Worlds connect @ your library

The Alabama Connecting Families Project is a service that is being provided by 106 selected libraries across the state to enable military service families to use library computers with webcams to make a video telephone call to their loved ones who are overseas.

The cameras will allow them to see each other, some for the first time in months. The project came about after Randy Hickman, a chief warrant officer in the Alabama National Guard, contacted Gov. Riley’s office  and explained that, although he had broadband capabilities in Iraq, his family in rural Alabama did not. The project is made possible by the Alabama Broadband Initiative and funds provided to the Alabama Public Library Service by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

This service is available at the following Jefferson County library locations. Birmingham Public Central Library, Avondale Regional Library, Five Points West Regional, North Birmingham Regional, Springville Road Regional Library, Bessemer Library, Gardendale, Homewood, Hoover and Trussville public libraries. Contact any of these locations for more information.