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2016 E-rate Recipients

Nebraska Libraries Receive E-rate Discounts

Nebraska libraries were awarded $275,632.34 in discounts on thier telecommunications costs during Funding Year 2016 (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017).

Discounts ranged from 10 to 90 percent, with 87 of the state's public libraries participating. 77 libraries were awarded Voice service discounts, 68 libraries were awarded discounts on Internet services, and 4 libraries were awarded a discount on Internal Connections.

Discounts are awarded on a sliding scale based on the percentage of students in the local school district who are eligible for the free and reduced school lunch program, an indicator of the local level of need, and the County's Rural or Urban status as determined by the U.S. Census.  

The Nebraska Library Commission provides education, training, and consultation services to Nebraska library staff to assist with E-rate applications. For more information about E-rate support in Nebraska, see our E-rate webpage. For more information about the E-rate program, see the Schools and Libraries Program website.

Last Updated: 5/31/2018

LibraryAmount of Discount Service TypeService Type Service TypeDiscount Percentage
ALLIANCE PUBLIC LIBRARY $730.80 Voice Services     40
ARCADIA TOWNSHIP LIBRARY $301.28 Voice Services     30
ARCADIA TOWNSHIP LIBRARY $377.58   Internet Access   70
ASHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $647.86   Internet Access   60
AUBURN MEMORIAL LIBRARY $446.40 Voice Services     30
AULD PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,080.00 Voice Services     40
AULD PUBLIC LIBRARY $681.60   Internet Access   80
BEATRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY $892.22 Voice Services   30
BRENIZER PUBLIC LIBRARY $99.00 Voice Services   30
BRENIZER PUBLIC LIBRARY $595.73 Internet Access   70
BUTLER MEMORIAL LIBRARY $342.86 Voice Services     30
BUTLER MEMORIAL LIBRARY $1,133.58   Internet Access   70
BUTLER MEMORIAL LIBRARY $4,089.68   Internal
Connections		 70
C.B. PRESTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY $424.32 Voice Services 40
C.B. PRESTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY $479.90   Internet Access   80
CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY $235.20 Voice Services     40
CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY $411.60   Internet Access   80
CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $451.91 Voice Services     30
CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,344.00   Internet Access   70
CENTRAL PLAINS LIBRARY SYSTEM $343.39 Voice Services     40
CENTRAL PLAINS LIBRARY SYSTEM $297.12   Internet Access   80
CLARKS PUBLIC LIBRARY $161.57 Voice Services     40
CLARKS PUBLIC LIBRARY $627.46   Internet Access   80
CLAY CENTER PUBLIC LIBRARY $115.16 Voice Services     30
CLAY CENTER PUBLIC LIBRARY $840.00   Internet Access   70
COLUMBUS PUBLIC LIBRARY $2,880.00   Internet Access   80
CREIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $279.77 Voice Services   20
CREIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $343.51 Internet Access   60
CULBERTSON PUBLIC LIBRARY $756.50   Internet Access   80
DVORACEK MEMORIAL LIBRARY $1008.00   Internet Access   60
ELGIN PUBLIC LIBRARY $230.30 Voice Services   40
ELGIN PUBLIC LIBRARY $681.12 Internet Access   80
ELMWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY $103.13 Voice Services     20
ELMWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY $470.09   Internet Access   60
EMERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY $117.76 Voice Services     30
EMERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY $419.58   Internet Access   70
FAIRBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY $553.63 Voice Services     40
FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY $150.73 Voice Services   30
FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY $419.92 Internet Access   70
THE FALLS CITY LIBRARY & ARTS CENTER $624.00 Voice Services     40
THE FALLS CITY LIBRARY & ARTS CENTER $1,056.00   Internet Access   80
THE FALLS CITY LIBRARY & ARTS CENTER $23,795.20     Internal
Connections		 80
FRANKLIN  PUBLIC LIBRARY $463.01 Voice Services     40
GARFIELD COUNTY LIBRARY $156.49 Voice Services     30
GARFIELD COUNTY LIBRARY $545.58   Internet Access   70
GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY $450.94 Voice Services     30
GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,079.76 Voice Services     40
GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $9,000.00   Internet Access   80
GREENWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY $133.20     Internal
Connections		 60
HARTINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $198.00 Voice Services     30
HARTINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $882.80   Internet Access   70
HASTINGS MEMORIAL LIBRARY $208.01 Voice Services     30
HASTINGS MEMORIAL LIBRARY $1,595.58   Internet Access   70
HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY $2015.61   Internet Access   80
HAYES CENTER PUBLIC LIBRARY $242.06 Voice Services     30
HAYES CENTER PUBLIC LIBRARY $386.74   Internet Access   70
HEBRON SECREST LIBRARY $378.50 Voice Services     30
HOESCH MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY $283.68 Voice Services   30
HOLDREGE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM $290.11 Voice Services     20
HOLDREGE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM $1,140.41 Internet Access   60
HOUSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY $134.23 Voice Services     20
HOUSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY $1,080.00   Internet Access   60
JENNIFER REINKE PUBLIC LIBRARY $226.80 Voice Services     30
JENNIFER REINKE PUBLIC LIBRARY $402.02   Internet Access   70
JOHN A STAHL LIBRARY $528.96 Voice Services   40
JOHN A STAHL LIBRARY $8,400.00 Internet Access   80
KARLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY $336.14 Voice Services     40
KEARNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,655.98 Voice Services   20
KEARNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,367.93 Internet Access   60
LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $993.18 Voice Services   50
LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,620.00 Internet Access   90
LIED IMPERIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY $341.59 Voice Services     20
LIED IMPERIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY $935.64   Internet Access   60
LIED TEKAMAH PUBLIC LIBRARY $83.35 Voice Services     20
LIED TEKAMAH PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,080.00   Internet Access   60
LIED WINSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY $145.62 Voice Services     30
LIED WINSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY $419.58   Internet Access   70
LOGAN COUNTY LIBRARY $112.75 Voice Services     20
LOGAN COUNTY LIBRARY $502.63   Internet Access   60
LYONS PUBLIC LIBRARY $124.52 Voice Services     30
LYONS PUBLIC LIBRARY $2,855.58   Internet Access   70
MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY $345.60 Voice Services     40
MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY $2,448.00 Internet Access 80
NANCY FAWCETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY $281.88 Voice Services     30
NEBRASKA LIBRARY COMMISSION $2,322.74 Voice Services     20
NELIGH PUBLIC LIBRARY $643.32 Voice Services     30
NELIGH PUBLIC LIBRARY $756.00   Internet Access   70
NORTH BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY $123.07 Voice Services   20
NORTH BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY $580.32 Internet Access   60
NORTH LOUP PUBLIC LIBRARY $143.17 Voice Services     30
NORTH LOUP PUBLIC LIBRARY $461.58   Internet Access   70
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $252.00 Voice Services     30
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $2,940.00   Internet Access   70
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY $12,000.00 Voice Services     40
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY $87,033.60   Internet Access   80
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY $42,480.00     Internal
Connections		 80
ORD TOWNSHIP LIBRARY $671.83   Internet Access   70
OSCEOLA PUBLIC LIBRARY $368.03 Voice Services     30
PALISADE PUBLIC LIBRARY $226.56 Voice Services     40
PALMYRA MEMORIAL LIBRARY $75.56 Voice Services   10
PAWNEE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $579.67 Voice Services     30
PAWNEE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $881.83   Internet Access   70
PAXTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $573.22   Internet Access   70
PLAINVIEW CARNEGIE LIBRARY $206.63 Voice Services     30
PLATTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY $348.00 Voice Services   20
PLATTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY $468.00 Internet Access   60
POLK PUBLIC LIBRARY $143.95 Voice Services     40
POLK PUBLIC LIBRARY $335.90   Internet Access   80
ROCK COUNTY LIBRARY $1,260.00   Internet Access   70
SARGENT TOWNSHIP LIBRARY $149.47 Voice Services     30
SARGENT TOWNSHIP LIBRARY $352.38   Internet Access   70
SCHUYLER PUBLIC LIBRARY $762.00 Voice Services     50
SCHUYLER PUBLIC LIBRARY $975.35   Internet Access   90
SEWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY $452.83 Voice Services   20
SEWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,728.00 Internet Access   60
SHELBY COMMUNITY LIBRARY $258.98 Voice Services     30
SHELBY COMMUNITY LIBRARY $587.92   Internet Access   70
SHELTON TOWNSHIP PUB LIBRARY $157.25 Voice Services     30
SHELTON TOWNSHIP PUB LIBRARY $377.58   Internet Access   70
SIDNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY $379.20 Voice Services     20
SIDNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY $648.00   Internet Access   60
SOUTHEAST LIBRARY SYSTEM $148.80 Voice Services   20
SOUTHEAST LIBRARY SYSTEM $510.48   Internet Access   60 
SPRINGFIELD MEMORIAL LIBRARY $54.00 Voice Services   10
SPRINGFIELD MEMORIAL LIBRARY $330.00   Internet Access   50
STRATTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $174.10 Voice Services     30
STRATTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $433.61   Internet Access   70
STROMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY $189.55 Voice Services     20
STROMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY $611.86   Internet Access   60
SUPERIOR PUBLIC LIBRARY $424.80 Voice Services     30
SUPERIOR PUBLIC LIBRARY $587.58   Internet Access   70
SUTHERLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $256.37 Voice Services     20
SUTHERLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,538.21   Internet Access   60
TILDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY $212.40 Voice Services     30
TILDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY $1,000.10   Internet Access   70
VALENTINE PUBLIC LIBRARY $185.22 Voice Services     30
VALENTINE PUBLIC LIBRARY $756.00   Internet Access   70
VERDIGRE PUBLIC LIBRARY $196.85 Voice Services     40
VERDIGRE PUBLIC LIBRARY $768.00   Internet Access   80
WALTHILL PUBLIC LIBRARY $248.82 Voice Services   50
WALTHILL PUBLIC LIBRARY $362.77 Internet Access   90
WEBERMEIER MEMORIAL LIBRARY $60.00 Voice Services     10
WEBERMEIER MEMORIAL LIBRARY $450.00   Internet Access   50
WESTERN LIBRARY SYSTEM $1,790.98   Internet Access   80
WILSON PUBLIC LIBRARY $760.75 Voice Services     30
WYMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY $499.73 Voice Services   40
YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY $215.64 Voice Services     30
YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY $3,141.60   Internet Access   70
YUTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY $79.20 Voice Services   20
Total Number of LibrariesTotal Discounted FundsTotal Number of Voice Service Discounts Total Number of Internet Service Discounts Total Number of Internal Connections DiscountsAverage Discount Percentage
87$275,632.34 7768 4  48

Last Updated: 5/31/2018
For more information, contact Christa (Burns) Porter.