It鈥檚 been just over a year since the iSchool's Technology and Social Change (TASCHA) research group released the 鈥榮 final report, "Connecting people for development: Why public access ICTs matter." TASCHA has been disseminating the findings, participating in discussions about public access and development, and creating various tools and resources based on the study鈥檚 findings and data.
The resources they developed to help answer the question, 鈥淲hy do public access ICTs matter for development?" are now available to the public. Their goal in releasing the materials is to help make the study鈥檚 findings and data more accessible and relevant to the international development, public library, and public access communities.
The release of the final report and the study鈥檚 findings generated new opportunities for this research to contribute to policy and practice discussions. TASCHA partnered with the Association of Progressive Communications (APC) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to produce a briefing paper, , that was presented at two events on the post-2015 development agenda (The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) in May and the WSIS +10 High-Level Event in June).
TASCHA also co-sponsored an IREXtech Deep Dive discussion with IREX鈥檚 Center for Collaborative Technology. The was driven by the question, "Do we still need public access to information and communication technologies in the age of the mobile phone?"
In addition to the above, TASCHA had the opportunity to present the Global Impact Study鈥檚 findings at numerous conferences and meetings over the past year. Many of the presentations can be found on TASCHA鈥檚 .