Why is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation providing funds to upgrade computer hardware?
Ensuring libraries can stay up-to-date with technology is critical to bridging the digital divide. This grant program is a one-time program designed to level the playing fields between libraries that were granted older computer models with other libraries that received newer models in more recent years. These grants will allow the first 18 states to receive foundation grants through the U.S. Library Program and recipients of grants through the Native American Access to Technology Program (NAATP) to have the same technology base as the rest of the country.
