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Expresses the opinion that electronic books will not completely replace print books. Types of literature for which electronic books will prove useful, including educational and technical literature; Challenges presented by the management of device-dependent e-books in libraries; Several companies which provide device-independent, or Web-based, e-books; Where to find information about e-books.

Focuses on fostering library innovation projects. Need for managers to make staff comfortable with sharing their ideas in order to foster innovation within an organization; Feeling that staff should have the opportunity to share their ideas in an open atmosphere; Allocation of resources to support an idea; Idea that prepared responses to failed innovation and to the unexpected are necessary in the planning.

Discusses the effect peer-to-peer networks may have on libraries and information retrieval. Description of Napster, which is not completely peer-to-peer and is vulnerable to being shut down; Description of Gnutella, which is completely peer-to-peer and not vulnerable to being shut down; Development of Gnutella by America Online's Nullsoft to compete with Napster; How libraries could possibly use Gnutella to develop and improve services.

Focuses on the establishment of Open Archives, a multiple digital library collection, and how it is designed to develop an open architecture that supports simultaneous searching and retrieval of papers from disparate archives. Information on the arXiv e-Print archive at the Los Alamos National Laboratory; Networked Computer Science Technical Reports (NCSTRL); The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD); NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS).

Discusses emerging digital formats for the Internet. The GIF and JPEG formats currently used; Viewing these images; New formats such as the GridPix, MrSID, Flashpix and JTIP; OpenPix and PNG; Flashpix and PNG preferred.

Focuses on the operability of digital libraries. How to use digital libraries; The difficulties associated with; The vision of digital libraries as opposed to what is; Suggestions on ways to make digital libraries interoperable between libraries.

In this article, the author presents his strategy for coping with constant change in libraries. He warns readers to guard their data with their lives, explains the importance of flexibility when it comes to new technologies and having an exit strategy from outdated technology, and to learn a technology only well enough to do what must be done.

The article offers a look at how librarians can plan for the future. The author discusses the information he wishes he had known when he attended library school. He discusses the commercialization of the Internet. He suggests that librarians should have developed easier catalog systems for library users. The author argues that the pace of technological change is so fast that librarians should cultivate personal traits and general skills that foster flexibility.

Presents innovations that can be used at libraries. Description of library bookmarklets, a small JavaScript program; Features of the xISBN service form OCLC; Function of the OpenURL resolver page from the British Office of Library Networking.

Offers the author's thoughts on technology and libraries. Suggestions on how to better serve library patrons with print and online cataloging; Co-branding as a way to offer local services while a user is viewing remote resources; Reference to papers on the Web pertaining to information searches.

Provides advice for librarians regarding information-technology options. Publications which create awareness of trends in technology; Evaluating the relevance and efficiency of new technologies; Trends in the development of new products; Resources for further advice, including the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) of the American Library Association (ALA); Importance of technical support for new technologies; Other advice.

Discusses the open source software (OSS) movement. How computer software is created; OSS and digital libraries; Web sites for library-specific OSS.

Reports on digital library development and ways of avoiding little problems that can have big consequences. Illusions of inadequacy; Organizational obstacles; Lack of commitment: Lack of vision; Librarians' need to find other ways of solving Internet use challenges; Contact points.