The initial set of resources will serve a variety of needs, including readers' advisory, student research and homework help, business research, professional development for educators, and consumer health research. There are large periodical databases tailored to different age ranges as well as one devoted exclusively to the most popular Spanish periodicals. Other licensed information resources will be added as quickly as funding permits. A component of the Connecticut Education Network, which, over time, will provide high-speed telecommunications access to all schools, colleges and public libraries, the Connecticut Digital Library is administered by the Connecticut State Library in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, under the auspices of the Commission for Educational Technology. The Digital Library was one of several recommendations by Lt. Governor M. Jodi Rell in the fall of 1999.
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