www.lapeer.org

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www.lapeer.org
Welcome
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Internet Here to Stay

• Skyrocketing popularity
• Over half of the country's 105 million households
  have computers
• Nearly two-thirds of all kids between the age of
  3-17 live in homes with computers

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Community Challenge

• Provide a space for local agency information
• Expand the knowledge base of the community
• Improve community communication

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Community Networking

• Bring local people together
• Learn about Internet technology
• Create services that meet community needs

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LCID

• LCID CAN HELP GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT

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LCID

• ON TRACK TO DELIVER COMMUNITY INFORMATION

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Lapeer County Technology Coalitions Mission

• Support coordination of technological
  developments within Lapeer County
• Provide community and county information via the
  World Wide Web
• Provide and maintain access to the World Wide Web
  for schools and libraries in Lapeer County.
• Establish public access sites to the Internet

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Who Joins the Technology Coalition?

• Representatives from Community-based
  organizations throughout the county
• Individuals with an interest in community
  information
• Annual dues 10
• Supporting Members
• 55 a day of costs
• 385 a week of costs
• 1,650 a month of costs
• Other (any amount helps)

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What Do TechCo Funds Support?

• Webmaster Time
• Computer hardware/software upgrades
• Training
• Promotion

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TechCo Participants

• Local Governments
• Libraries
• Non-profits
• Service Clubs and Youth Clubs
• Schools, Colleges and Universities
• Churches
• Business Organizations

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Lapeer County Information Depot

• Engineering access to local information
• Transporting public and non-profit sectors into
  the Digital Age
• Connecting people and communities in Lapeer County

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What is LCID?

• Lapeer Countys Community
• Network on the World Wide Web
• Lapeer County Information Depot is sponsored by
• Constituent school districts
• Lapeer, Almont, Dryden, Imlay and North Branch
• Lapeer County Library
• Lapeer County Government
• Other Lapeer Technology Coalition Members

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Where Is LCID?

• In the Library Admin Offices
• In the the Internet Training Center
• On a computer provided by
• Constituent School Districts originally -- with
  replacements from grants and Coalition funds
• Maintained by LCID Webmaster paid through
  Coalition funds received from project partners

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How Organizations Get On Board

• Plan and prepare information and graphics
• Have homepage ready for placing on the server
• Deliver to LCID server
• Or provide URL if on a different server
• Don't know how? We'll train you

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How Community Organizations Help

• Make a donation to support LCID expenses
• Prepare and add your information to Lapeer
  County Information Depot
• Contribute skills by helping with training
  workshops and/or developing Home Pages.
• Serve as a public access site.

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Whats In It For You?

• PLENTY!!!
• Server space, support, domain name
  recognition, easy URL, E-Mail, discussion groups,
  promotional materials, community calendar,
  training, interactive features .... and more

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Community Services

• Common Gateway to Local Information
• Organized Access to Local Information
• Training
• Homepages
• Visibility

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Community Communications

• Community Calendar
• Easy to Post
• Easy to Search
• Up to the Minute
• E-mail Notifications

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Community Involvement

• On the Wish List
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Easy to Post
• Easy to Search
• Easy to Sign Up
• Up to the Minute
• E-mail Notifications

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Community Access

• Internet Access
• Home and Office Computers
• Public Library
• Search Engine
• Easy to Use
• Returns Relevant Local Web Sites
• Up to the Minute Links
• Helps Uncover Information

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Community Conversations

• LCID E-mail Lists
• To Keep You in Touch
• Individualized E-mail Lists
• For Your Group Members
• Regular Meetings
• Come Face to Face

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Community Fun

• Using the Scavenger Hunt Template
• Create an online quiz
• Hold your own contests
• Produce your own tests

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www.lapeer.org

• Isnt it Time You Joined?

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www.lapeer.org
See You Soon
This presentation is made possible through a
Library Services and Technology Act grant from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services
administered by the Library of Michigan