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Explores the issue surrounding print materials. Debate over print and electronic resources; Notions about print materials; Issue of copyright protection associated with print collections; Comparison between the benefits from print and electronic materials.

The article reports the announcement of a partnership between ProQuest, a digital information provider for libraries, and JISC Collections, a supplier of online content. The joint venture has been started to provide access to parliamentary papers from the collection of the British House of Commons. Also reported is an increase in the literary content provided by another ProQuest service.

Reports that EBSCO Publishing is marketing SocINDEX and SocINDEX with Full Text. Statement that the index features more than 1.3 million records with subject headings from a sociology-specific thesaurus; Report that the full text edition includes full text for 241 core journals, 72 priority journals, 545 books and monographs, and 6,711 conference papers.

Reports on a ruling by the United States Supreme Court that allows the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to destroy electronic records once paper copies are created. Challenge against the destruction of electronic records by the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Historical Association (AHA); Claim that some records were destroyed without the creation of a printed copy.

The article discusses online databases which focus on historical research resource. The author describes the redesign of ABC-CLIO and increased full-text linking in its Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life databases. The expansion of ProQuest's Historical Newspapers collection, as well as other projects from the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, are also discussed.

Reports that H. W. Wilson will replace the AMICO Library of images with the Art Museum Image Gallery database. Report that the images are rights cleared so that students can download them for papers and so that teachers can use the images for lectures; Statement that each image provides a description, with some featuring related multimedia.

The article offers information on the 2016 Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) conference, held at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, during April 3-6, 2016. The event featured several presentations and workshops on topics including emerging technologies, collection development at libraries, e-resource management, and organizational strategies. Dawna Ballard, associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, talked about how time management can increase productivity.

The article rates intergovernmental information resources. Most researchers, and possibly many librarians, turn to government documents only when they need certain information: census data, Supreme Court rulings, or a passport application. Likewise, international intergovernmental documents (IGOs) typically drift into the research picture only when someone has a very specific document or agency in mind. The array of resources evaluated here makes it clear, however, that IGOs are researching, compiling data, and publishing reports, articles, studies, and statistics on, quite literally, everything in the world. It's equally clear that this material has the potential to make vitally important contributions to research projects that have little or nothing to do with governments, international politics, or the workings of international bodies. The ratings include include Global Development Finance (GDF) Online, LexisNexis Statistical: Index to International Statistics, SourceOECD, United Nations Common Database, UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade), World Bank e-Library and World Development Indicators (WDI) Online.

The article looks at the development of The Vietnam Project, which provides digital information resources. Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, is ramping up The Vietnam Project (www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamcenter) with several massive digitization initiatives that will make major resources far more accessible. Launched in 1989, the project consists of two units, The Vietnam Center and The Virtual Vietnam Archive, along with smaller subdivisions: The Oral History Project, The Vietnam Archive, and The Teachers' Resource Web. The project was the brainchild of TTU history professor and navy veteran Jim Reckner, now its director, and a group of local Vietnam veterans, who approached the Board of Regents, which embraced the project. After existing on paper for more than a decade, the project began incorporating a virtual archive in 2001 using a collection management system called STAR/ Museums from Cuadra Associates (www.cuadra.com). The project continually receives materials from veterans -- roughly 1500 total, including 465 in the last year alone.

Although the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online was not the Brooklyn Public Library's (BPL) first digital project, it has become a catalyst for change and future library initiatives. Like many local history collections nationwide, BPL's Brooklyn Collection was eager to digitize materials for improved access, especially the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. In 2001, the library received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant to digitize the microfilm of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, founded in 1841, was Brooklyn's newspaper of record. After the Eagle ceased publication in 1955, BPL received the paper's morgue and related files. Today, they are the centerpiece of the Brooklyn Collection, which also houses books, photographs from the Eagle and from other photographers, newspaper clipping files, and manuscripts, prints, and illustrations. June Gaddy, Brooklyn Collection's CLASP (Connecting Libraries and Schools Program) librarian, regularly delves into African American and neighborhood history as represented in the Eagle Online as she works with teachers and students on local history projects. Not only has the Eagle Online opened up research, but it has also generated discussions within the institution about the role of the public library in the digital world. INSET: Nuts & Bolts.

The article presents information on databases that may help libraries to meet the increase in need for data, streaming videos and information from reliable sources. These databases include ProQuest's customizable database Black Studies Center, Oxford African American Studies Center produced by Oxford University Press, and AP Newsroom from publishing company EBSCO. Topics discussed include the key features of these databases and their coverage.

The article reviews the electronic resource, International Herald Tribune Archive 1887-2013, from Gale Cengage Learning.

Evaluates news Web sites. Evaluation of the AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive, Alt-PressWatch and others; Features of the sites, including searchability, content and target audience of the sites; Cost of subscription to the services; Comparison of the services. INSET: Other sources.

The article provides information on the status of the children's book publishing industry in the United States in the 21st century. Several trends in children's book publishing are presented. The author discusses details on the use of digital technology in book publishing and views on competing companies behind the publishing market.

