode Island College Foundation
Project Title
As a one-time grant for the State of Rhode Island, Office of Innovation, Studio Rhode Initiative
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
14 months
Description
There are more than 16,000 public libraries in the United States providing critical access to information, training and education. For those living in more economically challenged communities, their libraries may provide limited or no access for increasing knowledge through technology, exacerbating an already widening opportunity gap, creating a “digital divide”. The Rhode Island Office of Innovation, launched The Studio Rhode Challenge and will work with libraries on designing a model for how libraries across Rhode Island can reimagine their services with new technology to serve their patrons in more meaningful ways. With Corporation support, beginning in the summer of 2017, two libraries will develop a next-generation library toolkit to share lessons learned and work to engage libraries across the state and also support at least one library to test and iterate upon this new set of lessons learned.