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JEFFERSON CITY -- Libraries aren't just used for places to study, or to check out books.

Now, many people are taking advantage of the technology libraries have to offer and that couldn't be truer in Jefferson City.

Missouri River Regional Library recently received a grant for a new public computer center.

New computer monitors at the Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City were all bought thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The monitors they replaced were 7-years-old and were less than desirable.

"They had Plexiglas super glued to the monitors, which after so many years wasn't working anymore, so the Plexiglas would slide down the monitors and would create a glare and it was hard to clean them," computer center supervisor Nikki Bateman said.

Last year, about 62,000 people logged onto a computer in the public computer center.

Between January and April this year, nearly 22,000 people logged at the PCC.

Charles Campbell uses the computers to kill time in between jobs.

“These monitors are really nice,” Campbell said.  “I like them, they're more appealing than the other ones, they're a little bit bigger and I think its money well spent."

Bateman applied for the grant in January because she says the community deserves better.

"It takes a long time, it's a lot of work,” Bateman said.  “I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to, or I didn't think that it was necessary or I didn't think people would appreciate it."

Both Bateman and Campbell said they think the additions will bring more people to the library's computer center.

With the grant funds, Bateman was able to buy 30 new monitors for Missouri River Regional Library's main branch and six for the Linn branch.