This article summarizes a survey of 166 librarian positions in forty-one colleges and universities which offer faculty status to librarians. The survey records the various benefits received by librarians as well as their responsibilities in campus governance. (Author/AP)

Examines the Russian Center of Cooperative Cataloging (RCCC), the first project of the cooperative cataloging in Russia, outlining its main purpose and technological tasks. Presents the information and functional structure of the RCCC and the RCCC host-center. (PEN)

Presents features of an electronic library based on a model of an electronic book. Highlights include mechanisms of the publishing process; electronic libraries and document interface design; the hyper-book project, based on the book metaphor; and hyper-lib, which exploits electronic facilities to create a more powerful and reactive environment.…

Discusses the value of public libraries and what it means to be valuable. Topics include shrinking library budgets; why there is public money for libraries; how to tell whether a service, product, or institution creates public value; political and legal support; administrative and operational feasibility; and enhancing public value. (LRW)

Explores trends in transforming scholarly publishing and possible implications for electronic publishing and digital libraries. Topics include changes in collaborative research; changes in volume of information production; and age of cited documents and how older documents are used in today's network environment. (Author/LRW)

Most users have misconceptions about how the Internet works. Provides a brief history of the Internet and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP); discusses electronic mail, privacy, and voluntary and involuntary information gathering; and contrasts the Internet and libraries, focusing on the Internet's lack of consistent…

The Library of Congress has two new classification schemes for organizing and accessing materials relating to the law of nations and international relations. This article examines the rationale for replacing the JX classification and the process behind the adoption of the KZ (law of nations) and JZ (international relations) classifications. The…

Presents two reports, one from the National Endowment for the Humanities that discusses public-private partnerships, federal-state partnerships, and preservation and access projects, and includes a directory of state humanities councils; and one from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Library Programs that describes state programs,…

Discusses copyright issues of interest to librarians with Lawrence Lessig, a legal scholar on copyright, technology, and the Constitution. Topics include Eldred v. Ashcroft; copyright extensions; balancing interests of copyright owners with future creators and the public; privacy, fair use, and public domain; and the Digital Millennium Copyright…

Describes server-side include (SSI) codes which allow Webmasters to insert content into Web pages without programming knowledge. Explains how to enable the codes on a Web server, provides a step-by-step process for implementing them, discusses tags and syntax errors, and includes examples of their use on the Web site for Southern Illinois…

Addresses challenges posed to libraries by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specifically related to the doctrine of first sale. Discusses the role of libraries as copyright consumers; recommendations of the Copyright Office; user rights; the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act; and license agreements. (Author/LRW)

Describes how the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT), a large-scale digital library project, can be used to assist college instructors in designing lessons. Examines two instructional aspects of digital libraries: personalized knowledge bases (the knowledge of any domain), and structured views of the knowledge base (a subset of the…

Explains the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and its impact on digital libraries and information retrieval by transferring metadata from one server to another in a network of information systems. Highlights include data providers; service providers; value-added services; Dublin Core metadata; data transfer;…

Introduces the eight speakers and panelists. (MES)

Discussion of benchmarking focuses on the use of internal and external benchmarking by special librarians. Highlights include defining types of benchmarking; historical development; benefits, including efficiency, improved performance, increased competitiveness, and better decision making; problems, including inappropriate adaptation; developing a…