Friday, September 11, 1998

08:32:40 AM

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NOLA to Change Delivery Carrier July 1, 1998

As of July 1, 1998, NOLA Regional Library System will be contracting with U.S. Cargo for Daily Delivery Service instead of Pony Express. Most of the other Regionals in Ohio that currently contract with Pony Express are considering making the same change. We do not know what OhioLINK will be doing as yet. Because U.S. Cargo has worked with banks and pharmaceutical companies for many years and these organizations demand quality service, they will provide us with next day delivery.

I do not anticipate that your library will have to change procedures drastically. A U.S. Cargo representative will visit your library prior to July 1. We will tell you the date as soon as we learn it.

U.S. Cargo will conduct a two-hour training session for NOLA Libraries on Monday, June 22, 1998, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the NOLA Conference & Training Center, 4445 Mahoning Avenue NW, Warren, Ohio.

Please send at least one person to this training session. Feel free to send staff from your branches. U.S. Cargo will provide materials, answer your questions, and ask your input.

I will attempt to videotape the training session for those libraries that cannot attend the session. We may have it available to all libraries in case you need to inform staff in branches or new employees.

Please feel free to contact the NOLA Office with any questions or concerns.

Preliminary Regional Study Online

The State Library of Ohio has commissioned Himmel & Wilson, Library Consultants, to conduct a study of Ohio's Regional Library Systems. Himmel & Wilson have made preliminary findings of their study as well as preliminary recommendations available here. The web site is interactive so you may respond to the consultants concerning their report.

Items submitted by:
Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

Another Library Sued

The Livermore Public Library is being sued by an angry parent over children's access to materials on the net. Read the story. Give us your two cents in the filters forum.

Ask Jeeves

Ask Jeeves is a natural English search engine. Simply ask it a question and Jeeves does a meta search. I asked Jeeves "why are search engines so hard to use?" and Jeeves responded with the following answers:

• How do I find something on the web? (this took me to a simple one page synopsis of what search engines are and a couple of decent links.)
• A search engine tutorial from Yahoo
• Why fire engines are red from Alta Vista.

Hmmm, I guess we still have a ways to go . . .

Items submitted by:
Kenneth S. Bell - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

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