AHML Online
There's a lot of internet goodness going on at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML) beyond the free Wi-Fi.
The online answer services of the AHML and other Illinois libraries are getting some attention in the press with the demise of Google Answers. Using your chat client or email, you can ask a librarian at the AHML for help in answering your question and best of all, it's free. AHML Virtual Services Librarian, Bill Pardue explains the question answering services of AskAwayIllinois and the AHML in the Hypertext blog at the Chicago Tribune. In fact there is a YouTube video with Mr. Pardue, that walks through the question answering services at the AHML.
This existence of this video brings up another cool thing the library is doing - they're video blogging. The 'Lib VLog' section has the latest happenings at the library and it's updated three times a week. Keeping in mind that I'm a bit biased in favor of blogging; the VLog is a great channel to get the word out about what's going on in a timely fashion (especially when I think about how many times the monthly library newsletter made it to the recycling bin before I read it).
Last but not least is NorthStarNet Arlington Heights, an online directory maintained by the Arlington Heights library, that has links to just about anything Arlington Heights related you could imagine. Plus it has links to upcoming events in town as well as links to the services at the library. Best of all there is a link to this humble site.
