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This article reports that the U.S. Library of Congress' National Digital Library (NDL) Program has announced the availability of five new collections from its World Wide Web home page. The new offerings bring to more than a dozen the number of collections that the Library makes freely available over the Internet. The collections include Mathew Brady Civil War photographs, sound recordings from the Nation's Forum, and early motion pictures. The NDL Program also offers access to the Library's card catalog, records from the U.S. Copyright Office, and links to other Internet sites. Text and images from nearly a dozen of the Library's major exhibitions are also available.

The article focuses on recent developments in the online information services industry in the U.S. Incatsystems Software USA Inc., developer of Easy-CD Pro for Windows, has released a new version of its CD-R mastering software, Easy-CD Pro v1.4 for Macintosh. With Easy-CD Pro for Macintosh, the user can create a real or virtual image in ISO 9660, Macintosh HFS, CD-DA, or Mixed-Mode formats, and transfer this image to CD-R recorder or hard disk. Data can be written to compact disc from a variety of sources including Virtual ISO Images, HFS Volumes, SCSI Devices, and AIFF files. The release of Criminal Justice Abstracts, produced by Willow Tree Press in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Collection of Rutgers University Library, makes available an in-depth and informative database containing tens of thousands of abstracts of the world's literature on crime and criminal justice. This database provides coverage of the major journals, books, and reports and explores a wide variety of topics.

Reports the announcement of the United States Library of Congress that it has added to and expanded collections available online from its American Memory Web site. The site as a project of the National Digital Library Program; `American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920,' a collection from the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University Graduate School of Design; George Washington Papers; Other materials.

Reports that SIRSI Corp. has announced that the Yosemite Community College District in Northern California has selected its LINK to provide an integrated system for its libraries. View that the ability of LINK's iLink Online Scholar's Portal to provide a single location for all types of electronic resources will benefit users and staff; Benefit of iLink to distance education students; Ability of iLink to enable libraries to make better use of their collections.

Reports on a National Leadership grant awarded to the Branch Libraries of The New York Public Library for the creation of an online picture collection. How the library will use the federal grant to digitize, catalog, and make available on the Internet out-of-copyright images from its Picture Collection; Details of the collection which includes clippings from sources, such as books, magazines, and catalogs; Selection of pictures from its most widely used categories, including Costume and American History.

This section offers information technology news briefs. Social networking site Facebook has introduced new features designed to give users more control over their personal information and privacy. RIM has launched its BlackBerry Playbook designed to compete with Apple's iPad. JustCite, an upgraded legal citation and search service used by more than 20,000 legal practitioners, has been launched by Justis Publishing.

The article informs about 2019 American Library Association annual conferences and Exhibition, held at June 20–25, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Topics discussed include e lifetime of thinking about spirituality and the importance of sharing stories translated into a celebration; the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, when those in power realized the danger of letting information spread to the populace; library card information at the library's entrance.

Discusses intentions by the New Jersey State Library to implement the first statewide electronic interlibrary loan system beginning in mid-April 1999. Number of libraries expected to be online by the end of 1999; The agreement between the New Jersey State Library and Ameritech Library Services; Why Ameritech Library Services was chosen.

Reports that 68 applications were submitted by ninety-nine institutions in the second round of the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition. Who the applications are evaluated by; When award winners will be announced; Reason the Library of Congress is sponsoring the competition; Contact point for more information on the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.

Reports that the ethnographic field collection `Voices of the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection' from the Library of Congress is available from the American Memory Program at its web site address. Contents of the collection; Reference to the documentation of the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941; Contact point for source of the collection.

The article discusses operations and challenges faced by U.S. federal libraries. Topics explored include the commitment of these libraries to provide information resources and services to the public, the previous closure of three regional libraries of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the impact of the October 2013 federal government shutdown on U.S. Census Bureau library operations. INSET: WORDS at WORK.

The article focuses on information technology news briefs as of July 2012. It states that the U.S. Government Printing Office is allowing bookstore Barnes & Noble sell federal electronic books for its Nook electronic book reader. It mentions that Questex Media Group has acquired information provider Ataway Exchange. It comments that telecommunications company L2Networks Corp. filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission concerning Net Neutrality.

The article presents an interview with André Avorio, head of the head of the Open Music Library (OML). Topics discussed include ideas for creation of the OML which involved online collaboration and access to much larger shared datasets; his views on engagement with the academic music community is critical to successfully growing and curating the OML; and creation of open networks by OML.

The article reviews the website "ReFigure," offers information on a digital collection of English-language periodicals titled "Left of Liberalism: Marxist-Socialist Newspapers, 1900-2015," and offers information on the digital archive of the magazine "Creative Review."

Reports on the United States Library of Congress' addition of two online collections to its American Memory Project. Library program which this project is part of; Details on the aims and focus of this project; Supporters of the initiative; Detailed information on the collections.

