OCLC Awarded $9 Million Grant From Gates Foundation To Build Portal For Public Libraries

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DUBLIN, Ohio – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today awarded the Online 
Computer Library Center (OCLC) a three-year, $9 million grant to build a 
Web-based, public access computing portal for public libraries and other 
organizations that provide open access to information. 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.

Complete Press Release With Details at:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/libraries/announcements/announce-020502.htm


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gary


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