[CLClist] The Thrill of Victory -- 2008 InfoAnytime May Madness Champions!

[Deb Zulick]

Congratulations to the 2nd Annual May Madness - InfoAnytime Challenge
Champions, Henry Carter Hull Library in Clinton & Wethersfield Library!!

 

The 2nd annual May Madness competition saw even more drama, excitement and
surprises than last year!  (Who knew winning a Nintendo Wii could bring out
such fierce inter-library competition?!?)  Congratulations to our winners,
and to all the fantastic libraries who made this year's challenge so
exciting and successful!

 

The staff at Henry Carter Hull Library in Clinton are thrilled to be named
the "2008 InfoAnytime Challenge Champions."

Twelfth seeded HCH were underdogs early in the game, pitted up against some
of the busiest IAT libraries.  But that didn't deter them.   Maribeth Breen,
HCH Director said, "I knew I was competitive, but I had no idea how
competitive the rest of the staff was!"  Even more then their tenacity, it
was HCH's spirit of teamwork that brought home the title.    Staff, patrons,
and library board members worked together to promote this service, resulting
in 209 complete InfoAnytime reference transactions from May 5 - May 16.
This team placed InfoAnytime signs up around the library, promoted May
Madness on their homepage, involved area schools and provided tutorials on
this service.

 

HCH's intense competitive streak really came out in the finals when they saw
they were up against the formidable competition at Groton Public Library.
Groton, also a 12th seed library, pushed until the bitter end.  Betty Ann
Reiter, Adult Services Supervisor at Groton PL said, "There will be some
long faces around here, but.Just wait until next year!"

 

Like HCH, Groton credits strong interdepartmental teamwork and a big public
awareness campaign for their great strides.  Upon entering the library,
everywhere you'd look you would see InfoAnytime signs.  GPL also has the
InfoAnytime launch button front and center on their home page, to make it
quick and easy for patrons to access.  If patrons didn't know about this
24/7 reference service before..they do now.    

 

Congratulations also go to Wethersfield Library winners in the "Best
Transcript" category.  A patron needed help with a trivia question late one
night.  Through Wethersfield InfoAnytime service, the patron received a high
quality, accurate response...and the patron and librarian had fun
researching the question together.

 

Library staff all over the state pulled out all the stops while competing
for this title.  The competition was stiff and CLC and the InfoAnytime
Steering Committee are thrilled to congratulate the staff and patrons at all
InfoAnytime libraries!   

Most importantly, we hope everyone had fun learning about and marketing
InfoAnytime..as well as rooting for their favorite team!   Until next
year.."Got questions?  Try InfoAnytime."

 

 

 

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Deborah Zulick, Project Coordinator

 <mailto:dzulick at ctlibrarians.org> dzulick at ctlibrarians.org

 

Connecticut Library Consortium

234 Court Street, Middletown CT 06457

860-344-8777

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Got Questions?

Try InfoAnytime -- www.infoanytime.org

Connecticut's 24/7 Virtual Reference Service

 

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