Event Title
Ensuring Internet Access During a Pandemic: Piloting a WiFi Hotspot Lending Program
Location
Online
Start Date
29-4-2021 10:00 AM
End Date
29-4-2021 11:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 many students experienced sudden lifestyle adjustments. These adjustments included not having reliable access to an internet source to complete their coursework. In an effort to soften the pandemic’s blow, the library secured a grant to purchase, manage, and circulate mobile WIFI hotspots to students in need. For the pilot, eleven hotpots were purchased for one campus, and due to the success of the pilot, now all three campuses of PCOM are loaning out a total of twenty-eight hotspots.
Ensuring Internet Access During a Pandemic: Piloting a WiFi Hotspot Lending Program
Online
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 many students experienced sudden lifestyle adjustments. These adjustments included not having reliable access to an internet source to complete their coursework. In an effort to soften the pandemic’s blow, the library secured a grant to purchase, manage, and circulate mobile WIFI hotspots to students in need. For the pilot, eleven hotpots were purchased for one campus, and due to the success of the pilot, now all three campuses of PCOM are loaning out a total of twenty-eight hotspots.