101. The Life Of Books This is dedicated to discussing the future of libraries in the digital age and discussing printed books as a viable information technology. It is managed by Professor Richard Leiter of the University of Nebraska http://thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com/

@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?blogID=9628542"); @import url(http://www.blogger.com/css/navbar/main.css); @import url(http://www.blogger.com/css/navbar/1.css); Notify Blogger about objectionable content. What does this mean? BlogThis! The Life of Books This blog is dedicated to exploring the idea that "books are dead". I believe that they are alive and well.... About Me Name: Richard Leiter Location: Lincoln, Nebraska I am director of the law library and professor of law at the University of Nebraska College of Law. I write a regular column on computer-assisted legal research for Legal Information Alert. I also am editor of National Survey of State Laws , (published by the Gale Group), now in its 5th edition. View my complete profile Web TheLifeofBooks.blogspot.com The Financial Times Article Examines the Pros and Cons of Google Digitization Project Bucking the Revolution! At Least Two Libraries Dragging Patrons into the Future Their Way - Whether Patrons Like it or Not! ... MSNBC's "Practical Futurist" Comes to Some Impractical (Albeit Interesting) Conclusions var site="sm5thelifeofbooks" December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 ... September 2005 Tuesday, September 20, 2005

102. Kentuckiana Digital Library Online archives from Kentucky colleges, universities, libraries and historical society repositories. http://kdl.kyvl.org/

103. Libraries At The University Of Helsinki The National Library, The Undergraduate Library, Campus and Faculty libraries. digital library services at the University. http://www.helsinki.fi/kirjastot/eng/index.htm

Suomeksi PÃ¥ svenska DATABASES HELKA Union Catalogue Database of all Helsinki University libraries Online renewals Online Resources Library Tutorial Fennica The Finnish National Bibliography Database Restricted licence ARTO Reference Database of Finnish Articles E-journals Electronic Journals Database FinELib The National Electronic Library LINDA Database of Finnish University Libraries VIOLA Database of Music Materials NEWS SFX linking service in the e-journals database New online resources (in Finnish) Limits on renewals will be implemented in HELKA from 1.10 2003. New Library Tutorial in English! News about Science online journal RefWorks * - personal web-based database and bibliography creator FEEDBACK LIBRARIES AND SERVICES Libraries Faculty and Campus Libraries, Research and Public Libraries Services University of Helsinki Libraries [Brochure; pdf] Helsinki University Library National Library of Finland Undergraduate Library Study materials, facilities, and guidance in library use

104. Civil Rights In Mississippi Digital Archive The Civil Rights in Mississippi digital Archive is an Internetaccessible, fully searchable database of digitized versions of rare and unique library and archival resources on race relations sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi libraries.Mississippi was a focal point in the struggle for civil rights in America, and Hattiesburg, where USM is located, had the largest and most successful Freedom Summer project in 1964. The original sources collected in the state represent local collections with truly national significance. Digitization provides an opportunity to make indigenous resources of this type available to a worldwide audience. http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/index.html

This project was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Please send comments or questions to: spcol@lib.usm.edu ©2002-2004 USM Libraries URL: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/digi/crda/index.html Prepared and maintained by the Special Collections Digital Program a division of USM Libraries at the University of Southern Mississippi Last modified: November 16, 2004 AA/EOE/ADAI Web Design: Diane DeCesare Ross

105. Digital Library And Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech Open Archive Initiative (OAI) compliant digital repository. Ejournals, electronic theses and dissertations, faculty archives. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/

ETDs ImageBase Ejournals News ... Special Collections Announcements: The Special Collections Reading Room will be opening on October 4, 2005. Digital Library and Archives Scholarly Publishing, Library Services, and Archives Illuminated Texts from our collection. Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech, began in 2000 as a merger of two smaller library units: Scholarly Communications Project (SCP) and Special Collections. SCP's focus: work with the University community to create online resources such as electronic journals. Special Collections' focus: collecting/preserving rare book collections, manuscript collections, and the University Archives. Together, as DLA we maintain access to electronic journals, electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), digital images (VT ImageBase), the IAWA Biographical Database and other digital resources. Through DLA, Special Collections provides patron access to a growing number of original collections in digital format. Special Collections Manuscript Collections Rare Books University Archives Developing Resources Center for Ulster Migrations, Cultures, and Societies

106. ARL Digital Initiatives Database A registry of projects, provided jointly by the University of Illinois and the Association of Research libraries with predominantly USbased submissions. http://www.arl.org/did/

