Los Alamos' Research Library receives award from Library of Congress

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 14, 2000 -- The Research Library at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received the 1999 Information Center of the Year award from the Library of Congress' Federal Library and Information Center Committee.

The Research Library was selected for the award from more than 1,200 federal libraries and information centers. The Research Library is part of Los Alamos' Computing, Information and Communications Division.

The award recognizes outstanding, innovative and sustained achievements during the year by a federal library or information center. The Research Library was recognized for its "single vision linked to sound quality business processes which brought about new levels of customer service, technology innovation and leadership and collaboration within the information community."

The award will be presented during the annual Federal Library and Information Center Committee Forum March 30 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

"This is tremendous external recognition of the outstanding progress and impact the Research Library and Library Without Walls has achieved during the past few years," said Research Library director Rick Luce.

"A world-class scientific institution requires world-class infrastructure and support systems."

The Library Without Walls project, which started in late 1994, allows researchers to use computer network technology to access a wealth of digital information sources worldwide, any time, anywhere. The project's long-term goal is creation of a network of knowledge systems that facilitate collaboration among researchers, said Luce.

"Through the Library Without Walls, researchers can access scientific databases, electronic journals and technical reports," said Luce. Other institutions, including Sandia National Laboratories, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Stanford University, 10 other Department of Energy laboratories and the Air Force Research Laboratory receive scientific journals and access web-based databases through Los Alamos' Library Without Walls.

The Research Library is extending that partnership to other institutions nationwide through the Alliance for Innovation in Science and Technology Information. Researchers statewide benefit from a recent major expansion of technical publications available online that has made the Research Library one of the largest repositories of electronic scientific publications in the world.

More information about the Library Without Walls Project is available at http://libwww.lanl.gov/lww/welcome.html online.

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