Anywhere-Anytime Library Progress Report

Dateline -- Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) today announced ...

The contract between Ameritech Library Services (ALS) and TBLC for Anywhere-Anytime Library is in negotiations. TBLC's staff will meet with our attorney on December 10th. Signing of the contract is anticipated before the Christmas Holiday.

The participating libraries have submitted their configuration forms. These will be turned over to ALS upon completion of the contract. An early January meeting will be called for the participating libraries to discuss the schedule for the project, a logo and ideas for web screen layouts.

The order for the Sun server is still in purchasing at Hillsborough County and is expected to be approved by December 15. The server should be delivered to Tampa by early January.

The Electronic Resources Task force met on November 17 to begin work to evaluate and select on-line resources in conjunction with this project.

The virtual library is still targeted for a grand opening in January 2000.

TBLC was founded in 1979 and serves 78 libraries in 12 counties in West Central Florida. TBLC member libraries are "dedicated to promoting and coordinating the sharing of materials among public, academic, school, and special libraries." TBLC provides training and continuing education, technical support and the SUNLINE database, a shared library automation system.