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The article presents the steps on how to get involved with the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). This paper encourages members to join and get involved with the ACRL division and section committee volunteers. It is a part of the organization where advances and staretgies are planned. Strategies and furture directions are set in this section that aims to reach academic and research librarianship. Rewards of becoming a volunteer are given including the enhancement of leadership skills.

The article focuses on the library café at Reeves Library, Moravian College established by library of Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary. The library café central theme is to recreate the image of the library from a solitary, quite place to a more welcoming and appealing center. Michael Kaskowitz, a new marketing professor designed a class project in which students would develop a marketing plan for the library café. Upon completion of the project, the author was able to incorporate many ideas into the library café. The Senior Class Gift Committee funded the library café.

Describes a method for assessing developments in library and information services. Measurement of the impact on students and faculty in terms of effectiveness and quality; Evaluation of the differences in services, collections and access; Changes in physical and online collection; Changes in staffing, hours and services provided.

The article reports on the online curriculum at the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) and Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science. This curriculum was designed to teach and inform about preservation in graduate schools. It covers preservation of cultural heritage organizations to the tasks of paper-based materials.

The article reports that the University of California libraries will collaborate with the Google Books Library Project. Google Books was begun in late 2004 and has as its goal the digitization of books from academic library collections. The libraries collaborating with Google on the project include: University of Michigan, Harvard University, and the New York Public Library. Following a Google Books search, books will be displayed to the end user if the book is in the public domain. Many works in the University of California's historic and special collections will also be included in the Google Books project.

The article reports on the appointment of Swets Information Services as the first Global Channel Partner for MPS Technologies' ScholarlyStats. ScholarlyStats is a new service that enables libraries to provide the administration of their usage statistics. As a distributor of this service, SwetsWise usage statistics are included in the ScholarlyStats service, and further integration between the two services are explored. MPS developed ScholarlyStats with the help of more than 50 libraries during the testing period in 2005.

The article reports on the celebration of the 70th anniversary of PALINET, a member-owned and governed regional library network serving the Mid-Atlantic region on January 11, 2006. The organization was established in 1936 as a local union cataloging. Today, PALINET represents more than 600 libraries, information centers, museums and archives. PALINET continues to promote library cooperation and resource sharing. The celebration also marks the culmination of the branding project to update PALINET's appearance.

This article reports on the action taken by the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) concerning preservation of rare library materials. The FEDLINK has mounted an online request for proposal (RFP) for preservation services. This RFP is intended to help the staff members of federal government libraries and information centers identify and select appropriate vendors for preservation services that will be outsourced.