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Reports that the University of Michigan announced that an online search service, called OAlster, designed to create access to a wide-ranging collection of digital resources geared to the academic community, is available through the University Library. Features of OAlster; Types of information included in OAlster, such as scholarly collections not previously indexed in any popular Web search services.

The University of Michigan (U-M) has announced that the University Library and the U-M Museum of Natural History have created a Web site featuring images and descriptions of thousands of specimens of fish, mammals, and fungi local to the Great Lakes region. The site draws material from the U-M Museum of Natural History, more than 16,000 digital images and 115,000 data records from the Fish and Mammal divisions of the university, and material from the Museum of Zoology and the Fungus Collections of the U-M Herbarium, made available electronically by the University Library. The databases list both scientific and common names and include records for specimens collected in the Great Lakes region from the 1850s to the present. Links among related records assist the user in navigating the collections.

Focuses on the use of the Internet for libraries to index their archives collections. Index of obituary records made available to the public by the Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute, Indiana; Use of a Microsoft Access 97 database which was later converted to Hypertext Markup Language; Decision to add a search feature to the database; Other archive projects attempted in Vigo County, such as the 1820 Census and Township Histories.

Relates news briefs on digital libraries. A partnership at Cornell University with computer scientists and librarians to develop better strategies for documents and other data; The funding by the United States Department of Education of two projects at Columbia University to make South Asian resources and library collections more available through enhancement and use of the World Wide Web.

Announces that several online collections from the Library of Congress are available from American Memory, a project of the National Digital Library Program. Features of the online collections; Vendor contact information.

Announces that portraits of all the United States presidents and most of the first ladies are available from the Library of Congress American Memory online collections. Brief background on American Memory; World Wide Web address.

This section provides an update on several new online information services launched in the U.S. as of September 2005. The Normative Data Project for Libraries announced that its new online interface is now available to libraries that contributed transaction- and collection-level data to the project .Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) implemented Ask a Librarian, a pilot project within the Open WorldCat program that allows searchers to submit questions to librarians through online reference services of OCLC member libraries. Thomson Gale launched a beta version of AccessMyLibrary.com, which allows Thomson Gale's content to be crawled and indexed by major search engines.

The article offers multiple news briefs. Topics discussed include SAGE Campus and SAGE Video products were appointed to the Advanced Procurement for Universities and College (APUC) Framework Agreement for online streaming and online training services; the Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) was unanimously chosen as the recipient of the 2021 ALA Equality Award; and MIT Press launched Direct to Open (D2O), a first-of-its-kind sustainable OA monograph framework.

A directory of companies involved in the library automation industry in the U.S. is presented. Among those companies are 3M Library Systems, Access Innovations Inc., ADLIB Information Systems Ltd., Aaron Cohen Associates Ltd., Auto-Graphics Inc., Book Systems Inc., Comprise Technologies and Copyright Clearance Center.

This article presents the addresses of companies that offer library automation systems in the U.S. such as 3M Library Systems, as of July 2004.

Presents an interview with Carol Hansen Montgomery, the dean of libraries at Drexel University, about their move from print to electronic journals. Why they began the inititative; How they will handle archives, including their own print archives; Creation of a position of Eletronic Resources Librarian to deal with publishers and license agreements; Questions regarding searching multiple sites; How Montgomery sees the role of aggregators, abstracting and indexing databases, and books changing as the trend toward electronic access increases.

Focuses on the 'Rochester Images Timeline' project begun by the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County in New York. Benefits of developing digital products and services in collaboration with other institutions, which was one of the library's goals; Decision to use MARC format; Grants that the library was awarded for the project.

States that the New Jersey State Library has announced that the first statewide electronic interlibrary loan system will be implemented in New Jersey. When installation will begin; Features; Library contact information.

Discusses grants and other funding information in the library sector. Announcement by the Library of Congress that AT&T is donating more than three million dollars to the National Digital Library Program; Plans to use part of the funds to digitize materials from the Library of Congress' collections of Alexander Graham Bell and Samuel F.B. Morse; Information about the discount that the New York Public Library has received through the federal education e-rate program.

Details the process of how the Herrick Library at Alfred University in Alfred, New York developed a database to track availability of serial holdings. Confusion adding to which journal titles could be accessed either in print or online services; Hardware and software used; Formatting; The use of a union query; Web accessibility; Other considerations; Conclusions.

Announces that the Burlington County (New Jersey) Library System has won a grant from Bell Atlantic and the New Jersey Library Association to improve service on its bookmobile. Details about what the grant will be used for; Burlington County Library contact information.

Discusses the Emergency Medical Services Document Delivery Pilot Project, which took place from October 1995 to May 1996 at Kapiolani Community College in Honolulu, Hawaii. Part of a project to enhance library services to college's health education departments; Just-in-time library services via document delivery; Budget for pilot; Goals of project; Components used in project; Abilities of product; Use of Web sites; Project evaluation and effectiveness.

This section offers news briefs related to computers in libraries as of January 2014. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has launched its new Ebook purchase model, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) that lets libraries purchase ebooks based on usage. The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (NCDHC) will be the state access point to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) announced publication of the first edition of the Library Publishing Directory.

The article offers libraries news brief as of July/August 2014. Topics discussed include launching of an open environment for the collaboration of libraries for creating extension by Ex Libris Group, provider of library automation technology, partnership of BiblioCommons, developer of checkout system of libraries, with Chicago Public Library to build BiblioCMS, an integrated catalog, and increment in e-book titles by Ingram Content Group, service provider of book publishing industry.

The article provides information on several online databases and digital library collections released in the U.S., including the Education Research Complete, the Environment Complete and Computers & Applied Sciences Complete databases from EBSCO Publishing, the 2007 Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Learned Journals Collection from the ALPSP and the Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus database from H.W. Wilson.

Presents news briefs related to the information services industry in the U.S. as of May 2005. Online databases launched by EBSCO; Online database launched by the New York Public Library; Online database launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.