Asks for information from readers and comments on electronic library issues. Reference to the University of Virginia Press's Dolley Madison Digital Edition and the digitized collection of George Washington's papers; Quotation of Linda May, vice president for marketing at the Greenwood Publishing Group; Review of two full-text collections by Sage Publications, including Management & Organization Studies and Urban Studies & Planning.

Discusses the use of NewspaperDirect by the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Printed versions of newspapers that would arrive a day late at the VPL because of time differences; Electronic newspapers that are available the same day as publication; Service that prints newspapers on a smaller scale; Electronic service that cannot be searched; Newspapers that are cheaper through NewspaperDirect.

Discusses a report that academic librarians in Great Britain lack the tools to evaluate their digital library services. Project called eVALUEd that is helping to evaluate the academic digital libraries in Great Britain; Vendor usage statistics that are the best method of evaluating electronic information services; Problems with evaluation methods; U.S. report that agrees with the preliminary British study on digital librarians.

This article focuses on Online Inc., Learned Information Inc. and Meckler Corp. which concentrate its efforts on serial publications about database searching and actively promote the interests of professional searchers. Online Inc. was founded by Jeff and Jenny Pemberton in the mid-1970s and is still a family-run business. Online includes a variety of high quality articles on all aspects of database searching mostly written by practitioners and of consistently high quality. News, pages regular columns, editorials and book reviews round out each issue. Learned Information Inc. is a publicly held corporation that was established in 1979 as the U.S. sister of Learned Information Ltd. in Oxford, England. The company publishes some of its own things plus distributes the publications originating in England. Learned Information sponsors an annual conference for database searchers. The National Online Meeting began in 1980 and has been held ever since in New York in April and May. Meckler Publishing was organized in 1971 by Alan Meckler. This publishing firm didn't began publishing things of interest to database searchers until the 1980's and only entered the topic of online databases in the last few years.

Highlights the Electronic Information Delivery Online System (EIDOS) project designed to widen computer users' access to library information. Features of EIDOS; Technology used for EIDOS; Benefits provided by the project to libraries and users.

The article presents a review of the electronic-journal database Website Almanhal.com.

The article discusses electronic resource management systems (ERMS) for libraries. The discussion topics include system interoperability, acquisitions functionality, administrative information storage, and workflow, statistics, and license management. Brief information is given about four open-source ERMS options and several proprietary ERMS options that are agent-centered, integrated library systems-centered, or knowledgebase-centered.

The article lists several reference print and online products, including the "ABC-CLIO eBook Collection," "Cambridge Books Online," and "The American Heritage College Dictionary".

The article presents an evaluation of several subscription-based electronic resources, including EBSCO's Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC), Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection by SAGE, and Criminal Justice Periodicals Index (CJPI) by ProQuest.

The article evaluates electronic information resources on the subject of business, including ABI/Inform Complete by Proquest CSA, Business Source Premier by EBSCO, and EconLit/Econ Lit with Full Text by EBSCO. INSETS: AT A GLANCE;OTHER SOURCES.

Profiles Maria Anna Jankowska, research librarian with the rank of professor at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. How she has educated students about electronic information resources; Need to improve libraries and the information economy in Eastern Europe; Her views on protecting the environment.

The article focuses on the difficulties that publishers have faced due to free source electronic research databases. Traditional journals have increased their prices in order to make up losses to free online content and shelter their intellectual property rights. Several charts are presented which detail the increase in academic journals of various subjects, as well as online research databases such as EBSCO publishing.

Reviews several government publications, available in print or online, on various topics. Consideration of U.S. federal, state, and international publications; Description of "Against All Odds: U.S. Sailors in the War of 1812," published by the Naval Historical Center, "Business Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies," released by the Department of Commerce, "Documenting Pennsylvania's Past: The First Century of the Pennsylvania State Archives," published by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, "The State of the World's Children 2005: Childhood Under Threat," published by UNICEF, and others.

Profiles information services companies and their database offerings as of May 2005. Consideration of each company's target customers, leading subject area, content format, pricing, and other factors; Services offered by CSA, EBSCO Publishing, Elsevier, Facts On File, Infotrieve, Mergent, Naxos Music Library, ProQuest, Scholastic Library Publishing, and others.

Reviews several resources related to African American history and culture. Description of the African American Biographical Database, NiPAD, the International Index to Black Periodicals and others; Type of information that is available in each database; Prices; Aspects of searching for information; Those who will need each database.

Offers answers to questions commonly asked by librarians about the recovery of data once available in print, and now lost on the Internet. The accessibility of information published on the Web; Questions about the speed of electronic publishing versus printed information; What librarians should know about information resources.

Provides information on CLEVNET, an electronic library formed by a consortium of libraries led by the Cleveland Public Library in northern Ohio. Basic philosophy of CLEVNET; Services offered by the library; Background on the establishment of CLEVNET. INSETS: KnowEverythingNow;Leveraging Resources.

This article states that the Internet has transformed libraries. However, its impact has been even greater on integrated library systems (ILS), the technological backbone of many library operations and services. With these and other questions in mind, we invited a group of key players to a round table discussion during the Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference in Charlotte, NC, in April. On the technology side, open source software, specifically Linux, is being adopted by major U.S. companies, providing them with both lower costs and increased flexibility--things librarians want from their ILS. The key focus is integration with such functions as courseware and the visibility of the system.

