A grant of $7,500 has been given to The Colony Public Library.
It comes from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services for providing more mobile hotspots and enhancing public connections for Wi-Fi services.
These enhanced connections are for the outside of the building so that residents will be able to access the internet at the north, south, and west sides of the building. Megan Charters, director of the library, in working with a resource group that consisted of Metro Relief, United Way of Denton, Lewisville ISD, and other organizations, said it is clear that residents need such access for checking on benefits, filling out job applications, completing schoolwork, and many other essential daily tasks.
There will also be mobile hotspots that can be checked out by residents. These are in addition to the 10 which the library already has. Residents can use these hot spots for three weeks and then can renew them if there is no hold on the devices. Each hot spot supports a maximum of 15 devices with a 50-gigabyte limit per month. Print shops are often hired to provide more information about how to set up and use such devices.
The data plan for these hot spots will be funded by the grant through August of next year.
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