University Libraries Honored For Digital Initiative

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Libraries have received the 1997 Joseph F. Schubert Moving Towards Excellence Award from the New York State Library for its "Digital Library Initiative."

The Schubert award, named for former state librarian Joseph F. Schubert, is given annually to individual libraries and library consortia and systems that have taken significant steps to improve the quality of library service to their users. Recipients are selected by the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries.

Regent James A. Dawson presented the award to Barbara von Wahlde, associate vice president for university libraries, and Stephen Roberts, associate director, at the annual conference of the New York Library Association, held recently in Syracuse.

• Establishment of a powerful, high-capacity, distributed information network and provision of 200 public-use, high-powered, multi-media computer workstations.

• Providing access to a wide array of electronic information resources, including many full-text systems, from workstations in the libraries and from remote sites in homes, offices and elsewhere on campus.

• ERIC On-line, a program that provides access to electronic information systems and free copies of education-related journal articles and reports for all Western New York elementary and secondary teachers and personnel.

• Distance education initiatives that assist the development of distance-learning courses at UB, and innovative information services that support students and faculty involved in these programs.