Report: Oklahoma Launches Statewide Effort to Use Libraries to Close the Digital Divide

From Route 50:The Oklahoma Broadband Office is partnering with libraries to complete last-mile projects designed to increase residents’ access to digital services in the nation’s first statewide effort of its sort, one official says.
OBO is investing $14.5 million in a community access portal initiative to install pods in municipal libraries where residents can privately use tablets and monitors for their personal use, state officials announced last month. The initiative is