1. Stacey A. Aldrich State Librarian California State Library 916.654.0188 saldrich@library.ca.gov

2. California Public Libraries -- A Quick Overview FY 2008-2009 Number of Public Library Jurisdictions:181 Public Libraries by Type:  County  City  District  Joint Power Authority 46 117 12 6 Number of Outlets:1,123 Number of Mobile Libraries: 63 ( operated by 43 library jurisdictions) with 737 mobile library stops. Number of Cooperative Library Systems 8 Number of Library visits:172,356,529 Number of Registered Borrowers:21,862,403 Total State Population:38,291,690 Total Percentage of Library Users:57% of the population has a library card General Public Internet Terminals18,624 Statewide total use of Internet computers in the library during the last year. 38,365,991 Libraries Library Users Internet Computer Usage California State Library California Library Statistics 2010 http://www.library.ca.gov/lds/docs/StatsPub10.pdf April 30, 2010

7. California Online Opportunity Grant Building Sustainable Connectivity Connectivity Upgrades for 77 Public Library branches to at least 1.5 Mbps E-Rate Training and Consultation for Upgrading Libraries Broadband Webinar Series Library Broadband Portal