[WEB4LIB] community calendars

[Jenny Levine]

	The NorthStarNet community network is run by libraries in 
Chicago's suburbs.  It has an extensive calendar that was built by Andy 
Bullen.  It's pretty slick because it creates fill-in-the-blank templates 
that anybody can use, so no HTML knowledge is necessary.  You can see the 
output at http://www.northstarnet.org/calendar.html, although the way Andy 
built it allows multiple display levels.  For example, a library can display 
only its events or a community can display everything going on within it 
and *everything* then appears in the master calendar.
	The intention was always to "beautify" it a little bit, but the basic 
code works very well.  You can contact NSN at nsnc at nsn.org for more 
information, although Andy is now at abullen at findit.sos.state.il.us.

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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Larry Nickel wrote:

> Can anyone refer me to library web sites that do a good job of providing event calendars that cover an entire community?  I am particularly interested in how libraries are efficiently updating these calendars.
> 
> Larry A. Nickel
> L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
> Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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