ARL Digital Initiatives Database Welcome to the ARL Digital Initiatives Database, a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Chicago and ARL. The ARL Digital Initiatives Database is a Web-based registry for descriptions of digital initiatives in or involving libraries. The goal of the effort is to capture basic information for a wide range of digital initiatives. It is intended that the database include a wide variety of digital projects. "Digital Initiative" is not defined in order to encourage the broadest possible interpretation thereby making the database a richer resource. About the Database The database provides access to initiatives underway highlighting technical features, policy choices, and subject matter of the content. Libraries are encouraged to register information about all projects both large and small in scope. Pointers to the details of the projects and contact persons are also be provided. Contributors to this database are welcome to provide information about projects in progress, in planning stages, or already completed. A goal in developing the database is to provide a venue for those in the library community to share project specifics as well as lessons learned. History The idea grew from the comments made during discussions at the October 1997 ARL Membership Meeting calling for greater information-sharing of lessons from ongoing digitizing projects. The database is designed for libraries to submit information directly. ARL member libraries are encouraged to register their own projects.

107. DSpace Federation A joint project between MIT libraries and HewlettPackard to provide stable long-term storage for the intellectual output of MIT faculty and researchers using open-source software. Site includes mission, policy, technology description and download, implementations, news and staff information. http://www.dspace.org/

Home Introducing DSpace DSpace Technology DSpace Federation ... Live DSpace Sites Welcome to DSpace DSpace is a groundbreaking digital repository system that captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and redistributes digital research material Research institutions worldwide use the open source DSpace system for a variety of digital archiving needs from institutional repositories to learning object repositories, records management, and more. DSpace is freely available as open source software you can customize and extend. News and Announcements Sept. 15, 2005: Announcing a two-day DSpace User Group Meeting: Building Communities with DSpace , 31 Jan.-1 Feb. 2006 as part of the APSR-sponsored Open Repositories 2006 conference next year in Sydney. Sept. 9, 2005: The programme and presentations from the second DSpace Federation User Group Meeting are now available online. The User Group meeting was held at the University of Cambridge, July 7-8. See the user group meeting summary Aug. 4, 2005:

108. Digital Cultural Heritage Community - Home Page Provides materials from East Central Illinois museums and libraries in support of elementary school social studies curricula, as well as workshops and training materials to help teachers integrate materials into class exercises. http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/dchc/

Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services

109. SchoolKiT A digital resource library of curriculumfocused student activities and teacher professional development modules. Access to the libraries is via yearly subscription. http://www.schoolkit.com/

Home edClass Web site pdPoint Web site Professional Services SchoolKiT Home Home Case Studies Contact Us Guided Tour ... The Company Are your goals... To improve student achievement ? To help your staff develop expertise in standards-based lesson planning ? To see technology benefit student learning in every classroom ? SchoolKiT's products play a key role in districts that are effectively addressing these challenges. Instructional Materials edClass is a comprehensive package of classroom-ready technology integration activities. Our clients implement this product to immediately impact the quality of curriculum-focused technology integration across their school or district. For information go to www.edclass.com Professional Development pdPoint delivers online teacher professional development focused on technology integration skills and best practices. Districts use the quality content, learning facilities, and reporting tools achieve systemic change. For information go to www.pdpoint.com

110. Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) An initiative to assist archives, historical societies, and libraries digitize and provide coordinated access to valuable information resources reflecting the cultural heritage of Minnesota. http://www.mndigital.org/

"Pixels to Projects" workshop 2005 MDLC annual conference Project manager announced Digitization project proposals ... Profiles The Minnesota Digital Library project has been supported by grants provided by the Library Services and Technology Act and the State Library Services and School Technology unit of the Minnesota Department of Education.

111. DelAWARE® The Digital Library Of The First State Delaware s digital library. Includes links to conventional libraries, government information, and online search services. http://www.lib.de.us/

Please wait while you are being redirected to the Del AWARE section of the new Delaware State Library site. Please click here if you are not redirected.

112. Index - Skys Docwiki Wiki to document digital Mars D, its standard library, and other common libraries. http://www.quit-clan.de/docwiki/

D Documentation in keyword list documentation bodies Log in Home Introduction A simple tutorial ... To do Index This is a wiki for documenting Digital Mars D , its standard library and other common libraries. WARNING : The documentation is not ready for production use. Important information may be missing or even be completely wrong. News 2005-04-05 This project is not dead, but we are only few people working on the docs and we really need help with some aspects of the documentation. We're no D specialists after all. I added the last updates function, so you can see whats going on here. Documentation downloads You can download the documentation here Check it out and report any problems, ideas etc. on the " The docwiki software " page! Help us : We need lots of help with this documentation. The wiki is ready, so start writing :) If you want to help, please check out this page: How can i contribute?

