Printable Version: Library Wireless Access| November 30, 2009

NEWS RELEASE

WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS AVAILABLE AT LIBRARY

Free wireless Internet access is now available at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., and is also available at Eden Park Branch Library, 5131 Greenwell Springs Rd. Installation of wireless access is currently scheduled for all other library branches.

This new service supplements the free Internet access already provided to patrons at each library location throughout East Baton Rouge Parish, via the more than 400 PCs available with free access to the Internet. Wireless Internet access means that patrons can use their own devices, with their own software, yet still have access to the Internet, including the Library's Web site, online catalog and valuable online subscription databases.

Wireless Internet is accessible while inside the Library, and it will be available each day during the hours the Library is open. The Main Library's hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.

Patrons will not need special passwords to login, though they must agree to abide by the Library's "Internet Access Policy," which can be found at www.ebr.lib.la.us. Staff members are unable to provide technical support for patron devices such as laptops or PDAs.

Library Director David Farrar remarked, "We're excited to offer this new service to our patrons - since laptop usage is now so prevalent, and since so many people have access to not only laptops but also other devices which can access the Internet, it is more important than ever to make free access available at all of our 13 library locations."

For more information, call (225) 231-3750.

Printable Version: Library Wireless Access| November 30, 2009

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