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This series is sponsored by the Eugene Public Library, the Eugene Public Library Foundation, and Friends of the Library, with support from the Human Rights Video Project, created by National Video Resources in partnership with the American Library Association, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. For more information and a listing of February and March films, call 682-5450. PeaceHealth and Euqene Public Library Receive National Award Ribbon Consumer Health Information Recognition Award for Libraries for Oregon is being presented to PeaceHealth and the Eugene Public Library on January 13, 2005, 1 p.m. in the Singer Conference Room at the Downtown Library. The Eugene Public Library and PeaceHealth put their professional teams out in front in health information delivery by creating the Health Information Access program. The project includes the purchase of fully-equipped workstations and the joint construction of a consumer health Web page, www.peacehealth.orq/epl, by staff of both organizations. PeaceHealth's contribution includes, in addition to the equipment, access to the Healthwise Knowledgebase, an easy-to-use, full-text database for researching health topics. The Library has contributed an accessible location for public use of the workstations, and has also been able to expand its health resources to make consumer health information available to a wider spectrum of the population. "It's a win-win situation for both organizations," says State Librarian Jim Scheppke. For more information, contact Library Services Director Connie Bennett at 682-5363. Agencies Collaborate on Outreach for Neiqhborhood Associations In late September, Neighborhood Services staff asked EWEB, 4J, LTD and the University of Oregon to assist in increasing the visibility of the City's neighborhood association program. All of the agencies were very responsive and staff has put together an outreach campaign that begins this week. One of the ads is shown at right. every bus and include a display ad for neighborhood associations in its monthly newsletter. EWEB will include a display ad in its quarterly "Pipeline" newsletter or other EWEB communications, and donated display space in its lobby for three months. 4J will distribute flyers to be included on each school's community resource table. A similar flyer will be posted at the City's libraries and community centers. The University of Oregon will include neighborhood association information and a display ad in its revised "Moving Off Campus" brochure. Staff hopes to be able to move the EWEB display to the EMU when its time at EWEB is completed and use it at events such as the Eugene Celebration and the Volunteer Appreciation Day. For more information, please contact Beth Bridges, Neighborhood Services manager, in Planning and Development at 682-5272 or via e-mail (beth. b. brid~ene.or, us). Redesiqned Parks and Open Space Website Entices Many More Visitors in 2004 According to data collected by the City's Information Services Division about the City's website, the redesigned Parks and Open Space (POS) website, which was launched in January 2004, has attracted significantly more traffic than its predecessor: The redesigned site has lured more than twice the number of visitors, and the amount of time those visitors spend on the site has doubled. These statistics were derived from comparing data for the last six months of 2003 and the first six months of 2004. Total visits went from 28,000 to 60,000 per month, and average length of a visit jumped from about 4 minutes to about 8 minutes, resulting in total "visitor minutes" (the product of the two) quadrupling from EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 January 6, 2005