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<h1 class="title">Rural Libraries to Receive 1 GB of
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<p>(Woodland, CA) – Yolo County’s library branches in
Esparto, Yolo and Knights Landing will receive an
additional gigabyte of broadband service by the end of
2015. <br>
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Through Governor Brown and the legislature’s “Lighting Up
Libraries” initiative, as well as the State Library’s
partnership with the Corporation for Education Network
Initiatives in California (CENIC), broadband services are
being deployed to public libraries across the state. On
behalf of Yolo County, CENIC negotiated with Internet
service providers to bring improved, lower cost broadband
services to rural libraries within Yolo County at a
significantly reduced rate for the next five years. As a
result, one GB of high speed broadband service will be
available at Yolo County library branches in Esparto, Yolo
and Knights Landing, as well as enhanced bandwidth at the
Yolo County Library’s central services facility in
Woodland. <br>
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This opportunity for high speed broadband service is part
of the Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan, which plays a vital
role in keeping communities competitive locally and
globally. The strategic plan’s objective is to facilitate
affordable access to broadband services while critically
supporting the long-term connectivity needs of Yolo
County’s residents, businesses and anchor institutions,
such as libraries. Enhanced broadband will provide faster
and more varied Internet services, including video
conferencing, video streaming and delivery of digital
content to e-readers. <br>
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“Bringing broadband Internet service is essential to our
economic stability,” says Yolo County Librarian Patty
Wong. “Broadband will help connect our communities to one
another and to the rest of the electronic world.” <br>
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The Esparto Regional Library is also receiving new
equipment to enable the one GB installation thanks to, in
part, a $30,000 grant from Southern California Library
Cooperative. The enhanced broadband and this equipment
will provide opportunities for the Esparto Regional
Library and community to embark on projects such as
improving free access for patrons, increasing the number
of computer stations with the support of the Friends of
the Esparto Regional Library, offering online education
and computer skills training and providing applications to
government and health care resources. <br>
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The Yolo County Library continues to support the community
and provide access to information and services. These
changes are possible through the support and partnerships
with the community, the Yolo County Library branches and
the Friends of the Library. For more information about the
Yolo County Library, visit: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.yolocountylibrary.org">www.yolocountylibrary.org</a>
or connect with the library on Facebook at: <a
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href="http://www.facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org">www.facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org</a>.
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