# Gates honours Helsinki library's IT access

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/08/13/gates-honours-helsinki-library039s-it-access/
- Published: 2000-08-13T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Scandinavia, and Finland in particular, are often cited by technology commentators
as key early indicators of consumer technology trends. One development has recently
won a grant of $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Helsinki
City Library has been awarded the foundation’s first annual Access to Learning Award
for “its outstanding practices in increasing access for all people to computers 
and the Internet.”

Find out more from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Tip: Petteri Niskanen,
varainhankinta.net

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