The Grand Ledge District Library used a $3,000 technology grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to replace several outdated technologies, bringing the library up to speed with community needs.
Suzanne
Bowles, with the Grand Ledge District Library, says the library
continually needs funds to upgrade technology. The library got its last
upgrade two years ago.
During the past two years, the Library of Michigan has
administered more than $2 million in "Public Access Computer Hardware
Upgrade Grant" (PAC HUG) program dollars to hundreds of public
libraries statewide as part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's
Global Libraries program.
Bowles says
libraries appreciate the donations because it allows them to access
sources, such as the Internet, that citizens might not otherwise have
access to.
Delta Township also received $8,134 to update its library technologies.
Source: Suzanne Bowles, Grand Ledge District Library
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