This blog is something new for the Lake County Library System located in Tavares, Florida. Everyone in the technology field is now talking about Web2, a new generation of Web-based services — such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and blogs — that emphasize online interaction among users. Web2 will allow us to use the internet to talk directly to YOU. I plan to use this blog as just one way to reach people who are not aware of the services and programs we provide, and introduce them to those services and programs and to the unlimited possibilities they represent. Just in case you don’t know, according to Wikipedia, “a blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.”
This is actually the perfect time to begin. This year, the Lake County Library System will be 25 years old. The library cooperative began with 3 libraries and over the past 25 years has grown to thirteen different locations throughout this county. In 1998, we began offering internet access at all of our locations, as well as public access computers, and in the past year have added wireless access for the public at all sites.
In future blogs I hope to highlight various services and programs that our libraries provide. Other staff will also contribute to this blog to answer your questions and to provide insight into those unlimited possibilities I mentioned (excited yet?). I hope that once you are familiar with what we do, it will encourage you to visit our website and our libraries to meet the friendly staff, and make use of those wonderful services and programs.
There are people out there who are talking about whether libraries are still relevant and what role they play in the community. I, of course, firmly believe that libraries are more than relevant, they are essential. Write me and let me know what you think, and I’ll share your comments with other readers.
Please check back to see the other topics we’re talking about, and
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Marian Dewey
