Reports that the Center for Paper Permanency of the New York Public Library will serve as a clearinghouse for information about ongoing efforts by various organizations involved in permanent paper advocacy efforts in New York City, New York. Provision of information on permanent alkaline paper; Advantage of using alkaline paper.
Presents an edited version of a paper presented by Richard De Gennaro, Director the New York Public Library, at the Second Pacific Conference on New Information Technology, dealing with the need for libraries to become innovative in order to survive. Introduction to technology to libraries; Libraries in the info marketplace; Erosion of the free library ethic and the blurring of roles.
*LIBRARIES, *NEWSPAPERS, *INTERNET & children, *PRESERVATION of materials
Abstract
Presents news briefs related to libraries and library science in the United States as of June 15, 2001. Problems surrounding the storage of books and newspapers, in light of the book 'Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper,' by Nicholson Baker; Appeal to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court of a decision which blocked enforcement of the 1998 Child Online Protection Act; Bill which would help stop those who prey on children over the Internet; E-mail reference service instituted by the New York Public Library; More.
Published
2001
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