The five-year goal of the Library Initiative is to provide grants to more than 11,000 libraries in the United States and take an active role in ensuring information access for future generations. As a result, new computer workstations have been installed throughout the Library system in all branches for public use. Each workstation has numerous software applications and is also available for public access to the Internet. Computer Registration Guidelines Customers are to register at the Information Desk before using a computer. Customers may reserve a computer for one hour per week, up to one week in advance.
Computer use is limited to one time slot per day, for a maximum of one hour.
The one-hour limit may not be divided into segments. When all computers are in use, staff will create a waiting list. Customers' names will be called when a computer is available. A computer may be assigned to the next person on the waiting list if the customer is ot present when their name is called. For Internet customers under thirteen years of age, an adult must remain at the terminal at all times.