LibrarySpot.com Announces Library and
Reference "Site of the Year" Awards
Baltimore County Public Library Web Site and
yourDictionary.com Receive Top Honors

EVANSTON, Ill. (February 15, 2001) - LibrarySpot.com (http://www.libraryspot.com), the award-winning library and reference information site, today announced that the Baltimore County Public Library, in Towson, Md., has been selected "Library Site of the Year" and yourDictionary.com, of Danville, Calif., has been selected "Reference Site of the Year" for 2000.

"The amount and quality of excellent library and reference sites continues to proliferate, which makes our task of choosing the best sites of the year a great challenge," said Lauren Zollinger, LibrarySpot.com managing editor. "Baltimore County Public Library won us over with comprehensive content, and yourDictionary.com inspired us with its fresh approach to the world of words and dictionaries."

LibrarySpot.com judges were impressed with Baltimore County Public Library's (http://www.bcplonline.org/) attractive yet simple design, strong local content and breadth of coverage. Judges particularly enjoyed the site's InfoCenters and Kid's Page as well as its extensive resources for monthly celebrations and events.

Judges found yourDictionary.com's (http://www.yourdictionary.com/) content exhaustive and intriguing, providing access to more than 1800 dictionaries in more than 250 languages. Judges also noted a delightful user interface leading to practical tools and thought-provoking discoveries about words and the societies they help describe.

The 2000 Library and Reference Sites of the Year finalists were selected from Library and Reference Site of the Month winners and judged on quality and richness of information, credibility, and overall organization and accessibility. Judges also carefully considered the regularity of updates and contributions to students, teachers, librarians and anyone conducting research online.

2000 "Library Site of the Month" winners
January - Morton Grove Public Library Webrary - Finalist
February - San Juan Island Library
March - Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
April - Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
May - Wilton Library - Finalist
June - Redwood City Public Library
July - Baltimore County Public Library - 2000 Site of the Year Selection
August - Brooklyn Public Library
September - Scottsdale Public Library
October - Henderson District Public Library
November - Allen County Public Library
December - Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library

2000 "Reference Site of the Month" winners
January - World Lecture Hall
February - 50States.com
March - TaxSites.com
April - EduHound.com - Finalist
May - ResearchBuzz.com
June - Search.com Reference Channel
July - Search Systems
August - Merck Manual - Finalist
September - yourDictionary.com - 2000 Site of the Year Selection
October - braryDog.net
November - ELITE Project
December - Career Bookmarks

Visit LibrarySpot.com for direct links to all of the monthly 2000 winners.

About LibrarySpot.com

LibrarySpot.com, published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc., is an award-winning 24-hour virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information. LibrarySpot.com simplifies the search for top-notch reference tools, periodicals and online texts, library information and much more at http://www.libraryspot.com.

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