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<p class="MsoNormal">Read full details here: <a href="http://www.giglibraries.net/Beyond-the-Walls">
http://www.giglibraries.net/Beyond-the-Walls</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Beyond the Walls" Awards: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2nd Round Now Open: Due March 27</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Welcome late comers! You now have two short weeks to catch up. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">And thanks to all who have submitted proposals in the 1st round. You are encouraged to get more specific about your plans. Where will the remote
units be sited and who will be served at each new hotspot?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your prior submissions are now open for modification and improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After we review the updated (and new) more location-specific proposals, we will invite the most promising ones to contact vendors for price
quotes and plan feasibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There have been some very strong proposals already, but the door remains open. For two more weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please be sure describe how each remote location is expected to be used, by whom and when. Include any disadvantaged populations (low-income,
low-education, disabled, immigrants, etc). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"Successful proposals will:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Support access and inclusion to underserved populations. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Show creativity in thinking of new ways and locations to install remote library WiFi access points.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Form key collaborations among community stakeholders such as schools, museums, health clinics, community centers, post offices, shelters, or who?! <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Demonstrate commitment to the project from proposal partners and supporters as well as to the overall learning and knowledge base we’ll be creating together. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Integrate TVWS in to disaster preparedness planning.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winning proposals will be announced next month in April. Sub-awards distributed upon final acceptance of a project budget. All projects should
be installed and operational by September. Use those summer months!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best Regards,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beyond the Walls Team <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*****************************************************************************************************
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tens of millions of people in the U.S. rely solely or in part on public libraries to access Internet. Libraries are crucial in connecting communities. With TV WhiteSpace
technology people can connect beyond library walls. The <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Beyond The Walls” Awards </span></strong>will provide five $15,000 grants to libraries for the most innovative proposals to use TV WhiteSpace (TVWS)
technologies to enable new library hotspots in the service of their communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TVWS uses the unused spectrum in the TV bands. It can deliver broadband to a hotspot miles away, even passing through trees, buildings or other obstructions. Installing
TVWS hotspots can improve your community’s resilience by adding another communication capability for disaster preparedness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are you a library interested in applying? Watch this 2 minute
<a href="https://youtu.be/n5IucDfMJ5w" target="_blank">prelimanary checklist video</a> to see if your library qualifies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The first round of applications will be considered on a rolling basis with
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 27 as the first round cutoff.</span></strong> If your library meets the necessary criteria, we will work with you to put together a project plan. Winners will be announced at the end of April 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shannon White<br>
Director of Statewide Library Services<br>
Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">702 W. Kalamazoo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">517.373.9489<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whites29@michigan.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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