CENIC & CALIFA Connecting California Libraries High-Speed Broadband in California Public Libraries Libraries Connected by the End of Year One The list below shows the public library jurisdictions and total number of branches that will be connected to CalREN by the end of Year One. Library Jurisdictions to be Connected No. of to CalREN by the End of Year 1 libraries Examples & Quotes: Alameda County Library 11 The Peninsula Library System, a consortium of 32 Alameda Free Library 3 libraries in San Mateo County, has a 10 Gigabit Alhambra Public Library 1 connection to CalREN, the first library system in the Altadena Library District 2 nation to have this level of connectivity according Amador County Library 4 to the Digital Inclusion Survey, completed by the Arcadia Public Library 1 Information Policy and Access Center at the Azusa City Library 1 University of Maryland College Park in 2013/14, Beaumont Library District 1 http://digitalinclusion.umd.edu/state-details/CA. Benicia Public Library 1 Berkeley Public Library 5 “As a result of our connection to CalREN we have begun Brawley Public Library 2 to implement services that were only imagined before the Buena Park Library District 1 upgrade, including: video-conferencing; streaming of live Burlingame Public Library 2 events; author conversations delivered remotely to more than Calaveras County Library 8 one library; web-conferencing for the public as well as for staff Camarena Memorial Public Library 2 training; expansion of e-books, e-audiobooks, digital music and City of Commerce Public Library 4 magazine collections, and online learning. Libraries have also Colusa County Library 8 been experimenting with patron-created and published Corona Public Library 1 content, such as digital storytelling and maker spaces. Coronado Public Library 1 Programs and resources are no longer limited by broadband Crowell Public Library 1 infrastructure.” Ann Marie Despain, Chair Daly City Public Library 4 Peninsula Library System Downey City Library 1 Administrative Council El Centro Public Library 1 El Dorado County Library 7 Huntington Beach Public Library is improving their El Segundo Public Library 5 connectivity from 100 Mbps to 1,000 Mbps while Escondido Public Library 2 their monthly cost decreases from $750 to $435. Fresno County Public Library 37 They used the E-rate program in the past and will Humboldt County Library 12 receive an additional $7,027 in E-rate dollars in Year Huntington Beach Public Library 5 One of their connection to CalREN. Library Jurisdictions to be Connected No. of Examples & Quotes: to CalREN by the End of Year 1 libraries Imperial Public Library 1 Modoc County Library has bandwidth of just 5 Mbps Inglewood Public Library 2 and will increase to 50 Mbps while reducing their Irwindale Public Library 1 monthly costs from $400 to $212. They had not Kern County Library 29 previously used the E-rate program and will be Kings County Library 7 recovering $42,073 in Year One. Long Beach Public Library 12 Los Gatos Public Library 1 “It has been over two years since I heard a presentation on this Madera County Library 5 project at the NorthNet Library System’s Council of Librarians in Menlo Park Public Library 2 Sacramento. It is very exciting that what seemed just a dream Merced County Library 16 then is going to be a reality!” Modoc County Library 1 Cheryl Davis Baker, County Librarian Mono County Library 7 Modoc County Library Monterey County Free Library 20 Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library 1 San Benito County Free Library was the first library Napa County Library 4 to confirm their participation in the project. Their National City Public Library 1 connectivity will improve dramatically from 1.5 Mbps Nevada County Library 6 to 1,000 Mbps. Despite this increase in bandwidth, Oakland Public Library 18 their monthly cost will stay the same ($150 Pre-Cal- Oxnard Public Library 3 REN; $145 Post-CalREN). They had not previously Palm Springs Public Library 2 used E-rate and, in their first year, will be recovering Palmdale City Library 1 $15,520 in one-time and monthly recurring costs. Pasadena Public Library 10 Placer County Library 12 Sunnyvale Public Library had a 30 Mbps connection Porterville Public Library 2 to the Internet and will have 1,000 Mbps connec- Redwood City Public Library 4 tion. Their monthly costs will decrease from $2,500 Richmond Public Library 4 to $290. They had not previously accessed E-rate San Benito County Free Library 1 discounts and in their first year will recover $11,640. San Bruno Public Library 1 San Francisco Public Library 33 “Califa/CENIC team members were thorough in responding San Mateo County Library 13 and answering questions. We came together as an San Mateo Public Library 3 organization to do the necessary work because the Santa Clara County Library District 10 benefits were so clear to all of us. Our connection speed is Shasta Public Libraries 3 going to increase exponentially. Our patrons will be ecstatic Solano County Library (SNAP) 8 about the dramatic change in bandwidth. This opportunity is South San Francico Public Library 3 also a great deal for us financially. The annual cost of the 1000 Stanislaus County Library 13 Mbps connection will be approximately $3,000 less than what Sunnyvale Public Library 1 our city pays for one month of service at 100 Mbps.” Sutter County Library 5 Steve Sloan, Administrative Librarian Liz Hickok, Supervising Librarian Thousand Oaks 2 Sunnyvale Public Library Tulare County Library 15 Tulare Public Library 1 Tuolumne County Library 5 Ventura County Library 13 Whittier Public Library 2 Yolo County Library 8 Yuba County Library 1 Jurisdictions: 75 Libraries: 447 .