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The article focuses on the advantages of incorporating digital flipbooks into library marketing strategies, emphasizing their cost-effectiveness, ease of creation, and interactive features. Topics discussed include the benefits of flipbooks such as reduced costs compared to traditional printed materials, simplicity in creation, and the ability to enhance reader engagement through interactive elements like embedded multimedia content.

The article offers information about the challenges faced by academic libraries, such as Kennesaw State University's (KSU) library system, in increasing the usage of their resources. It discusses how students typically begin their research using Google or other search engines, as supported by various studies and surveys. It suggest exploring ways to maximize the exposure of resources to increase usage.

The article offers information on the History Lab and the steadily growing dilemma of surging masses of digital information of classified government documents. It further discusses that the History Lab based at Columbia University, New York, and it partners with a group of eight institutions, including government agencies and foundations, that provide collaboration and financial support; and analysis that are beyond what is capable using conventional historical research techniques.

This article details the development of an online access to library materials and services as used by Northern Michigan University's technical services and systems staff. In delivering online access to library materials and services, the following components were used by the university's technical services and systems staff: a Web-based online catalog; machine-readable cataloguing (MARC) records with holdings; active network addresses or Internet domain names; a Web-based interlibrary loan form; online databases, some full-text; and, authentication software. The teams Northern Michigan started with a well-organized and relatively clean Web-based online catalog. Add to this MARC records for online databases and online journals. Make sure holdings for the subscriptions to the online journals are accurate and up-to-date. The records should also contain working links to the full text of the journal or a link to the database that holds the online journal. Add easy access to a Web-based interlibrary loan. Create a Web page that lists available citation/abstract databases and full-text databases. Be sure to indicate on the Web page what kind of database it is and what kind of information the person searching will find in each one.

Presents the opinions of librarians at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, on the issues that confront them, as of February 2004. Small subject libraries present on the campus; Motive of college officials for partnering with two local colleges; Development of a combined online catalog called, Tripod in the libraries at Swarthmore.

Reports on an announcement by CASPR Library Systems Inc. that a complete Internet library Web hosting and directory system is available to school libraries with LibraryCom. Cost per year; The simple procedure of getting online with LibraryCom; What LibraryCom provides to users.

Focuses on the release by OCLC of WebExpress of its Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC). Statement that the OCLC WebExpress provides a gateway to local and remote Z39.50 information resources; Possibility of librarians without programming experience designing interfaces; Description of the Cooperative Online Resource Catalog as a Web-based system for building bibliographic records and pathfinders; Plans for future releases of the catalog service.

The United States Library of Congress announced the launch of the Election 2002 Web Archive, the world's first fully cataloged and searchable collection of material that originates in digital form. The collection, commissioned by the Library of Congress, includes more than 1,100 archived Web sites from political candidates who ran for House and Senate seats and governorships in 2002. It contains more than 3,000 unique uniform resource locators, 1.3 terabytes of data, and almost 50 million Web objects. The Election 2002 Web Archive is a joint project of the Library of Congress, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and WebArchivist.org..

Reports on ways that library online catalogs can be improved. Mention of innovations in the online catalog functions of the Quinnipiac University library in Hamden, Connecticut; Improvements, including a change in monitor screen color to increase contrast, links between bibliographic records to book reviews and improved search functions.

Reports on an announcement by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) that it will develop a national standard for technical metadata describing digitized still images. Development of a standards committee to draft a National Z39.50 Profile for library applications; Decision to develop a standard for metadata based on a study which found a lack of consistency; Goal of a National Z39.50 Profile to improve search and retrieval across online library catalogs.