After 37 years of state service, Library Program Manager Beth Perry retired from the Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS) in the Rhode Island Department of Administration. Perry worked at OLIS since its inception in 1996, and at its forerunner, the Department of State Library Services (DSLS). Beth joined DSLS in 1988 as Chief...

by Ellen Perlow, MSLS, PhD CHES, Chair of the ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee This article is a response to the article “PLEASECOME: New Discussion Forum Addresses Library Service to People with Learning, Social, Cognitive, or Medical Disabilities” by Carrie Banks (ASCLA Interface, Fall 2008, p. 11).

by Larry Warner, Curator of Exhibits, Pueblo Grande Museum The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records was awarded the 2008 Community Support Award from the Museum Association of Arizona. Recognized internationally for excellence, this state agency serves the information needs of Arizona citizens and has provided unprecedented support to the state’s museum community on...

The final report of the New York Statewide Spanish Language Outreach Partnership project �Spanish Language Outreach Connects New York’s Libraries with Communities,� funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation U.S. Libraries Program and WebJunction is on the New York State Library�s website and print copies will be available soon. The report is also posted...

by Bill Dougherty, Head, Assistive Technology Loan Program and Adam Szczepaniak, Jr., Director, New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped Each year, more than 100 blind or visually impaired citizens of New Jersey receive personalized computer literacy training on loaned computers as a result of a unique partnership between the New Jersey Library for...