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Reports that books offered to the Northern Virginia Community College turned out to be stolen. Libraries that legitimately own the books; Investigation launched on the theft.

Shows a picture of the nearly completed Library of Virginia in downtown Richmond. Description of the building; The library housing one of the 12 remaining copies of the Bill of Rights and papers and public records of the state's governors going back to 1776; Designer.

Presents brief reports on academic public, and special libraries in the United States, as of March 15, 2001. Costumes from William Shakespeare's history plays, at the University of Michigan Special Collections Library; The Buddhist and Asian religious documents at the University of Virginia's Alderman Library; The StoryPlace web site at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; The promotional campaign at the Fresno County Free Library in California; Other brief reports.

Reports that VTLS Inc.'s automation system developed at Virginia Polytech has been chosen by the James Madison University Library in Harrisonburg, Virginia for circulation and online public access catalog.

Offers news briefs related to libraries as of April 15, 2001. Online catalog that is being made available by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; Delay in renovations at two Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) libraries in Richmond due to a freeze on all capital projects in the state; Orders given to the Durham County Library in North Carolina to stop buying nearly all new materials until June.

A review is offered for the Newman Library of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Provides quotations for librarians regarding the disadvantages of electronic reference sources. Comments of Jim Rettig, of the University of Richmond Library in Virginia, on the negative elements of electronic reference books; Views of Carrie Kent, of Harvard University's Widener Library in Massachusetts, on the design and development of reference databases.

This article reports on the $42,116 grant awarded to the Earl Gregg Swem Library of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia to catalog the college's manuscript collection. The year-long grant from the U.S. Department of Education under its Strengthening Research Library Library Resources program will give faculty and students access to more than 1000 manuscript collections, including the papers of Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, through LION, the library's online public access catalog.

Reports that the first automation sites for the DYNIX system in Virginia will be Portsmouth Public and Williamsburg.

Focuses on the plans of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, to invest in a total library automation system. Automation venders who are the final contenders for the contract to provide the university with the automated library system; Required capabilities of the system; Person in-charge of the system project.

Discusses the policy of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at Blacksburg to publish graduate students' master theses and doctoral dissertations on the World Wide Web. Criticism of the policy; The school's economic reasons for the policy; The effect on students should they seek traditional publishing opportunities.

Reports on an increase in the Virginia Libraries state aid in two legislative sessions through the Virginia Library Association's lobbying campaigns. Percentage increase of the funding formula; Creation of a Joint Subcommittee on the Funding of Libraries through the lobbying campaigns; Introduction of a legislation by the four most influential members of the House of Delegates and Senate.

Reports on donations, gifts, and bequests given to libraries around the United States in early 1999. How Irwin Uran, a reclusive philanthorpist, donated $1 million to establish a Judaic Studies collection at the Loudoun County Library in Leesburg, Virginia; How a donation to the Tulsa City-County Library will lead to the opening of a Hispanic Resource Center; Amount of money the Harvard University Library received from the United States National Endowments for the Humanities.

Details the schools that are installing the Unicorn system from Sirsi Corporation. What will be installed at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and at Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania; Sirsi's contract with the Alabama Public Library Services; Other details.

Presents news briefs related to librarians. Selection of Paula K. Alston as Assistant Director of Libraries and Research Services of the Chesapeake Public Library System in Virginia; Announcement that Jennifer Barager joined the Libraries/Academic Information Systems Development Team at Columbia University Libraries in New York City; Resignation of Carson Block as Technology Consultant at High Plains Regional Library Service Systems in Greeley, Colorado; Other news.

Considers the uproar over the presence of the gay newspaper `Washington Blade' in the lobbies of Fairfax County Public Library's 22 branches that led the county's Board of Supervisors to consider abolishing the library board in September 1993. Why the supervisors abandoned their plan; Comments by Library Board Chair Phylis Salak and Ernest Berger, who proposed the abolition motion; More.

This article presents information on the Online Librarian of Vienna, Virginia-based Quantum Computer Services. Dean DeBolt, special collections librarian for the University of West Florida, goes home at night to his family and to reference questions that strangers have sent to his personal computer (PC). DeBolt is the online librarian for Quantum Computer Services. It all started after DeBolt purchased a Commodore and educational software for his daughter. To get the most from his PC he hooked up to Quantum's information service called Q-Link, and while it provided adequate services for his needs, it occurred to him that other users might find a great deal of help in having access to an online library reference desk. He proposed to Quantum that such a service be made available and that he would be the reference librarian. Quantum gave him the approval and the Online Librarian was born. As of April 1989, the online national network is run from 6 o'clock in the evening to 7 o'clock in the morning local time in all U.S. zones and is accessible through TYMNET or TELENET. DeBolt says he averages ten questions for addresses of companies to help in locating the author or title of a book.

Reports on the problems associated with the proposed program of certification for librarians as reported by state librarian Donald Haynes in the Virginia State Library newsletter.

Reports on College of William and Mary's selection of the Virginia Tech Library System to automate and network its main libraries separated by about 20 miles.

Reports on the 'Faculty Foot Fetish' contest for raising funds at the Northern Virginia Community College in Woodbridge. Idea of the Alpha Delta Tau fraternity; Contest mechanics; Proceeds for the purchase of a reference book. ..OAKS-7/1/83

Reports that the Virginia Beach Department of Public Libraries, Virginia, has been chosen as a test site for one of the Kurzweil Reading Machines for the blind and handicapped students. Conversion of prints into spoken English; Funding of the Virginia Beach installation; Integration of blind and handicapped students into public schools.