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Toronto Public Library to Receive
Federal Funding
June 13, 2000
ETOBICOKE - Roy Cullen,
M.P. for Etobicoke North, has announced that the Toronto Public Library
is eligible to receive up to $68,000 in federal funding under the Community
Access Program (CAP), which is administered by Industry Canada, for the
Albion, Humberwood, Northern Elms and Rexdale branches in Etobicoke North.
The Government of Canada
and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation will work
in a partnership agreement to help fund this project for the Toronto Public
Library. This agreement will enhance a first-rate provincial library
network and it will give library visitors in urban communities increased
access to the Internet, specific to Toronto.
"I am delighted that the
Toronto Public Library is playing such a key role in the Community Access
Program through this partnership", Cullen stated. "Libraries have
long been at the forefront of information and learning and this program
that enables better Internet access will help the library provide an even
greater range of services", Cullen continued.
CAP is a key component of
the federal government's Connecting Canadians initiative. It provides
affordable access to the information highway for all Canadians by establishing
public access sites in partnership with community organizations.
The government's goal is to create a total of 10,000 sites by March 31,
2001 in remote, rural and urban communities.
The public library community,
with its strong commitment to using technology to provide Canadians with
information, has been a strong supporter of the Connecting Canadians initiative
since its inception. Through LibraryNet and SchoolNet, Canada became
the first country in the world to connect all its schools and libraries
to the information highway by March 31, 1999.
For more information on how
Canadian public libraries are using information technology to benefit communities,
please visit the LibraryNet web site at http://www.schoolnet.ca/ln-rb/
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