Sustainable broadband adoption is a community effort. When nonprofits and public libraries are able to help underserved communities get access to and use the Internet, it's often thanks to partnerships with similar organizations, schools, government agencies, and the private sector.

We've compiled several blog posts and resources about partnerships that have made a difference in broadband adoption for the communities they serve.

• Suwanee River Regional Library: Making Broadband More Than a Library Issue
• BTOP Projects at Work: Promoting Sustainable Broadband Adoption
• MaintainIT Cookbook: Ten Examples of Successful Library Collaborations
• Steps in Building a Successful Partnership
• Developing Partnerships for Action and Advocacy
• Potential Partners Checklist
• Webinar: Online Collaboration Tools
• Webinar: Using Second Life to Collaborate and Connect
• Webinar: Using Wikis to Collaborate

Relationships with the Public Sector

• BTOP Projects at Work: Successful Partnerships
• BTOP Projects at Work: Building Successful Intercultural Partnerships
• BTOP Projects at Work: Collaborations Between Libraries and Nonprofits
• BTOP Projects at Work: Operational Excellence and Program Flexibility: an Oxymoron?

Relationships with the Private Sector

• BTOP Projects at Work: Forging Partnerships with ISPs
• Sustainable Broadband Adoption: Are ISPs the Missing Link?
• Government, Community, and Corporate Partnerships

Relationships with the Government

• BTOP Projects at Work: Making the Most of Government Partnerships
• Municipal Broadband: A Promising Response

Relationships Across BTOP/Broadband Projects

• Connecting BTOP Peers to Collaborate, Train, and Learn
• Join the Broadband Now mailing list to connect with other BTOP grantees

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