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St. Lifer, Evan – Library Journal, 1998
Reports on Bill and Melinda Gates's tour of Alabama, the first state to be wired to the Internet by the nonprofit Gates Library Foundation, and the model for connecting 1000 more libraries this year. Mutual appreciation between Alabama librarians and the Gateses resulted. An interview with Bill Gates focuses on challenges libraries face in…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Internet, Interviews, Library Development
Berry, John – Library Journal, 1999
In addition to building a new facility and providing innovative services to its students/faculty/administration, the Valley Library of Oregon State University, winner of the Gale Group/Library Journal Library of the Year Award, has created partnerships with public libraries, the business community, school districts, and other academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Awards, Information Networks, Information Services
Tennant, Roy – Library Journal, 1999
Focuses on possibilities for providing reference service to remote users of digital collections. Discusses international digital reference networks; factors that limit global electronic reference service; and drawbacks of e-mail and use of real-time interactive technologies for the reference encounter. Highlights some pioneering projects. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
