Examines academic library service to labor groups, particularly in the area of Internet training. Results of an informal survey of 53 academic libraries in schools with labor study programs in the United States and Canada indicate that few provide direct services to labor unions, and provides an example of one that does at Cornell University.…

Outlines progress initiated by the University of South Africa (Unisa) library to develop online support to distance-education users. Topics include a library skills training program delivered via the World Wide Web; research information skills; Internet course development; current awareness service; the library's home page; electronic libraries;…

Describes the history and recent developments in the Internet Navigator Online Course that was developed by the Utah Academic Library Consortium (UALC) to teach information literacy competencies for online and distance learning students. Highlights include the UALC as a model for academic library cooperation; and administration and funding.…

Discusses the growing problem of plagiarism in academia, particularly with Internet-based resources. Topics include factors influencing student behaviors and attitudes toward plagiarism; faculty attitudes; and the role of librarians in helping to prevent and detect plagiarism, including student instruction and forming partnerships with faculty.…

Presents results of an exploratory study attempting to establish a methodology for the unobtrusive analysis of a digital reference enterprise. Logs of over 3,000 questions asked of the Internet Public Library in early 1999 were analyzed on the basis of questions asked, self-selected demographic information, how those questions were handled, and…

Describes five statewide academic library consortia providing access to electronic resources via the Internet: GALILEO in Georgia, the Louisiana Library Network, OhioLINK, TexShare in Texas, and VIVA in Virginia. Highlights participating libraries, core programs, reason for formation, funding, involvement of larger academic libraries in the…

Discusses how the Internet can be a valuable new fund-raising tool for libraries and other non-profit organizations. Topics include designing effective Web pages, the use of e-mail, and the use of permission marketing to build a constituency. (Author/LRW)

Describes a system called CINDI (Concordia INdexing and DIscovery System) for cataloging and searching documents in a distributed virtual library. The document author registers metadata in the form of a semantic header that contains information on syntactic and semantic content, and an expert system fills the semantic header according to accepted…

Suggests that current conditions are nearly ideal for the effective meta-assessment of online reference services (ORS), in part because expected patterns and modes of service have not yet been established for emerging and evolving online environments, and in part because the distance between theory and practice regarding reference service in…

Reports on a study to construct a baseline of scholarly use of Internet-based electronic resources (e-sources) by surveying library and information science (LIS) scholars. Results reported include researchers' demographic information, frequency of use of various applications, strategies of locating e-sources for research, opinions on citing…