For Immediate Release:

Alban Launches Taproot-built Resource Guide
Custom search engine provides easy access to comprehensive resources

Bethesda, MD -- January 2, 2001 -- The Alban Institute, a leading provider of support resources to congregations and religious organizations, today launched the Congregational Resource Guide on the world-wide web.

Alban's Indianapolis Center for Congregations was tasked to build one of the most robust congregational resource websites available anywhere. Taproot Technologies was asked to participate in this process primarily because of work already in process with Alban. The entire project was expected to take up to three years to accomplish. Work on the project began in mid-1999, with the first presentation of conceptual drawings. By the end of 1999, the first demonstration of the website was completed for the customer. Data collection tools, customized IP-based update screens for users, and building relationships with co-linking partners were completed as part of the next phase of work.

The site includes a highly optimized custom search engine, which allows customers to find all the resources they are looking for, even if they type in synonyms or mis-spellings.

The full version of the site is now live, and represents a major milestone in congregational resource availability anywhere. This launch has taken place a year and a half ahead of projections.

About Taproot
Founded in 1997 by Brian Groover, Taproot Technologies, Inc. has become a primary provider of integrated, polished, database-driven web solutions for organizations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

We are committed to participation in the entire process of creating a web-based solution, from the technical aspects of database design and construction, to the crisp output of professional web design. We not only carry these widely separated talents in our staff, we maintain the technical and organizational process management skills to integrate them closely in a delivered solution that brings both polish and power to your desktop.

Our customers include associations, large technology companies, non-profit organizations, and engineering organizations. We have begun the development of additional work in the medical and pharmaceutical industry as well. Additional information is available at www.TaprootTech.com.

About The Alban Institute
The Alban Institute is an ecumenical, interfaith organization founded in 1974, which supports congregations through consulting services, research, book publishing, and educational seminars

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