[CASL-L] Fwd: [CSL-Conntech] The State Library Board Approves a third round of Grants for High-Speed Fiber Connections to the CEN

[Shelley Stedman]

If you are in one of the six towns listed below, Woohoo, your public library is getting High Speed Fiber!
Thank the CT State Library and your Senators and Representatives.
Shelley


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From: "Kinney, Robert" <Robert.Kinney at CT.GOV<mailto:Robert.Kinney at ct.gov>>
Subject: [CSL-Conntech] The State Library Board Approves a third round of Grants for High-Speed Fiber Connections to the CEN
Date: January 31, 2017 at 1:37:45 PM EST
To: <CSL-CONNTECH at LIST.CT.GOV<mailto:CSL-CONNTECH at list.ct.gov>>
Reply-To: "Kinney, Robert" <Robert.Kinney at CT.GOV<mailto:Robert.Kinney at ct.gov>>



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For Immediate Release: January 31, 2017

Contact:

Robert Kinney
Robert.Kinney at ct.gov<mailto:Robert.Kinney at ct.gov>
(860)757-6668

Maria Bernier
Maria.Bernier at ct.gov<mailto:Maria.Bernier at ct.gov>
(860)704-2204







The State Library Board Approves a third round of Grants for High-Speed Fiber Connections to the
Connecticut Education Network






(Hartford, CT) The State Library Board recently approved a third round of grants to public libraries for high-speed fiber connections to the Connecticut Education Network (CEN).  A total of $146,950  was awarded to 6 public libraries.  Public libraries serve as critical gateways to information outside one’s own community.  In the Information Age, this role has become even more important. Libraries give people without home computers free access to the Internet, helping residents close the digital divide. As reliance upon public libraries to provide broadband telecommunications services for their community increases, it becomes essential to have universal high-speed connectivity in libraries across the state.

This brings to 44 the total number of libraries that have received grants totaling $1,018,380. In 2015, the General Assembly appropriated $3,600,000 for Grants-in-Aid for high-speed connections to the Connecticut Education Network (P.A. 15-1 Sec. 13(j)(2)). On May 27, 2016 the State Bond Commission approved an allocation and bond authorization to the State Library for $3.6 million for high-speed library connections to theConnecticut Education Network for more than 90 libraries in Connecticut.

The grant covers all of the costs related to installing the fiber connection to the library. It is anticipated that the connections will be completed in the first half of 2017.  The State Library Board is expected to award another round of grants in January.

The Connecticut State Library is an Executive Branch agency of the State of Connecticut. The State Library provides a variety of library, information, archival, public records, museum, and administrative services to citizens of Connecticut, as well as the employees and officials of all three branches of State government. The Connecticut State Archives and the Museum of Connecticut History are components of the State Library. Visit the State Library at museumofcthistory.org/<http://www.museumofcthistory.org/> | twitter.com/LibraryofCT<x-msg://5/twitter.com/LibraryofCT> | facebook.com/CTStateLibrary<x-msg://5/facebook.com/CTStateLibrary> | flickr.com/photos/ctarchives/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctarchives/>

Additional information about the project can be found at http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/erate/faq






Library

Town

Grant amount

Senate Dist

House Dist

Clark Memorial Library

Bethany

$            18,000

17

89

Cragin Memorial Library

Colchester

$            11,810

33

48,34

Mansfield Public Library

Mansfield

$            65,360

29

54

Howard Whittemore Memorial Library

Naugatuck

$            14,960

15

70

Scotland Public Library

Scotland

$            14,720

29

47

Wolcott Public Library

Wolcott

$            22,100

16

80

Total

$          $146,950













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Robert W. Kinney |Outreach Services Librarian | Robert.Kinney at ct.gov<mailto:Robert.Kinney at ct.gov>| Office: (860) 757-6668
www.ctstatelibrary.org<http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/> | 231 Capitol Ave. Hartford CT 06106 | Fax: (860) 757-6503
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