Ocotillo Branch patrons access software products in English and Spanish, browse the World Wide Web over the Internet, and peruse on-line information services such as the Librarys online catalog, Phoenix at Your Fingertips (the City of Phoenixs Web-based community information system), the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, the AzTeC Freenet, other Arizona libraries and Federal and state government information services.

The concept behind Electro-Sabio! Libraries Online! is to provide networked applications and content to the PCs at Ocotillo Branch Library from an NT Server based at the Branch. Software applications for users are loaded from CD-ROM and floppy discs onto the servers hard disks for improved performance and ease of management. In addition to the targeted software products, the Library purchased and installed the NT version of Fprot virus detection software from non-grant funds. Users launch World Wide Web sessions using Microsoft Explorer 3.0. The branchs LAN is segmented into public and non-public layers for improved network security. The Branch/Central link was upgraded from 56K frame relay to dedicated T-1 to support image transfer.

The Electro-Sabio! Libraries Online! project has increased the convenience, quantity, and quality of access points to information sources for library patrons and has also assisted in supporting the Parks, Recreation and Library Departments plan to create a LAN system that provides Department-wide and City-wide connectivity to meet all the automation needs of Parks, Recreation and Library services.