113. PULMANweb - Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced Networks The Pulman Network aims to stimulate and promote sharing of policies and practices for the digital era in public libraries and cultural organisations which operate at local and regional level. http://www.pulmanweb.org

Monitoring PULMAN's Oeiras Manifesto Action Plan ... download (MS Word 558 KB) PULMAN Oeiras Manifesto Select a country to view information on public libraries Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Boznia-Herz. Bulgaria Czech Rep. Croatia Denmark Estonia Finland France F.Y.R.O.M. Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembou. Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovak Rep. Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey UK Ukraine Yugoslavia Digital Guidelines Manuals Click here to view The PULMAN Online Database of Education Resources Private Section for PULMAN partners only. Click here to Enter Last updated Site best viewed with IE 4.0 or above var site="sm1pulmanweb"

114. KDCS | Introduction Provides expertise and consultants for the creation and management of digital resources to museums, libraries and cultural organisations in the UK. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/

KDCS provides consultancy, training and research for the creation and management of digital resources. Please feel free to contact KDCS to discuss your project or needs. Key services offered by KDCS: Digitisation and image management expertise Funding application assistance Tendering and service procurement support Feasibility and pilot studies Digitisation workflow assessment Systems and infrastructure specification Stakeholder surveys Change management for digital projects Sustainability and economic development advice Research and development New at KDCS: Training courses Digital Futures: 5-day intensive training course in September 2005

115. Welcome To The Digital Library Of Georgia The digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia s history and culture found Based at the University of Georgia libraries, the digital Library of http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/

@import "/dlg.css"; Search Advanced Search Previous Results Browse Collections Browse by Topic The Arts Education Folklife Literature ... Help Welcome to the Digital Library of Georgia DLG News Georgia HomePLACE wins award for documenting Georgia history Featured Collection Vanishing Georgia Vanishing Georgia comprises nearly 18,000 photographs from the Georgia Archives documenting more than 100 years of Georgia history and life. The Digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources. The Digital Library of Georgia connects users to 500,000 images and pages of text in 57 collections from 40 institutions. Though this represents only a fraction of Georgia's cultural treasures, the Digital Library of Georgia continues to grow through its partnerships with libraries, archives, museums, government agencies, and allied organizations across the state. Based at the University of Georgia Libraries , the Digital Library of Georgia is an initiative of GALILEO , the state's virtual library.

116. Karen Coyle's Home Page Karen Coyle's writings on the challenges libraries face in the age of digital communication, including censorship, privacy and intellectual property issues. http://www.kcoyle.net/

Karen Coyle kcoyle.net writings on the digital age Home contact info Search topics: technology libraries privacy more ... Site last updated: July 18, 2005 The Latest Standards in a Time of Constant Change , The Journal of Academic Librarianship, v. 31, n. 3, pp 280-283 The term "standard" once implied something that was fixed and would not change. This meaning of the term is no longer viable in an environment where technology is in a state of constant change. The whole standards landscape, and the organizations that support it, is going through a significant change of its own in an attempt to keep up with the world around it. Understanding Metadata and Its Purposes , The Journal of Academic Librarianship, v. 31, n. 2, pp 160-163 The main message here is that any particular metadata is useful only in that it solves a specific problem. When you are looking at a metadata format, whether it is MARC21, METS, MODS, Dublin Core, or any one of many dozens of metadata formats that have been developed, you must understand it in its context. And when looking at a metadata format with the idea of making use of it for a project of yours, that context is key to determining if the metadata will indeed work for you. Review: Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig

117. Content Reserve - Home digital warehouse of eBooks and other digital media. Hosts publishers' texts, supplies the inventory for ebook retailers, and behaves as a virtual bookshelf for libraries. http://www.contentreserve.com/

Home Login Application Contact Us ... Support Welcome to Content Reserve! This online repository is the fastest-growing B2B and B2C digital warehouse of eBooks, audio books, and other digital media in the industry. More about Content Reserve... Library members, with the Digital Library Reserve system , can volume purchase Content Reserve's best-selling eBooks and audio books. Special promotions and discounts from leading publishers are available. Click here for a demo of DLR Publisher members can securely distribute their eBooks and audio books to a rapidly growing number of public libraries, as well as a network of popular retailers including WHSmith, Fictionwise, eFollett.com, and eBooks.com! Retailer members have access to popular eBooks in Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader, and Mobipocket Reader format, as well as audio books from OverDrive . Choose from 65,000+ titles (and growing). Click a button below for more about this beneficial system... After Midnight Format: Microsoft eBook Creators: Teresa Medeiros Publisher: HarperCollins Srp: USD Langauges: English Buy at: PerfectBound Canada A Darkness More Than Night Format: Adobe eBook Creators: Michael Connelly Publisher: Little, Brown

