• Volunteers trained to repair talking book machines for the Library for the Blind.
• Various sculptures added to the Children's Garden.
• tctv2 moves into Woodmere.
• State Law passes requiring policies and procedures to prevent minors from accessing harmful materials on the Internet.
• Started a collection of "Hot Tunes" in Sight & Sound.
• Significantly increased contact with Library for the Blind's patron when Judy Baltz, herself blind, hired as an employee.
• Sight & Sound developed a new database for searching the collection of classical and world music CDs.
• Reviewed and revised the Library's strategic plan.
• Received a gift of genealogy books from the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.
• Purchased 22 new computers as a first step in recycling a third of the computers every three years.
• Participated in the "Looking Over My Shoulder" project with NMC and the Pioneer and Historical Society.
• Partially funded by the American Library Association and the Friends of TADL, "Live at the Library" premiered with a series of talks from local and national authors.
• Martha Vreeland retires.
• Kingsley formed a Friends of the Library.
• Instituted a revolving videocassette collection among branch and member libraries.
• Held the 4th annual "Poets' Night Out" with the largest participation ever.
• Friends of TADL awarded the Friends of the Library USA/Baker & Taylor Award for medium-sized libraries.
• Frank Senger, Trustee, died unexpectedly. An advocate of the Library as well as the First Amendment, he will be sorely missed.
• Elmwood Townships voters narrowly defeated a renewal of tax support for library services..
• Director Mike McGuire honored for 25 years of service at a reception which included a video presentation hosted by clairvoyant Victoria LaPharse.
• Designed to help parents understand the Internet, NetSavvy programs begin with funding from Ameritech and ?.
• Converted the Library for the Blind's collection and circulation system to one that ties into the Library of Michigan
• Carol Kuhn honored upon 30 years of service to the Library.
• At Woodmere alone, nearly 14,000 people attended children's programs.
• "Teen Advisory Board" established.
• "Quix", a program staffed by volunteers, begins to tutor area secondary school students in math and other subjects.
• "Mom's & Tot's" group formed in Kingsley as a way for new mothers and children to meet each other.
• "Infostations" are set up and programmed so that only certain pre-selected web sites can be visited.

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