Nominations Announced for 3rd Annual WebFeat President’s Awards for Innovation
Libraries honored for innovation in federated search systems
Old Brookville, NY, December 8 , 2005 — WebFeat President Todd Miller announced today the nominations for the 3rd Annual WebFeat President’s Awards for Innovation. The awards recognize innovation in design and function in WebFeat clients’ state-of-the-art information systems. Winners will be announced at the annual President’s Awards Dinner ceremony
to be held Saturday, January 21st
during the 2006 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
The WebFeat President’s Awards are presented to the libraries with the most innovative federated search systems in each of three categories—Public Libraries, Academic Libraries and Statewide/Multi-library networks. This year’s nominees are:
Boston Public Library
Brigham Young University
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Denver Public Library
GALILEO (Georgia’s Virtual Library)
Howard County Public Library (MD)
Kenton County Public Library (KY)
LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
Los Angeles Public Library
Nevada State Library & Archives
New York State Library
Northern Arizona University
Ohio Public Library Information Network
Omaha Public Library
Princeton University
Queens Borough Public Library
State Library of Louisiana
Tacoma Public Library
University of Pittsburgh
Westminster College
The invitation-only festivities will take place in a private dining room at Biga on the Banks restaurant – recently named by Gourmet Magazine as one of the top 5 restaurants in Texas. Award nominees represent the top innovators among the more than 2,500 leading public, academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centers that use WebFeat.
Past award recipients include: Chicago Public Library, King County Library System, San Francisco Public Library, Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN), and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Read more about the 2005 WebFeat President’s Awards (http://webfeat.org/releases/2Jan05_PresidentsAward.htm).
Todd Miller, President of WebFeat, commented, "The libraries nominated have partnered with WebFeat to push the envelope on federated search technology. These libraries have crafted cutting-edge information systems to meet the specific needs of the communities they serve."
About WebFeat
WebFeat (US patent #6,807,539) is the developer of the WEBFEAT PRISM™, used by over 2,500 leading public,
academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centers—including over half of the top 20 largest U.S. public libraries and one out of every 10 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions.
WebFeat’s latest release, WebFeat 3, offers a suite of next-generation federated search tools, PRISM, the SMART™ COUNTER-compliant usage tracker, and MyWebFeat™ personalized federated search system. Originally founded in 1992 as an information technology consultancy, WebFeat has earned industry recognition from leading organizations such as Library Journal and the Gartner Group. Learn more about WebFeat at http://www.webfeat.org.
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