Installation of equipment and training was completed on October 5, 1999. Inc. This grant will be used to upgrade the print reference collections in these two libraries. Recently Carol Ann Bunch was named Library Manager for the Bamberg County Library and Jeannie Simmons was promoted to the ABBE Regional Children's Librarian. The Grand Re-Opening of Jeff Maxwell Branch Library is tentatively scheduled for some time in April. The Summer Reading Program will go on as scheduled even though our downtown location will be closed for renovations this summer.
Patrons are welcome to visit any of our other library facilities to get involved in the program.
Dr. William Nelson is currently serving as a member of the GLA Executive Board and GLA Long-Range Planning Committee. Dr. Nelson served as a member of a SACS Accreditation Committee for a college in Virginia in January 2000. On January 31 the Savannah River Site Library Services department announced desktop access to approximately 500 electronic journals, published by Elsevier Science. These journals are available to our customers through the SRS intranet. This system allows users to search and access full text articles from 1995 to present.