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FYI,<br>
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Suzanne L. Sager<br>
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">District Dispatch has
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href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4619">ALA lauds
three library programs for best use of cutting-edge technologies</a>'<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Contact: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto://jterry@alawash.org" target="_blank">Jenni Terry</a><br>
Press Officer, ALA Washington Office<br>
202-628-8410<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For Immediate Release <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) Office for
Information Technology Policy (OITP) has recognized Contra Costa County
Library
in Pleasant Hill, Calif.; North Carolina State University Libraries in
Raleigh,
N.C.; and Jones Library in Amherst, Mass., for their use of
cutting-edge
technologies in library services.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In June 2009, OITP and the subcommittee for its <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://0-www.ala.org.sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/ala/aboutala/offices/oitp/programs/americaslibs/index.cfm">Program
on America’s Libraries for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century</a> issued a
call for
nominations for best library practices using cutting-edge technology to
showcase libraries that are serving their communities with novel and
innovative
methods.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“We were looking to find creative ways libraries are using
technology, such
as applying 21<sup>st</sup> century technologies to provide a new way
of
delivering a traditional service or using traditional technologies in a
novel
way for delivering a service. The three winners all fit our criteria,”
said
Vivian Pisano, Chief of Information Technology, San Francisco Public
Library,
and Chair of OITP’s Advisory Committee and Subcommittee on America’s
Libraries
for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>After selecting the winners, OITP produced <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/CuttingEdgeLibraries.pdf">descriptions
of the programs</a> to provide the library community with some
successful
models for delivering quality library service in new ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“The selection committee looked at many submissions, but these three
projects
stood out because they could be replicated by other libraries,” said
Christine
Lind Hage, Director, Rochester Hills Public Library, who chaired the
selection
committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“In particular we were looking for creative solutions to common
problems
using readily available and affordable technology.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><u>About the Winners:</u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Library-a-Go-Go, Contra Costa County Library, Pleasant Hill,
Calif. </strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Library-a-Go-Go service uses fully automated touchscreen
materials-lending machines to provide stand-alone library services in
non-library environments. For more information: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ccclib.org/locations/libraryagogo.html">http://ccclib.org/locations/libraryagogo.html</a><u>.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Course Views [Library Tools] Project, North Carolina State
University (NCSU) Libraries, Raleigh, N.C. </strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The NCSU Libraries implemented a cutting-edge service in response to
the
difficulty of creating and maintaining enough “course pages” –
recommended
resources for specific courses and assignments – to meet students’
needs. The
Course Views system provides pages for all 6,000 courses offered by
over 150
departments at NCSU. For more information: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/courseviews">www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/courseviews</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Digital Amherst, a project of the Jones Library, Amherst,
Mass.</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Digital Amherst provides digital historical and cultural
materials—photographs and other images, articles, lectures and
multimedia
presentations—to Amherst locals, scholars and tourists. For more
information: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.digitalamherst.org/">www.digitalamherst.org/</a>.
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