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The article reports on efforts by the U.S. Library of Congress to make more of its collections available online. It mentions the crowdsourcing for the transcription of letters to and from President Abraham Lincoln and other collections, the creation of Story Maps to present an immersive method of presenting history, and other digital projects.

An excerpt from the book "Embracing Culturally Responsive Practice in School Libraries" by Elisabeth Kennedy is presented.

The article presents peace-related collections in the U.S. that focused on cultivating a nonviolent world. Topics discussed include information on the Swarthmore Peace Collection, composed of materials donated by social worker and activist Jane Addams to Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, background of the Hoover Institution Library and Archives (HILA) housed at Stanford University in California, and insight on the Cecilia Bard Multicultural Collection for Peace and Social Justice.

Discusses a trend in United States librarianship toward collecting, preserving and making so-called zine publications available for researchers. A definition of zines; The `Factsheet Five' collection at the New York State Library, which was donated by former editor Mike Gunderloy; Other libraries at which zines collections are available, including DePaul University, Bowling Green State University and Michigan State University; The value of zines

The article discusses the findings of the Lilead Project survey, which researched the conditions facing U.S. school libraries. Topics discussed include the lack of resources available to district school library supervisors, the professional development, technology support, and collection development responsibilities held by school library supervisors, and the stress experienced by school library supervisors. Charts and graphs illustrating the findings of the survey are also provided.

The article highlights the announcement of the 12 U.S. universities that constitute the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) that they will join the Google Books Library Project, making up to 10 million volumes from their collections available for digitization and access through Google's search engine. Items chosen for digitization are expected to come largely from the schools' distinctive collections, such as Northwestern's Africana holdings, the University of Chicago's South Asia materials and Indiana's folklore holdings.

Presents news briefs related to libraries in Europe as of June 2006. Political leaders who supported France's call for the creation of a digital library; Response of French National Library President Jean-Noël Jeanneney to the announcement of Google that it would make books from the collections of major research libraries available online.

The article reports on libraries in the U.S. hosting antiques appraisal events. Topics discussed include highlights of the Wilkes County Public Library's (WCPL) annual antique appraisals hosted by the Wilkes Friends of the Library (WFL) in North Carolina, information on the antiques appraisals event hosted by Hinsdale Public Library (HPL) in Illinois in May 2022, and description on a virtual antiques appraisal hosted by Dover Public Library (DPL) in North Hampshire in March 2021.

The article focuses on the age of COVID-19 has architects merge future facing innovations with present-day needs. Topics include light of the COVID-19 pandemic have been tasked with transforming themselves into places that allow users to physically distance being more digitally connected than ever, the institutions emerge from months of shutdowns, and design experts seek to meet health, and the safety challenges as well as safeguard these community spaces against an uncertain future.

The article provides updates on issues and trends in the U.S. library industry as of April 2, 2020. Topics covered include the challenges to library materials and programs addressing issues of concern to members of the gay community, the chronic and arbitrary censorship of reading materials and information resources in prisons, and the 2018 Order by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to eliminate network neutrality protections.

Discusses the financial difficulties facing libraries when they try to acquire special collections. Variety of formats in which information is available; Need for libraries to acquire originals; Formation of cooperative relationships by educational research centers and the Newberry Joint Acquisition Program at the Newberry Library in Chicago; Joint acquisition and ownership contracts worked out by the University of Illinois and Newberry Libraries.

Replies to reader inquiries on library automation. Audio-visual materials and computer programs for training staff in library automation; Regional libraries with collections of microcomputer software available for other libraries; Printers used to accommodate Gaylord non-jamming continuous fan-fed catalog cards.

The author reports on the companies that offer services to libraries. He mentions the available integrated library systems by various companies, the need for updated user interfaces, and the products available for public, school, and academic libraries.

Presents a checklist of recent announcements in regards to information and library science. Conversion of thousands of manuscript collection records to machine-readable form; Acceptance of a hundred thousand dollar bequest from Ethel M. Crate to the Tulsa Library in Oklahoma; Automation project to make Vermont's public and private library collections available to every citizen in the state; Other announcements.

The article covers the 2018 American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibition which was held June 21-26 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It discusses exhibitions on the library technology industry from companies including ProQuest, EBSCO Information Services, and Elsevier.

The article reports on the variety of technologies available to libraries. It presents general comments on library vendors, discusses integrated library systems and other products offered by the vendors, and includes information on international vendors.

The article discusses the preservation, reformatting and collection of audio and video materials in libraries. Emphasis is given to topic such as surveying audiovisual collections, information resources such as the Library of Congress for the care and handling of materials, and identifying signs of deterioration.

The article discusses the disappointment of the American Library Assocation (ALA) of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request released by U.S. President Barack Obama. It states that the budget shows no changes from the FY2016 funding for Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It mentions that the ALA stressed the negative effects of the budget on children, families, and small businesses.

Discusses how to create a career center in the library with available resources. Description of who the job seekers are as of August 2002; Topics of location for career materials and use of the three-year rule for thinning collections; Suggestion that libraries inform patrons about local resources, teach Internet tools, make available word processing stations, and offer job-seeking classes.

The article presents a discussion of maintaining electronic resources (e-resources), which are a cornerstone of modern library collections, adapted from "The Current Landscape of Electronic Resources Access Issues" in the October 2022 issue. Topics discussed include benefits of using a knowledge base to help manage e-resources, and possible cause of broken or misdirecting links.

