Public library expands its computer-based resources

Librarian Louise House poses with some of the new computers recently added to the Mountain Home Public Library. A nationwide effort helped the city library not only replace its aging computers but also overhauled its access to online resources with the addition of fiber optic lines. Photo by Brian S. Orban

A nationwide effort is helping the Mountain Home Public Library to not only upgrade its inventory of computers, but also overhaul its access to online resources.

Over the past two months, contractors replaced the library's older communication lines with high-speed fiber optic cables, giving it a nearly 20-fold increase in Internet connectivity.

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