OCLC to create computing portal for public libraries

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the OCLC Online Computer Library Center a three-year, $9 million grant to build public access computing portal for public libraries and other information organizations.

\”The new portal will build on the foundation\’s five-year-old U.S. Library Program, which is providing computers with Internet access to more than 10,000 libraries across the United States.\”

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