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\nEditor's Note W\"ith tbis article,Con-necticut Libraries inangurates a nen series of occasional articles wnder tbe beading In-novation.Tbe series nas sugested by Mary Louise Jen.sen,CSLs library bilding co-sultant,and is supported by ber colleagues at tbe State Library.Articles nil feature li-brary programs tbat comnect libraries cre-atirehy and sccesfiulby nith the communities tbey serze.In Febrnary,ne'l bear bon tbe Silas Bronson Library is reacbing out to nem eutbic groups nbo bate come to lire in Water-bury.If you bare an inoratire programtbat yolu norld like to see featured inConnecticut Libraries,please contacttbe editor:■  \nccognizing an urgent commu-Knity need to increase early lit-eracy programs for Windhampreschoolers in child care centers,the staff of the Willimantic PublicLibrary applied for a Library Ser-vices and Technology Act(LSTA)grant to fund a new,half-time po-sition—Library Outreach Coordi-nator.IWe also saw a need to in-crease the number of books in thecenters and to increase parent ex-posure to library services.Thetown's School Readiness Councilendorsed our LSTA application,helping to ensure its success.Thetotal cost of our project wasS20,787.The LSTA grant,admin-  \nistered by the Connecticut State Library;was awarded in the amount of S15,254;the remaining S5,533 was provided bythe Town of Windham.  \nWe advertised the position,inter-viewed candidates,and hired KristenBaron,who holds an undergraduatedegree in human development from Boston College and an early childhoodeducation certificate from Eastern Connccticut State University.Follow-ing a short but intense orientation to the library and the child care centers,she set up a schedule of classroom vis-its and began taking teacher requests for books.  \n It is Kristen's responsibility to pro-  \n vide outreach to all the child care cen-  \nWWw.Iib.uconn.edu/cla  \nINSIDE  \nConnecticut History Online ………………2  \nLooking at Books………  …………2  \nLC Disappoints Scholars ………………3  \nFrom the President………………………………3  \nWonderful Web Sites…………………4  \nImpossible Missions and  \nExpedition………………………………………5  \nUp the Leadership Ladder…………………7  \nTechnology:What's in a Name?……8  \nCreate Space to Attract YA.……………9  \nNominations Sought for Awards……11  \nPeopl ………………………  ……………………12  \nNutmeg Ballots Hand Count……………12  \nKnisten Baron,IT”illimantie Pablic Libraryoutreacb coordincator,reads to prescbool cbildrenin a lindbam cbild car center:  \nters in Windham.She delivers booksto classrooms on a regular basis.Shemakes presentations about libraryservices and the importance ofreading to young children at childcare center parent meetings.Shedistributes library information fly-ers to both parents and teachers.Some parent meetings are held atthe library and include tours andlibrary card sign-ups.Once wedetermine a need,books are pur-chased and processed to meet cur-riculum requirements in child careclassrooms.Records are kept ofall visits made,books delivered,and parent meetings attended.  \nWe established three objectivesfor the first year of this project:  \n1)To increase the number of li-brary early literacy programs forWindham preschoolers in childcare centers from two,held in theprevious year,to 400 during the  \nCantinmed on puge 6  \n# Connecticut\n\nHistory  \nOnline  \nConnecticut HistoryOnline will provideonline access to over  \n14,000 images fromthe collections ofthe ConnecticutHistorical Society,Mystic Seaport,andthe Dodd Center.  \nhree Connecticut research institutions—the Connecticut HistoricalSocicty,Mystic Scaport,and UConn's Thomas J.Dodd Research Center— have completed a pilot web site for what will become one of the largest collections of digital images available via the wecb.Whencomplete in summer 2001,Connecticut History Online \u003Cwww:libuconn.edu/cho>,will provide an cntircly new level of acess toover 14,000prints,photographs and drawings foundin the collections of the three institutions.  \n\"The pilot is 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