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TY GREENVILLE/DAYTON DAILY NEWS

MARY L. COOK Public Library soon will be online with Its own Web page series. Library employees instrumental in the
launch of page are (from left) Karen Campbell, web designer; Linda Swartzel library director; and Jan McCann, technical
services supervisor.

Waynesville library's Web site

to open new world to users
Irtformation-packed
site also links to other

agencies, governments
By Connie Jones
fVuiTen County Bureau

WAYNESVILLE

Linda

Swartzel, director of the Mary L.

Cook Public Library, is excited
about the library's launch into
cyberspace Oct. 19.
Online library visitors will find
a children's and teens' section,
children's authors, popular and
classic authors, area churches,
retirement community informa

tion, a map of Waynesville and

Corwin, a layout of the library
and the library's newsletter that's
updated four times a year.
There's also information about

the community such as bed and

breakfasts, local motels, newspa
pers, TV and radio stations, mag1+

> Mary L. Cook Public

Library's new Web site is
www.mlcook/llb.oh.us
and can be used begin
ning Oct., 19

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facti-

the Web site for a couple of years

and this year included money for
it in the budget.
The library's funding comes

primarily from the state. Other

money is raised from the Friends
of the M.L. Cook Public Library's
semi-annual book and book bag

sales, said Jan McCann, techni

cal services supervisor for the
library. Expenses for the Web
site include a computer server,

licensing fees, software fees and

salary for the person hired to cre
ate and maintain the Web site,
Karen Campbell.

"Karen has done a super job of

information, not only about the

library but about Waynesville,
Corwin, Wayne and Massie town
ships. The menu on the home
page can take the user virtually
anywhere they want to go."
Each page has links that con
nect to other sites on the Internet

for Waynesville, such as the vil

lage government, chamber of
commerce, the fire department
and surrounding counties and
towns. The library Web site gives
users current information and

historical data of the area, pic

tures of historical buildings in

Waynesville, history of the first

free black school in Harveysburg,

plus Caesar Creek, Pioneer Vil

lage and the old Quaker Meeting
House.

"We've worked very hard

toward making it very informa
tive and accurate," Swartzel said.
"We just wanted people to see all
the wonderful things Warren
County and our library have to
offer."