Home Outreach & Education Library of the Year Tulsa City-County Library
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Monday, 05 March 2007 |
From left to right: Bruce James, Public Printer; Linda Saferite, Tulsa City-County Library CEO; Suzanne Sears, Tulsa City-County Library; and Judy Russell, Superintendent of Documents. Forward thinking, superior customer service and Internet
savvy: That is how a third of a million library users in Tulsa,
Oklahoma describe their public library. Those reasons, paired with
excellence in providing public access to government information through
the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Federal Depository Library
Program (FDLP), is why the Tulsa City-County Library has been named the
first-ever Federal Depository Library of the Year.
The U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Public Printer of the
United States Bruce James, presented the award to the Tulsa City-County
Library at the 2003 Fall Federal Depository Library Conference, which
was held October 19-22 in Arlington, Virginia.
"On behalf of GPO's Superintendent of Documents Judith Russell and the
rest of her team, I congratulate the Tulsa City-County Library for
embracing new technology in its ongoing efforts to make public access
to Government information better accessible," said Public Printer
James. "The library staff's commitment to utilizing the Internet and
using outside-of-the-box techniques to better serve the needs of the
public is commendable."
The FDLP's annual four-day conference is the largest gathering of
Federal Government documents librarians in the country and was an
excellent opportunity to honor the winning library and its head
Government Documents librarian, Suzanne Sears. "This award recognizes a
passion to connect government information to customers when and how
they want it," said Linda Saferite, Tulsa City-County Library's CEO.
"While our collection is small, our passion to maximize the collection
is great."
Not only is the library moving forward by introducing innovative
information access options, but also the paper collection is still
maintained by staff and retrospective cataloging has increased the
circulation of the collection. Outreach is a goal of the staff and a
supply of free promotional materials is kept on display. The library
also acts as a liaison for local community officials.
Congratulatory messages from state and Federal officials:
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