The article offers information on self-published books. Particular focus is given to how libraries can develop ways to include local work in collections. Additional topics discussed include how attitudes towards self-published books are changing, insights from Kathryn McClurg, a collections librarian at the Toronto Public Library (TPL) and demand for local authors by library customers.

A LIBRARY TURNS TO TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A COMMUNITY'S HERITAGE AVAILABLE TO NEW GENERATIONS Does your library have collections of newspapers, photographs, manuscripts, and historical artifacts stored in a vault [...]

Details the issues discussed during the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Paper Preservation Symposium held on October 17-21, 1988. Usability of research library collections; Engineering answers to book preservation; Preservation technology choices available.

Replies to questions related to library science. Reading plans to expose elementary school students to various types of literature; Equipment and software for film collections; Resources available for libraries that want to sell or discard films. INSET: OVER TO YOU.

Presents news about bibliographic collections in the U.S. available as of 1979. Library of Congress' (LC) 'The Afro-American Experience: A Selected List of References by Afro-Americans'; 'A Guide to Information Sources,' volume 1 of the Sports, Games and Pastimes Information, Guide Series; LC's 'Kenya: A Subject Guide to Official Publications.'

The article discusses the implementation of a monthly game night at academic library the University of Minnesota Morris's (UMM) Rodney A. Briggs Library. Topics discussed include the use of game night as an effort to engage students and get them coming to the library more often, the focus on board and card games and the strategies used to collect these games in light of budget constraints, and strategies for engaging students in the game nights.

The article discusses several announcements including Elaine Bleisch joined Lied Scottsbluff (Nebr.) Public Library as teen librarian and children's assistant in November, 2020; Jonathan O . Cain became associate university librarian for research and learning at Columbia University Libraries in New York City; and Kyle DeCicco-Carey joined Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, as director October 19.

The article presents several profiles of National Park Service (NPS) libraries in the U.S. The author looks at the Bob Hope Memorial Library at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located at the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York and New Jersey, the Science and Learning Center Library, located at the Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, and the Grand Canyon National Park Research Library, located at the Park Headquarters of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

The article announces that the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut is processing, preserving, and archiving 1,500 audio tapes recorded in Osama bin Laden's Afghanistan headquarters from 1988 through 2000. The collection includes recordings of religious sermons, celebrations after militant actions, and even bin Laden's poetry. According to Yale spokesman Tom Conroy, the library has already digitized 335 of the tapes.

The article announces the June 17, 2008 implementation of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation's ClearText technology, which improves the readability of books available in its free online collection. ClearText removes the text of a scanned page from the image of the book itself, and then displays the text on top of the image of the book.

The article reports on the recommendation by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restore its network of libraries to its former capacity. The committee report on the FY2008 Interior Appropriations Bill directs the EPA to submit by December 31, 2007 a plan on how to use $2 million.

Libraries and librarians have an important stake in the development of online scholarship. Many benefits will come from the growth of digital monographs and journals as well as the development of scholarly websites, online archives, blogs, wikis, and other outlets for research even farther afield from the traditional models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides announcements for the members of the American Library Association as of May 2005. Launch of an online demographic informational survey in the Web site of the ALA; Purpose of the survey; Services provided by Ebrary in line with the celebration of the National Library Week from April 10-16, 2005.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Music in the Air," which appeared in the November 2004 issue of "American Libraries."

The question for today's information professionals is not Where is the library? but What is a library? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that 20 people gathered outside the Waco, Texas office of Planned Parenthood to protest an arrangement that has made the nonprofit's publications available at the four-branch Waco-McLennan County Library System. Remarks from a protestor; Argument from anti-abortion activists who argue that the arrangement is the equivalent of adding an unauthorized library branch.

The article features several drones from various manufacturers that libraries can use, including the Hover Camera Passport, Robolink's CoDrone Lite and CoDrone Pro models.

The article presents an update related to libraries in the U.S. as of February 2006. Results of survey on fair use and fair expression has been released by the New York University's Brennan Center for Justice. The Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island has been reopened after its renovation. John Doe has been granted the an award by the faculty of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mentions three books available from the American Library Association Order Fulfillment. 'Directory of Test Collections in Academic, Professional, and Research Libraries,' edited by Paul G. Fehrmann and Nancy Patricia O'Brien et al; 'Managing Electronic Reserves,' edited by Jeff Rosedale et al; 'Usability Testing for Library Web Sites: A Hands-On Guide,' by Elaina Norlin and CM! Winters.

Presents news briefs related to the American Library Association as of August 2005. Extension of the deadline for contributions to the cultural Communities Fund; Collaboration of the association and Florida State University on the Public Library Geographic Database mapping project; Establishment of the Sophie Brody Medal by Arthur Brody and the Brodart Foundation.

Presents the responses of digitization authorities who take part in an e-mail symposium on Google's digitization plan. Participants of the symposium; Implications of the plan for the larger library world; Ramifications of prestigious libraries taking digitization "sides" with NYPL, Oxford and others signing a deal with Google; Definition of Digitization.

Offers a look at the preliminary program of the American Library Association annual conference in June 2004. Conference highlights; Overview of issues and topics that will be discussed during the event; Exhibition events.

Presents the schedule and highlights for the 2003 American Library Association/Canadian Library Association Annual Conference, held in Toronto, Canada. Speakers, including Wendy Newman and Maurice J. Freedman; Housing information; Scholarships; Other information.