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Awards and Recognition Received by the Internet Public Library
The IPL is very pleased to have been selected!
- U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant (June 2008)
- Project Title: "Modeling Interpersonal Discourse for Digital Information Service: Evaluation of the Question-Answering Service of the Internet Public Library"
- Homeschool.com's Top 100 Web Sites for 2007/2008 (Febuary 2008)
- 2007 Dr. Hotlist's Site of the Week. (September 2007)
- U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant (June 2007)
- Project Title: "A Virtual Learning Laboratory for Digital Reference: Transforming the Internet Public Library"
- 2006 American Library Association's (ALA) Association for Library Service for Children (ALSC) Great Web Sites for Kids. (February 2003)
- 2002 Computerworld Honors Program. (February 2003)
- Yahoo! Pick of the Day, 20 Mar 2002. (March 2002)
- Featured in The New York Public Library Literature Companion (Online Literatry Criticism, November 2001)
- Featured on LibrarySpot.com (April 2001)
- StudyWeb: Academic Excellence Award (Poison Prevention, March 2001)
- BigChalk Best Award (March 2001)
- StudyWeb: Academic Excellence Award (Say Hello, February 2001)
- Awesome Library Editor's Choice - Top 5% in K-12 Education (Youth Division, February 2001)
- Executive Library Best of the Net (January 2001 2001)
- Virtual Reference Desk Exemplary Digital Reference Services 2000 Award (October 2000)
- Galaxy's 30 Days on the Internet Top 10 Site (October 2000)
- 300 Incredible Things For Women on the Internet Featured Award (October 2000)
- SchoolZone Highly Rated 5 Star Rating
- Music History 102, July 2000
- Ask a Question, July 2000
- Wanna Learn Selected Instructional Site (A+ Writing Guide, June 2000)
- GovSpot Spotlight Award (POTUS, February 2000)
- ALA RUSA MARS Best 25 Reference Sites 1999 (February 1999)
- LibrarySpot.com's Top 100 Educational Web Sites of 1999: Writing (1999)
- Writing a Paper
- USA Today Hot Site (POTUS, Febrary 13, 1998)
- Education Index Top Site (A+ Research & Writing Guide)
- Education Index Top Site
- Learning in Motion Top Ten Educational Site (Youth Division, December 1997)
- World Village Family Site of the Day (Youth Division, November 30, 1997)
- 1998 Ducky Award Winner
- Parenting Q&A Seal of Approval (November 1997)
- SelectSurf Outstanding Site
- Online Educator Super Site
- Top Ten Sites (November 17, 1997)
- Suite 101 Top 5 Web Site
- Snap! Online Best of the Web (Shakespeare Bookshelf)
- Snap! Online Best of the Web
- Teeter Totter Recommended Site
- Blue Web'n Applications: History Reference/Tool (4 stars) (POTUS)
- Discovery Channel School Science Mysteries Theme Site (Egyptian Forgeries Exhibition)
- Mindspring Back-To-School Site
- Gold Bookmark Award (August 6, 1997)
- CyberTeddy Online Awesome Universal WebSite 500
- L.A. Times Pick (POTUS, June 17, 1997)
- Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages Don't-Miss Hotlist (Reference, Youth)
- Cool Bananas Site of the Day (June 25, 1997)
- Scout Report Selection (Native American Authors, June 9, 1997)
- Net Find of the Week (Stately Knowledge, June 2, 1997)
- NBNews Editor's Choice Awards (Native American Authors, May 1997)
- Books AtoZ Site of the Week (April 30, 1997)
- The Tech Ten (Teen Division, April 1997)
- Political Site of the Day (POTUS, April 8, 1997)
- Crib Sheet Selection (March 1997)
- CityScape One-Stop Web Site
- Luckman Interactive Four-Star Site
- LookSmart Editor's Choice
- NetGuide Gold Site (Reference Center)
- HomePC Top 500 Web Sites (Music History 101 Exhibit)
- Scout Report Selection (Dinosaur Exhibition)
- Scout Report Selection (Reading Room Online Texts)
- BigBook ShortList
- Fledge Approved (Youth Division)
- Surfing the Net With Kids: Four Stars (Story Hour)
- National Information Infrastructure Awards 1996 Semi-finalist, Public Access Category
- Librarians' Site du Jour (POTUS, October 24, 1996)
- WebCrawler Select Site
- Walking the World Wide Web Premiere Site
- An Internet Moment (AON, October 22, 1996)
- Education Station Exceptional Content Award (POTUS)
- WebPilot WINGS Original Link Recognition
- PRN Radio Award of Excellence (October 14, 1996)
- Suite 101 top 30 educational resources
- USA Today Hot Site for Thursday, April 18.
- Maczynski's Info Service Super Site
- Cool Library of the Week (Week of April 8, 1996).
- Internet Business 500 Premiere Site (Business Ready Reference Collection)
- Learning in Motion Top Ten Educational Site
- Kaplan Student Choice Award
- Reviewed by Magellan: 4 Stars (Youth Division)
- Point Communications top 5% of all Web Sites
- MacUser 101 Must-see Sites
- PC Magazine Top 100 Web Sites, January 1996
What is the IPL?
The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web.
Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!
Here are some of the partners in the IPL Consortium. A complete list is found on the IPL Consortium page.
The Internet Public Library is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology,
with major support from the College of Information at Florida State University.
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