PLOW

Putting Libraries on the Web

• In PLOW Round 1, the State Library provided 275 libraries with their own Web sites and stable and consistent E-mail services.  In PLOW Round 2, there are approximately 45 participants.
  
• PLOW is the most visible part of the $749,000 Staying Connected grant awarded to the State Library of Iowa from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to sustain and expand public access computing in Iowa public libraries. 
• The grant also includes technical support, training, Internet connectivity upgrades and will be carried out 2005-2008.  (Libraries eligible for Internet connectivity grants have already been contacted.)
  
• PLOW Class Resources:  Getting Your Web Site Started, Customizing Your Web Site, Advanced Customization.
• Services offered by SILO (State of Iowa Libraries Online) including those related to the PLOW project such as DNS and E-Mail Services.