This linking Courier service is being provided to Bonner Springs in conjunction with their joining the Kansas City Metropolitan Library and Information Network. Bishop Ward will make its collections available for public library customers and USD 500 students through interlibrary loan. This agreement has been part of long-term library automation plans for several years. Quindaro website gets rave reviews. Georgia Slaughter, Kansas Collection Librarian, presented an Internet tour of the Quindaro Ruins at the Main Branch's annual African-American History program.
Cooperative effort makes appraisal records available on library computers.
The records are in Excel spreadsheets and may be searched by name and address to locate specific information about assessed valuation and tax rates. This is the first year that tax information has been made available in electronic format. Library staff demonstrates Metrolink. Pat Mahoney and Adonna Thompson presented a Metrolink demonstration at the January meeting of the Wyandotte County Economic Development Council, and Adonna Thompson gave Metrolink training to Connect the Dottes in February. Metrolink is part of Community Connection, a comprehensive, database of community resources and consumer information for Kansas and Missori on the World Wide Web.