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As we reach the mid-point of the RML contract's second year, we are happy to announce that several awards and contracts have been received by New England Region network member libraries so far. There are still several opportunities available. Please see the NER website (http://nnlm.gov/ner) for more information.

ARIEL Awards - Libraries may receive up to $1,000 to purchase Ariel software or equipment that will help in electronic document delivery. Five awards will be granted during the fiscal year. The following institutions have received awards :

Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA will purchase a new scanner for their Ariel workstation. Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH will purchase Ariel software. Qualidigm, Middletown, CT will purchase Ariel software. Roger Williams Hospital, Providence, RI will purchase Ariel software.

Course Development Award - Two $4,000 awards are available during this fiscal year. The first is being awarded to Hongjie Wang, M.L.S., Head of the Information and Education Services Department at the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. He will investigate and develop an online course which will teach students how to use health information data sets that are free and available on the Internet.

Internet Connectivity Awards - Beverly Hospital, Beverly, MA : Ann Tomes has purchased a digital document sender to enhance her interlibrary loan services. Be sure to see her article in this issue of the newsletter.

Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT : Nancy Goodwin has purchased two computers for the newly developed patient care library at Middlesex.

Penobscot Bay Hospital, Rockland, ME : Patty Kahn will purchase a new scanner for her Ariel workstation.

Five SEMCO libraries submitted a proposal to purchase digital document senders for each of their libraries. They will test the service among themselves and any other libraries who are considering using the same equipment. Recipients of awards are : Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA (Mary Ann Finnegan) Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA (Jeanie Vanderpyl) Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA (Nancy Sezak) Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood, MA (Denise Corless) South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, MA (Kathy McCarthy)

National EFTS Subcontract (awarded by NLM) - Ralph Arcari, Library Director of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT has been awarded a three year contract from NLM to promote EFTS and to make it a national system. Currently, three of the NN/LM regions participate in EFTS as regions (New England, New York and the South Central Regions).

We are very excited about these awards and each institutions' participation in the award process. Congratulations to everyone!

Debbie Sibley, Associate Director