Story of PAL

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="396fd5a3.jpg"> <div>     </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>                                                          </B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=35 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="358d2063.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="35903043.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="653" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2219 WIDTH="292"><div> <B>PAL - Created by a Professional Librarian for Ease of Use by Non-Librarians</B></div> <bR> <div> PAL's creator, Larry Neuton, has a wide range of experience providing library services. </div> <bR> <div> I received a M.S. in L.S. (Master of Science in Library Science) degree from<A HREF="http://www.usc.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usc.edu"> University of Southern California.</A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0efdeaa0.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I recently retired from my position as reference librarian and Internet coordinator . . .</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="12b97720.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> at the Exposition Park Regional Branch of the <A HREF="http://www.lapl.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lapl.org">Los Angeles Public Library System</A>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="459faba0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Among other responsibilities, I was reference librarian, the InFoPeople coordinator for the Central Region of our system, I organized a<A HREF="http://chess.expogang.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://chess.expogang.com"> </A><A HREF="http://chess.expoparkla.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://chess.expoparkla.com">chess club</A>,  and I taught <A HREF="http://www.laplclasses.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.laplclasses.com">Internet classes</A> at the branch.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="45d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <IMG SRC="45be1a90.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I've also worked at library branches as small as a bookmoble . . .</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="103eb9b0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="108fe830.jpg" border=0 width="254" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> and as large as the Central Library (downtown Los Angeles, California) . . .</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="186e6990.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="10ac82c0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="300"><div> <B>Story of PAL</B></div> <bR> <div> I began working on PAL in 1994, when my childrens' private school needed help organizing their school library.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0f3ce6a0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="106" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Refinement over a period of years resulted in<A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About PAL, v. 3.4 Library Automation Sys"> PAL ("Perfectly Automated Library") Library Automation System.</A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="119ce9a0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0fb7d990.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> This school's library has now grown to more than 10,000 volumes. </div> <div> Many other school libraries are now using PAL as well.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0fde89b0.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I began this web site in 1998 to offer PAL to school libraries  near and far.  Today  PAL customers include libraries in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Mariana Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Canada, Mexico, and here in California (we also have installations overseas in United Kingdom, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria and India).</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="597"><div>                                                   </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <script language=javascript> var rndURL = (1000*Math.random()); document.write("<scr"+"ipt language=javascr"+"ipt src='http://neuton.net/cgi-scr"+"ipt/csCounter/csCounter.cgi?id=7&js=1'></scr"+"ipt>"); </script>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>