Libraries Seek 'Straightforward' Rules for Wi-Fi Hot Spots
The American Library Association requested flexibility from the FCC in response to a November proposal allowing schools and libraries to use E-rate support for off-premises Wi-Fi hot spots and wireless internet services (see 2311090028). ALA representatives met with an aide…
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to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, according to a filing posted Friday in docket 21-31. “ALA recommended the Commission adopt straightforward rules that do not require libraries to develop hotspot-specific policies or procedures but allow them to incorporate new or additional Wi-Fi hotspots into existing practices,” ALA said: “Flexibility for libraries to design and implement their own program based on their communities’ needs will be instrumental to success in each context. … Reducing recordkeeping burdens and creating more flexibility around data retention policies would be beneficial to libraries and therefore to the success of the program overall.”