The article presents information on the latest changes and the commercialization of the Internet. The National Science Foundation, which has provided much of the backbone for the U.S. Internet to date, implements a new regional Network Access Point structure. Most of the regional and larger Internet Service Providers (ISP) will be upgrading equipment and providing faster and more robust Internet connections for their users. Also on the horizon for the Internet are more software clients, such as the fine World Wide Web browser Netscape from Netscape Communications Inc. There are some great new features scheduled for the new Version 3.0 of the great e-mail software Eudora, from Qualcomm Inc.; reportedly, Eudora will be able to access Uniform Resource Locators in e-mail if the configuration and setup for Internet access is selected. America Online (AOL) has recently announced the purchase of one of the major ISPs, Advanced Network & Services Inc. (ANS), and plans major AOL system upgrades and newer, faster access points for AOL users; the impact on Internet access via AOL isn't clear, but AOL has made a major move into Internet operations with the buying of ANS and other Internet-related software companies.

An obituary is presented for Dennis A. Norlin, an honorary fellow of the National Federation of Advanced Information Services and former executive director of its American Theological Library Association.

The article focuses on the mission of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) to provide a voice for librarians and libraries worldwide on digital content, copyright and intellectual property issues.

This section presents news briefs concerning executives within the U.S. electronic information service industry. Endeavor Information Systems, Inc. announced three appointments to its management team. Kathryn Harnish is the director of product management. Mike Dicus is the product manager for Voyager. Char Chase has joined the company as product manager for its suite of digital library management products. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announced that Peter Gregory will join Wiley-VCH as its editorial director and a member of Wiley's global scientific, medical, and technical board. Answers Corp. announced that Robert Formentin has joined the company in the position of vice president of advertising sales.

Presents information on the Farm Security Administration Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) photographic collection relating to the Great Depression to World War II, which is offered by the Library of Congress. Web site at which the collection can be viewed; Details on the first release of the FSA-OWI collection; Information on the access features.

Focuses on the availability of the UI Libraries' online catalog from the University of Iowa (UI), on the Web. Composition of the CIC Virtual Electronic Library Catalog; Type of information included on the catalog.

Reports on the naming of the Library of Congress's American Memory historical collections, as `the best Web sites of 1996' by Time magazine. Features of the site.

The article reports that Disclosure Inc., has announced that it is making key data on publicly traded companies available over American Online Inc., (AOL). The newly launched Disclosure service will be located in the new Company Research area within the AOL Personal Finance channel and will be accessed with the keyword DISCLOSURE. Through AOL, individuals can obtain comprehensive information from Disclosure's databases. The service will also include a subset of Disclosure's value-added EdgarPlus database, which allows users to navigate through thousands of Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system filings. Disclosure has also developed an educational area called Disclosure Infobase to help AOL users better understand U.S. Security and Exchange Commission and international company filings. According to the company sources, consumer demand for quality financial data over online services is growing rapidly and Disclosure will be a major contributor in providing that data. According to a company personnel, their partnership with American Online allows them to link their experience with one of the fastest growing consumer online services.

The article presents information on the introduction of three new files in the online services of the company Lexis-Nexis. The three new files are: The New York Daily News the Anchorage Daily News, and ABI/INFORM. The New York Daily News (DLYN-WS), described as the United States's leading daily tabloid, is known by its motto: "The most New York you can get." In each day's edition of the tabloid, people find hard-hitting news stories and enterprising journalism along with important sports, business, gossip, entertainment and lifestyle news. The Anchorage Daily News (ANCHDN) is Alaska's largest daily newspaper providing local, national, and international news coverage. In addition to state-wide coverage of politics, government, business, economics, arts, and sports, the Anchorage Daily News reports on issues unique to Alaska. Finally, the addition of ABI/INFORM makes the Lexis-Nexis services even more valuable as sources of news and information about business worldwide.

The article presents information on the addition of bibliographic records for government documents on prisoners of war and service personnel missing in action in Southeast Asia to the Library of Congress's offerings on the Internet. Initially, 30,000 records are available in a demonstration file on the Internet, via the Library's World Wide Web server. The complete bibliographic file for the collection of 200,000 records, formally titled "Correlated and Uncorrelated Information Relating to Missing Americans in Southeast Asia," will be available on the Internet in the near future, according to Herbert S. Becker, director of the Library's Information Technology Services. This is expected by March 1995.

The article reports on the launch of Patent Scan, a collection of U.S. patent information on compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM), by Rapid Patent. It is stated that the Patent Scan offers an access to more than 1.7 million patent records in the country. Michael Toohey, president of Rapid Patent, states that the company worked closely with customers to build a flexible, modular product suite. The standard edition of the Patent Scan which consist of patent information from 1974 to 1993 is expected to ship in the January 1994.

The article reports that the Social Law Library offers free subscription of its Substantive Law Library on compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM) to the Massachusetts' Supreme Court judges. The CD-ROM contains full-text of the decisions of the state's Court of Appeals and Supreme Judicial Court from 1972 to 1993. It is stated that the CD-ROM allows state's judges to search state's case law from the convenience of their own desks. The library is extending its offer to state's judges due to excellent initial response.

Presents news briefs on information services in the U.S. as of April 1, 1990. Availability of Questions and Answers: Strategies for Using the Electronic Reference Collection, proceedings from the 24th annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; New online offerings from Political Risk Services; Release of a new edition of Search Software, the user manual for the database, by Information Sources Inc.