Project Coordination

OPAL is a collaborative project involving over fifty organizations. Participating OPAL libraries develop and deliver live online programs, events, and meetings using web conferencing software from Talking Communities. We focus both on public programs and on professional development programs for librarians and information professionals.

Ten times each year (monthly, except August and December), we offer reasonably-priced one-day online conferences about hot topics related to libraries and information technology.

Libraries for the blind and physically handicapped in the five states of Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Oregon are collaborating to provide downloadable digital audio books for the blind. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a Division of the Library of Congress, also is using Unabridged for internal research and testing purposes.

ALA TechSource is a unit of the publishing department of the American Library Association. A group of librarians, including Tom Peters from TAP Information Services, collaborate on a blog and related events

Tom Peters of TAP Information Services is coordinating this team effort.