Abstract:

The Broadband technology opportunities program is a national infrastructure construction project and put forward to narrow the digital divide, expand the access and usage of broadband internet. The BTOP promotes the improvement of digital inclusion in the public library, and provides three types of fund projects: Comprehensive Community Infrastructure, Public Computer Centers,Sustainable Broadband Adoption. Meanwhile, it supervises the implementation status of these projects through the strict supervision and management system of the trinity and overall process models. The trinity model refers to the supervision of the nation, government, and society. And the overall process model refers to supervising projects from start to the end of it. But the promoting digital inclusion of public libraries need cooperate with other stakeholders for the sustainable development of BTOP projects. So NTIA provides some specific promotion strategies determined by three analysis processes and six goals. Public libraries can reached cooperative relationships with stakeholders by taking these strategies to increase efficiency and sustainability of digital inclusion projects.

Key words: Broadband technology opportunities program, Digital inclusion, Public library, Digital literacy, Stakeholder, National Telecommunications and Information Administration