OPAL News

• May 28, 2010: The Virginia Dept. for the Blind and Vision Impaired Library and Resource Center became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• February 1, 2010: The New York Library Association became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• July 21, 2009: SCASL, the South Carolina Association of School Librarians, became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• March 24, 2009: INCOLSA, the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority, became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• February 18, 2009: The Tulsa City-County Library became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• February 10, 2009: The New Mexico State Library became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• January 6, 2009: The Rochester Regional Library Council in New York became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• December 30, 2008: The Lexington Public Library in Kentucky became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• October 9, 2008: The District of Columbia Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• August 18, 2008: The Western New York Library Resources Council became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• August 5, 2008: The Montana State Library became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• July 1, 2008: The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• June 30, 2008: The Northern Waters Library Service in Wisconsin became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• June 24, 2008: The South Central Regional Library Council in New York State became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• March 20, 2008: The Northeast Florida Library Information Network became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• February 7, 2008: The Southwest Wisconsin Library System became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• January 29, 2008: The American Library Association became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• January 23, 2008: The New York Public Library became an OPAL organizational member.
  
  

• September 10, 2007: Unity College in Maine and the Milwaukee County Federated Libary System become OPAL organizational members.
  
  

• August 1, 2007: OPAL becomes a service of TAP Information Services.
  
  

• July 22, 2007: The State Library of Ohio joined OPAL.
  
  

• June 21, 2007: The Wisconsin Valley Library Service joined OPAL.
  
  

• April 15, 2007: OPAL migrated to version 5 of the tcConference web-conferencing system from Talking Communities.
  
  

• The Utah State Library joined on January 29, 2007.
  
  

• The James V. Brown Library in Williamsport, PA will join on January 1, 2007.
  
  

• The GPO Federal Depository Library Program joined on December 20, 2006.
  
  

• The Henry Flagler Museum in Florida joined on November 6, 2006.
  
  

• The Wyoming State Library joined on November 1, 2006.
  
  

• The Washington State Library joined on September 19, 2006.
  
  

• The Southwest Kansas Library System joined on August 21, 2006.
  
  

• University of South Carolina Upstate joined on August 9, 2006.
  
  

• Outagamie Waupaca Library System joined on August 4, 2006.
  
  

• Virginia Beach Public Library joined on July 19, 2006.
  
  

• Maryland Libraries joined on July 6, 2006. The coordinating organization is the Division of Library Development and Services of the Maryland State Department of Education.
  
  

• The Adventure of the American Mind Program at Illinois State University joined on June 23, 2006.
  
  

• South Central Library System in Wisconsin joined on June 21, 2006.
  
  

• Texas Forums joined on May 16, 2006.
  
  

• The Cerritos (California) Library joined on May 16, 2006.
  
  

• The Louisville Free Public Library joined on May 1, 2006.
  
  

• The Central Kansas Library System joined on April 17, 2006.
  
  

• The Harris County Public Library in Texas joined on March 10, 2006.
  
  

• The State Library of Kansas joined on March 1, 2006.
  
  

• The Georgetown County Library System in South Carolina joined on February 13, 2006.
  
  

• The Nebraska Library Commission joined on February 10, 2006.
  
  

• The Greenville County Library System in South Carolina joined on February 7, 2006.
  
  

• The Orange County Library System in Florida joined on January 30, 2006.
  
  

• The Southern Illinois Learning Resources Cooperative (SILRC) joined on January 30, 2006.
  
  

• The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County joined on January 18, 2006.
  
  

• The Northeast Kansas Library System joined on January 6, 2006.
  
  

• The Harrisburg (Illinois) Public Library District joined on December 9, 2005.
  
  

• The St. Charles (Illinois) Public Library joined on November 11, 2005.
  
  

• The State Library of Queensland, Australia joined on November 2, 2005.
  
  

• LibraryU joined on October 21, 2005.
  
  

• The South Carolina State Library joined on October 21, 2005.
  
  

• The Geneva, Illinois Public Library joined on October 18, 2005.
  
  

• The Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) joined on October 3, 2005.
  
  

• The Kansas State Library Talking Book Service joined on September 29, 2005.
  
  

• The DuPage Library System joined on September 12, 2005.
  
  

• The Biblioteksentralen (Norwegian Library Bureau) joined on August 31, 2005.
  
  

• The Alaska State Library joined on August 30, 2005.
  
  

• The Washington State Talking Book and Braille Library joined on August 29, 2005.
  
  

• The Institute for Continuous Learning at Emporia State University joined on August 22, 2005.
  
  

• The Champaign Public Library in Illinois joined on August 10, 2005.
  
  

• The Skokie Public Library in Illinois joined on July 7, 2005.
  
  

• OPAL Podcast Launched (March 15, 2005):
  OPAL begins podcasting digital audio recordings of previous programs.
  
  

• PRESS RELEASE (March 2, 2005):
  OPAL Selected for WebJunction Award and ALA Training Showcase