‘ ALEX Brueacher was flying high on July 5 at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver.
This bungie-swing device attracted the attention of thrill-seekers of all ages.

options for

A selection of op ities
is available through North
Shore Community Services
NSCS): ;

A9-1-1 relay volunteer is
needed to help crganize and
Fun the 9-1-1 relay race. May
work prior to or during the
event.

Volunteers are needed to
provide information on nature
and park history to visitors, to
help with: Sunday afternoon
guided: nature walks,. library
organization and maintenance

volunteers

of a nature house.

A volunteer driver is need-
ed for a program for Braille
mentors, on a weekly basis.
Volunteer will drive clients
from North Vancouver to
CNIB in Vancouver.

Site set-up and mainten-
ance volunteers are needed to
assist in setting up the site and
equipment at evening concerts
and visual arts events. Also to
help with clean up and tear
down, distribution of . prize
draw tickets and informing fes-

tival staff of any maintenance
needs,

Administration /promo-
tion/distribution volunteers
are needed to assist with office
duties at the festival headquar-
ters and to help with coraputer
work, photocopying, distribu-
tion of promotional material,
putting up signs, and answer-
ing and directing inquiries.

If you are interested in vol-
unteering call 985-7138.
NSCS is a member agency of
the United Way.

Tarysi Herriot
Contributing Writer

WEST Vancouver’s
library will soon be Y2K
compliant.

West) Vancouver council
unanimously approved
$622,000 in funding, and
awarded 4 contract to
{nnovative Interfaces Inc.,
Monday night, for a project
that will ~upyrade — West
Vancouver Memorial Library’s
current computer system.

“All 1 can say is that { think
we've had the most diligent,
conscientious and — careful
appraisal of the best. system
available.” Coun. Liz Byrd
said.

“The review group and var-
jous committees have spent
over 1,000 hours on this sub-
ject, so FE don’t see haw any-
body could possibly do a more
conscientious job.”

For the past 18 months the
library and council have been
working together to replace the
current 17-vear-old_ integrated
library system, which contains
all of the library’s operational
records such as the card. cata-
log, patron records, and circu-
lation records, because it has
not been guaranteed to be able
to adequately process informa-
tion in the year 2000.

The issue of upgrading the
system evolved during the
planning for the 1998 budget,
at which time the library only
expected to replace the main
computer and the integrated
library system software.

Ir was then discovered that
JES, the company that provid-

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ibyary project

COUN. Liz Byrd: 1,600
hours spent on review

ed the current system, intended
to go out of business in 2000,
so along with consultant Pat
McClintock of RMG, Inc., the
search for an new system
began.

“jt is important to note that
che staff team took time survey-
ing different systems to find
out evacdy which one would fit
the library’s needs and more
importantly the — public’s
needs,” Jack McConville,
chairman of the library board,
explained.

“The selection process was
painstaking, and remained very
professional.”

Slated to be in full use by

anproved

mid-December, the project
review group chose Innovative
Interfaces Ine.’s systeny because
it is easier for the public and the
staff to use and) administer,
More assistance im the opera-
on of the system is provided
by the company, and standard
maintenance by Innovative
Interfaces Inc. is available seven
days a week, 24 hours a da

“We're all very excited
about the potential tor thiy pro-
ject to provide even berter
library service in what is already
one of the best, if not the best
library in British Columbia,
and certainly one of the
busiest,” Ann Goodhart, chief
librarian, said.

Goodhart also believes that
services provided by the new
system such as public access to
the library catalog over the
Internet, and being able to
renew books over the phone
and the Internet will bring even
more people inte: Nb:
Coun. Russ Frase~
end the system will be benefi-
cial for everyone.

“What impresses me most is
that we really don’t need to
build a huge library for the
people of West Vancouver to
have access to volumes and voi-
umes of information. It appears
to be a great opportunity,” he
said.

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