Can You Guess?

BOCA RATON, FL, January 14, 2003 - SIRS will be unveiling the ninth library print in SIRS Celebrates America's Public Libraries Collection at ALA's Midwinter Meeting January 24 - 27th, 2003, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

SIRS is giving a framed print of choice to the person who can guess the subject of this ninth print. Please send your answers to media@sirs.com or visit Booth #1027 at ALA.

Two years ago, SIRS initiated this series of fine prints to recognize and honor the essential role public libraries play in our culture. Today, many of these prints grace the walls of libraries across the country.

The artist for the collection is Joe Davis, whose work has been widely exhibited throughout the United States and Japan. His illustrations have appeared in THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK OBSERVER and many other national publications. Davis was also commissioned to provide paintings for the Steven Spielberg movie, BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED.

The prints in the series to date include:

• 1) The Library Company of Philadelphia, America's First Lending Library, Founded in 1731
• 2) The Peterborough Town Library in New Hampshire, The Oldest Free Library in the U.S., 1833
• 3) The Ottendorfer, New York City's First Free Public Library, 1884
• 4) The Bookmobile, Louisiana Bookmobile, circa 1950
• 5) Dr. Eugene Clark Library, Oldest Continually Operating Library in Texas, Est. in 1899
• 6) Ogden Carnegie Free Library, First Public Library Building in Utah, 1903
• 7) Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny in Pennsylvania, First Carnegie Public Library, 1889
• 8) The Brumback Library in Van Wert County, Ohio, The First County Library in the United States, 1901

Complimentary copies of the prints and notecards will also be available at the SIRS Booth. SIRS Publishing, Inc. is a leading provider of online, CD-ROM and print databases to more than 50,000 libraries worldwide. For more information on SIRS Celebrates America's Public Libraries Collection or any of SIRS products, visit our Web site at www.sirs.com or call 1-800-232-7477.