Discusses the increasing use of aggregated databases in libraries. Panel discussion of aggregated databases was arranged by Library Journal and moderated by Ann Okerson of Yale University; Views of round table participants, including those of Vince Price, Audrey Melkin, Stephen Bell, Diane Smith, Peter McCracken, John Barnes, and Sam Brooks; The case of Tasini v. New York Times, article removal issues and court decision effects on general magazines versus scholarly journals. Topics such as full-text issues and consortial buying are explored as well as caveats of journal cancellation; value of full text databases; embargoes; and future of electronic resources in libraries.

Evaluates the Gale Virtual Reference Library created by Thomson Gale.

Presents news related to libraries as of November 15, 1991. Discussion of a forthcoming white paper on information access policies by the Association of Research Libraries; Details of the Kreimer v. Morristown court case regarding a homeless man's complaints about the patron rules of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, New Jersey; Reinstatement of prison library workers in Maryland; How the opening of access to a collection of master photographic negatives of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Huntington Library in California forced Israelis to ease access to four duplicate sets of the negatives held in other locations.

This article reports that the Dial-up Catalog at the Cleveland Public Library has allegedly been well received that the library has expanded the service to include new features, as of February 1989. First of the features is that callers can order a title and specify the branch which it is most convenient for them to pick it up. Second, callers can connect with an electronic news board that relates information on Cleveland PL services, programs and events. Third, patrons who need in-depth research can call with a request, leave their phone number, and be called back with the information. Also, anyone that does not have a Cleveland or CLEVENET library card can get an application via computer. On the other hand, the Cuyahoga County Public Library has begun its own 24-hour dial-up service called the Easy Access Catalog. The online catalog includes a complete collection of books, records, tapes, compact discs, videos, films, and filmstrips. Meanwhile, the Cuyahoga PL Board of Trustees passed a resolution to place a five-year one mill levy renewal issue on the May 2, 1989 primary election ballot.

Reports on shifting patterns of public and private sector owing to technological transformation in information system of libraries in the U.S. Displacement of libraries by electronic information services; Diversion of interest towards profit earning; Basis of informational activities of government; Examples of government marketing; Concern of librarians on access to information.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of creating EZproxy which is a software program allowing users to access a library's electronic content.

This article focuses on the United States National Institute of Health's proposal to mandate free online access to the research it funds and how this will affect librarians. On January 15, 2005, a standing-room-only crowd of librarians listened as a panel of experts, moderated by Columbia University's Jim Neal, voiced support for the National Institute of Health's (NIH) proposal to mandate free online access to the research it funds. On February 3, NIH director Elias Zerhouni gamely did what bureaucrats often must do--he stepped up and touted his drastically altered plan as a "win-win." SPARC executive director Rick Johnson, one of the NIH proposal's most ardent supporters, also did what he had to do--he found a silver lining, calling the "NIH discussion" a powerful demonstration of why "open access is a matter of good public policy." But after months in which the open access movement made national headlines, in the end, little changed. While it is understandable that librarians' support of open access grows from their own experiences with the market--skyrocketing journal prices, problems with digital copyright and permissions issues, archiving and preservation--these issues, Steven Harnad says, have now become conflated with open access. The NIH policy, Harnad contends, is an example of the library community's very good intentions gone bad. Meanwhile, in February 2005, just weeks after the NIH policy was announced, representatives from some of the world's most prestigious scientific societies in Europe, all signatories to the 2003 Berlin Declaration, one of a dizzying array of recent pledges to pursue open access, met at the University of Southampton, England.

Looks at the development of Google Scholar, a digital reference collection available through the Google search engine. Details of the plan, in which Google will digitize more than 15 million books and documents held at major libraries; Report that several major universities will offer their collections to Google's digital library; Objection of some librarians to the creation of electronic reference collections; Efforts of libraries to remain marketable after the creation of Google's reference product; Impact of Google Scholar on the management of library services.

Explains why librarians should keep up with web logs (blog). Reasons librarians should consider producing web logs; Low level of technological know-how that is needed to produce a blog; Blogs that are easy to read; Information beyond news that blogs can provide; Ideas for producing a good blog; Benefits that readers get from blogs; Readers who participate in creating blogs; Reasons for library web sites to include blogs.

Discusses the concept of reference linking, which is the ability to click on an online citation and obtain the full electronic text of the cited work. Examples of reference linking; Definition of open, generalized and robust linking; Basic components of linking systems; CrossRef, and initiative of the Publishers International Linking Association; Problem of determining which copy is most appropriate for linking; Prototype project. INSET: Reference Linking: An Example.

The article provides information on the 13th annual Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) conference held at the University of Texas at Austin's AT&T Conference Center in 2018. Topic covered included hacking prevention, fake news, and library discovery software.

Reports on the problems encountered with bfriendly.com, a file-sharing Web site selling old homework as of June 2006. Accessibility of technical support services; Vulnerabilities of the site's software as reported by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team; Adage about cheating.