May libraries buy computers and equipment and incorporate new technologies as part of a construction project?
Yes, a library or system may use the construction funds to purchase computers and equipment that will upgrade the library or system’s technology capabilities—e.g., automated systems that permit library users to check out materials themselves, public access computers for a newly constructed computer lab. The purchase of new technologies must be within the context of a construction project for a new building, building addition, renovation or rehabilitation project. Requests for new computers that are not intimately connected to a larger construction/rehabilitation project are not eligible for funding from this program.
