Gates Computer Lab

The New Haven Free Public Library is pleased to announce the opening of our Gates Lab. The Gates Lab is located on the lower level of the Main Library and is equipped with eleven Gateway 6000 computers, an HP LaserJet 4200n printer, and a ViewSonic PJ500 LCD projector. Each computer has the full Microsoft Office suite as well as Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft PhotoDraw and Microsoft Publisher.

The Gates Lab is one of five that was created throughout the state. The other locations include the Bridgeport Public Library, the New Britain Public Library, the Hartford Public Library and the Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury.

In keeping with one of the goals of the Connecticut State Library, the Gates Lab will serve as a training site for other libraries throughout the state. The Gates Lab will also fulfill one of the goals of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: to bridge the digital divide that exists in many of our urban and rural communities in the United States and U.S. Territories by providing access to state-of-the-art technology.

The Gates Lab is available to the public to use as a training site as well. Workshops are offered covering the following topics: Computer Fundamentals, Email Basics, Internet Basics and Microsoft Word Basics. For information contact the New Haven Free Public Library at (203) 946-8130 ext. 384.

Posted October 8, 2003