New! Chromebooks available for check-out

New at the Library!

Chromebooks are now available for checkout.

Mendocino County Library has implemented a new program offering Chromebook laptops for check-out to help bridge the digital divide and give Mendocino County residents access to technology where they need it.

The 63 Chromebooks were obtained through funding from the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program administered by the Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC) with oversight from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The purpose of this program is to address the high rate of unmet need for technology services throughout the country.  Each of the six library branches and the Bookmobile have devices that are available to be loaned out for a 28-day checkout period on a first-come, first-served, walk-in basis.  Each Chromebook kit contains a Chromebook laptop, charger with cable, case, and instructions.

Chromebooks are the latest in a growing list of non-traditional items that library users can borrow from public libraries. Mendocino County Library also lends out Wi-Fi hotspots, cooking kits, memory kits, DIY Energy and Water Saving Toolkits, seed packets, California State Parks passes, and early education literacy kits.

For more information, please view www.mendolibrary.org or contact the Mendocino County Library at 707-234-2872.