JACKSON, Tenn. – The Hub City’s native library is thrilled for his or her latest grant that helps out their expertise entry.

The Jackson-Madison County Public Library has been granted as much as $7,000 to learn each the north and foremost branches within the metropolis.  

With it, the library will now be capable to replace their expertise accessibility.

Dinah Harris, the Director of the library, shared how this grant can be particularly used.

“This is the training opportunities for the public grant we apply every year. And this year we applied to receive some money to help pay for hotspots that we allow the public to check out, and then we are gonna get some new internal connections to do with the internet,” Harris mentioned.

Aside from testing books, patrons can use the library’s computer systems and different expertise,  corresponding to hotspots.  

The hotspots have been in a excessive demand on the library and are free to those that have a library card.

“Over 1,500 people came into our two locations during the month of July, so we offer hotspots for check out. So all you have to do is get a library card and you can check out one of the hotspots, take it home for a week and have good internet for yourself,” Harris mentioned.

This grant will even profit the Tennessee Room on the library’s foremost location in downtown Jackson.

“So we’re gonna get things for the Tennessee Room to upgrade their internet connections, like switches and fiber cabling, and all that and just updating it to make it faster and more efficient for the public to use,” Harris mentioned.

Harris says there are many different assets the library provides corresponding to eBooks, audio books, increased studying lessons, streaming, movies, and comics are all out there free of charge with a library card.

The Jackson-Madison County Library says they love new guests coming in.

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