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Alaska Online With Libraries (OWL) Program

The Alaska Online With Libraries (OWL) Program began in 2011 as the OWL Project with federal funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and administered through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) of the US Department of Commerce. In 2013, the OWL Project became State of Alaska funded and was renamed the Alaska Online With Libraries (OWL). Below are materials created during the early years of OWL.

Project documents, such as presentation slides, are available upon request at the Alaska State Archives:

Learn about OWL through OWL Videoconferences

How the Gates Foundation has helped

Who sponsored OWL?

  • U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA).
  • Logo: Bill & Melinda Gates foundation (white text on red square background).
  • Logo: Rasmuson Roundation (river going through a mountain range).
  • Logo: Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (small hand reaching up to a gold star).