Gates Foundation Information (OPACs, support, grants, Digital Divide)

[Robert Tiess]

Although there does not seem to be anything
on Internet Explorer proxy settings there, the
Gatesfoundation.org site does have an automation/
OPAC support section along with technical contact
information for Gates grant recipients:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/granteesupport/automation/

General support information for grant recipients:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/granteesupport/

For list members interested in learning more
about the Gates Foundation library program:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/libraries/

Although the foundation does not accept
unsolicited proposals, their State Partnership
Program does work with state library agencies
according to the foundation's implementation
schedule.  For more on this and their guidelines
for U.S. libraries:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/libraries/libraryprogram/usguidelines.htm

There's also a Canadian Partnership Program:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/libraries/internationalinit/canpartnership.htm

They also have a section concerning their
Digital Divide research and how that data
factors into their grant awarding process:
"This information is used in grantmaking,
policy formation and grant implementation."
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/digitaldivide.htm

Robert

rjtiess at warwick.net
http://rtiess.tripod.com


Andrew Mutch wrote:
> For those of you who have Gates computers, I have another question.  I was
> recently contacted by a library that wanted to do the following:
> 
> 1.  Use the proxy method in Internet Explorer to limit web access to their web
> catalog for one profile
> 
> 2.  Allow full Internet access in another profile
> 
> 3.  They would prefer a solution that is cheap (read: free)
> 
> Apparently, the library has their workstations set up to do all things.  When
> the workstation is in catalog-mode, they don't want general Internet surfing
> going on.  However, they also want the flexibility to be able to switch the
> workstation over to full Internet use.