The library has at least one workstation with Internet access available for staff use only. The library s catalog is available via the Internet with the use of a Web browser and is accessible 24 hours per day, seven days per week. When remote access to electronic information is offered, it is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The library provides a minimum of one public access workstation per 35 average visits per day and has a sufficient number of workstations to accommodate patrons with minimal wait times. The library provides Web pages with organized Web links pointing to useful and reliable local, regional, state, national, and international Internet resources.
Key staff have e-mail accounts and workstations with dedicated Internet connections.
The library has trained staff to assist patrons with the use of technologies necessary to access electronic and other nonprint resources. The library has staff or outside consultants available to resolve technology problems. The library supports patron training in use of technologies necessary to access electronic resources. The library budgets sufficient funds to maintain, upgrade and replace needed library equipment and software on an ongoing basis.