118. Digital Library Projects At Columbia A selection of Columbia Information Services digital projects and initiatives. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/

Selected Columbia Digital Library Technology Centers AcIS Academic Information Systems DMI - Dept. of Me ... Media Center (Art History Educational Technologies CCNTML - ILT - Institute for Learning Technologies Electronic Publishing EPIC - Electronic Publishing Initiative Specialized E-Collections Electronic Data Service (EDS) Electronic Text Service (ETS) Online Learning CI - Columbia Interactive DKV - Columbia Digital Knowledge Ventures Below is a selection of Columbia Information Services digital projects and initiatives. Projects that are collaborative with other institutions are marked with an asterisk Published Electronic Resources E-Resource Access. This ongoing effort seeks to create effective tools for patrons to identify, access and use relevant electronic resources acquired or licensed by Columbia Libraries. Classified Subject Outline for Electronic Resources. This initiative provides a browsable hierarchical subject interface for current electronic collections based on Library of Congress Classification system. Used in conjunction with CLIO and other kinds of searching, it provides a systematic way to review library electronic holdings in specific subject areas. Collection-Oriented Projects Advanced Papyrological Information System APIS is a collaborative online database and library of digitized images of papyri and ostraca (potsherds with incriptions) dating from the period 400 BCE to 800 CE. By 2002 the APIS database contained some 18,000 catalog records reflecting the complete papyrological collections of Columbia, Duke, Princeton, Berkeley, Michigan and Yale. High quality digital images of approximately 7,000 of these items have been linked to the database. Additional North American papyrus collections are currently being added, with European partnerships in the planning stage. APIS has been funded in large part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

119. Markets & Industries: Worldwide Education & Research: Whitepapers The digital Library Tool Kit was sponsored by Sun Microsystems Computer Company We hope The digital Library Tool Kit is of use to you as you explore new http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/libraries/digitaltoolkit.html

Java Solaris Communities Partners ... Sun Store United States Worldwide Products Downloads Support ... White Papers White Papers The Digital Library Tool Kit, 3rd Edition Download PDF Preface The Digital Library Tool Kit was sponsored by Sun Microsystems Computer Company in the hopes of addressing some of the leading questions that academic institutions, public libraries, government agencies, and museums face in trying to develop digital content and distribute it on the Worldwide Web. Librarians and Campus CIOs are dealing with a plethora of new technologies and issues in the realm of Digital Libraries. The evolution and coalescing of Java applications, digital object standards, Internet access, electronic commerce, digital media management models, search engines, and library automation systems, is causing educators, CIOs, and librarians to rethink many of their traditional goals and modes of operation. As one of the leading technology providers to the Education and Library Communities, Sun discerned the need for a comprehensive, state-of-the-art document that could give some guidance in the nascent field of Digital Libraries. We hope The Digital Library Tool Kit is of use to you as you explore new directions and technologies.

120. Libraries In Today's Digital Age: The Copyright Controversy Article on how libraries are facing new challenges relating to copyright in the new digital age. http://www.michaellorenzen.com/eric/copyright.html

by Russell, Carrie THE COPY In addition, digital copies have a transitory nature. Unlike a book you can Purchase and own, digital copies you may access today, may not be there tomorrow. Thus, for libraries, traditional functions that depend on the ownership and relative permanence of a copy, like library lending, collection development, and preservation have been radically altered by digital technologies. FIRST SALE, THEN AND NOW For libraries, lending material to library users is a core public service. First sale allows libraries to share their lawfully acquired copies with users. Moreover, interlibrary loan is vital to libraries with limited collection development funds. Poorer libraries can borrow copies from bigger libraries to meet user requests. As more materials become available in only digital formats that cannot be loaned, libraries fear that they will be unable to meet the information needs of users. Libraries cannot afford all materials and rely on sharing. New business models for electronic works are being considered and tested. Already, many libraries are purchasing electronic books and pay prices formulated on the number of lending transactions rather than the purchase of one copy of an electronic book. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Libraries have had to shift their understanding of collection development from an ownership model to an access model. Generally, libraries cannot "purchase to own" materials that are only available in digital formats. Instead, libraries "rent to access" digital materials. This requires an ongoing subscription fee (much like a periodical subscription fee) from the library to license the materials from vendors and publishers.

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