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$5,000 delivered for technology center at Norwalk Public Library
By Senator Duff's office
Aug 11, 2008 - 3:43:14 PM

Norwalk - A $5,000 state grant secured by Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) will go toward creation of a technology center at the Norwalk Public Library’s main facility on Belden Avenue. The center will accommodate 36 computers for public use and will allow the library to consolidate its computer system to increase service to the general public and to area students.

The grant will also support continuation of the library’s online tutoring program through the Web site, Tutor.com, which provides real-time, one-to-one homework and study help and test preparation to library card holders.

“The Norwalk Public Library provides valuable services to our community, and this new technology center will only enhance those services for Norwalk residents—adult and children alike,” said Senator Duff. “The library will soon be able to offer extremely beneficial tutoring opportunities for many Norwalk students in an independent and welcoming learning environment. That’s an investment in our future that I’m proud to support with this grant.”

“The funds received from the state grant enabled by Senator Duff will be specifically applied by the Norwalk Public Technology Center toward the continuation of our computer-based services, which provide free online tutoring support to Norwalk students from elementary grades to high school,” said Stanley M. Siegel, president of the Norwalk Public Library Foundation’s Board of Trustees. “Just like face-to-face tutoring, online tutors provide personalized help to meet the needs of the student—whether it’s a detailed explanation of a physics theorem or a quick refresher on geometry terms.”

The total technology center project is expected to cost approximately $11,800. The remainder of the funding for the project is expected to be provided by the business community, the Friends of the Norwalk Public Library and the Norwalk Public Library Foundation.

The grant was administered by the state Office of Policy and Management and was released from state budge contingency funds.

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