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The article discusses the data-driven knowledge economy and ubiquitous screen culture, the role of visualization as a communication tool has increased considerably. Topics include visual representations of data reveal patterns and trends hidden in data and enable further exploration and addressing research questions; and the creation of visualizations for digital collections and inspire exploration of collection data.

Discusses the outsourcing of deacidification by libraries. Description of activities involved; Reasons for outsourcing; Types of vendors available; Services offered; Costs of outsourcing; Elements of a request for proposal (RFP) model recommended for outsourcing; List of requirements that need to be signed by vendors.

Features a prospectus for developing a request for proposal (RFP) for a system to host the California Digital Library (CDL) databases. Scope; Objectives for a system to host CDL databases; RFP checklist.

Features Canon Laser 9500 high-volume, plain paper/laser facsimile machine manufactured by Canon U.S.A. Inc. Retail price for the machine; Details on the warranty for the facsimile machine; Advantages and disadvantages of using the machine.

Features the SHARP FO-6550 high-volume, plain paper/laser facsimile machine manufactured by Sharp Electronics Corp. Description of the facsimile machine; Benefits to be derived from the use of the machine; Details on the retail price for the machine.

Features the Panasonic Panafax UF-880 high-volume, plain paper/laser facsimile machine from Panasonic Communications and Systems Co. Description of the machine; Advantages and disadvantages of using the machine; Details on the retail price of the facsimile machine.

Features the Cannon Laser Class 9000 high-volume, plain paper/laser facsimile machine manufactured by Canon U.S.A. Inc. Price for the machine; Description of the facsimile machine; Comparison of Cannon Laser Class 9000 with Laser Class 9500.

Features the Okidata Okifax 5600 mid-volume, plain paper/LED facsimile machine manufactured by the Okidata company. Description of the facsimile machine; Advantages and disadvantages of using the machine; Price of the facsimile machine.

Chapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 57, no. 4), “Creating Adaptable Digital Preservation Workflows,” provides a walkthrough of a processing workflow, including appraisal, arrangement, and description of digital materials. The workflow focuses on the commonalities and differences between processing digital-only collections and processing collections that include paper and digital materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aticle presents an extended example of visualizing the digital collection of papers of the astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh at New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections. Topics include the discovery of Pluto has the beginning of an exciting career; and awarded the Edwin Emory Slosson Scholarship to the University of Kansas, US.

Features the Minoltafax 1800 low-volume, plain paper/laser facsimile machine manufactured by Minolta Corp. Description of the facsimile machine; Price for the machine; Details on the advantages and disadvantages of using the facsimile machine.

This article presents print and electronic information resources, Web sites, academic papers, and continuing education workshops about the OpenURL computer network protocol and digital library standard. Papers include: "Encoding OpenURLs in Dublin Core Metadata", "OpenResolver: A Simple OpenURL Resolver", "Open Linking for Libraries: The OpenURL Framework", "Linking Electronic Journals: Lessons from the Open Journal Project", "Reference Linking in a Hybrid Library Environment", and "CrossRef Turns One".

The article discusses some specialty subdomains of digital preservation such as electronic-journal archiving and Web archiving. The preservation of scholarly online journals presents special organizational and technical challenges. Technically, the source for electronic journals can be anything from images of printed pages to highly marked-up text in XML or SGML. The Portico archive is a centralized preservation repository of scholarly electronic journals. Most Web archiving is either site-centric, topic-centric, or domain-centric. One of the best ways to keep current in Internet archiving developments is to follow the annual International Web Archiving Workshop, which makes all papers and presentations freely available on the Web.

This paper lists several electronic books on library technology. In "Beyond Print: Reading Digitally," the author, Gary J. Brown suggests that the availability of digital texts will change how people read and urges producers to alter their approach to electronic books. Vivian Lewis' "E-books After the Fall" provides a good overview of electronic book history with a discussion of what is needed now for successful implementation, both on the publisher and the library side. "I, User - The eBook Prospectus: 2004," by Rich Lugg and Ruth Fischer is a review of what's new in online and offline e-books technology and in solutions for integrating e-books into acquisition processes. Ann Bristow's "Acquiring Reference Tools: Some Thoughts on Current Issues" reviews the state of reference e-publishing and note the metamorphosis of print reference books into subscription-based online databases that are less easy to accommodate in limited budgets.

This paper describes the libraries devotion of their resources to access management. When libraries began buying electronic resources, they joined publishers and information scientists on the technology train, an express that generates its own momentum. First, libraries bought current subscriptions to electronic journals. Libraries also have been willing to buy expensive products even though they are seriously flawed. One of the most basic impacts of electronic publishing has been the stimulation of the belief that libraries must transform themselves and take on new roles. A few years ago library leaders talked about the challenges of maintaining the hybrid print/digital library. The balance has shifted perceptibly to the idea that the good library is the electronic library.

This paper features the American Library Association (ALA) website on library funding which demonstrates the pervasiveness of budget problems in libraries, highlighting cuts in 41 states. A question at a session of ALA's June 2004 annual conference provided dramatic corroboration of the severe problems libraries face in meeting their priorities. Despite the general drop in funding and budgetary uncertainties, libraries are doing their best to keep up with the rising tide of e-resources. A 2002 Association of Research Libraries survey indicates that spending on electronic resources rose 400% between 1994 and 1995 and 2001 and 2002. The technology and information consulting company Outsell reported budget allocations for digital content in academic libraries had risen 19% between 2002 and 2003 and in public libraries by 35% to 31% of the total. In the early days of licensing e-journals, librarians often complained that they were being called on to subsidize commercial publishers' online product development.

This article presents an introduction to papers on the OpenURL digital library standard published in this periodical.

The article discusses some resources on wireless LANs. Wireless Libraries blog is a blog devoted to the discussion of wireless networks in libraries. The Wireless Librarian Web site includes a search box so individuals can find libraries with wireless networks that are listed in the lib-web-cats online directory. The Library & Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, offers a full-day regional institute on the topic of "Wireless Networks in Libraries." Meanwhile, Wi-Fi Alliance is an industry consortium of companies involved in producing wireless networking equipment. The Wi-Fi Alliance promotes the technology and certifies interoperability. The group's Web site includes general information about wireless technologies, white papers, and information about the organization

While a tablet is a sort of "magic window" that becomes whatever you want via apps, the e-reader is a device almost entirely dedicated to a single function, that of reading long-form text. E-readers such as the Kindle and the Nook do this job very, very well and deserve their own attention, separate from their do-anything tablet brethren. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on some information resources related to metadata futures. The report "All That Is Solid Melts into Flows...," by Lorcan Dempsey, has attempted to build on the 2002 report without repeating what is already published there while looking at metadata past and metadata current. An update to major metadata standards is provided by this, new information on other emerging or current metadata along with standards of interest. In the "Journal of Digital Information," an editorial titled "Digital Libraries and User Needs: Negotiating the Future," by Anita Coleman and Tamara Sumner is published in which three types of approaches are described in regard to understanding user needs, organizing content, and engaging community and participation. These models are user-centered design, participatory design, and shared governance models. Researcher William E. Moen discusses the current and future uses of metadata in the research paper "Metadata Interaction, Integration, and Interoperability" presented at the 2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, and he provides some very good references as well.

Focuses on types of formats to be housed in a library. Data formats; Audio-video formats; Microfilm formats; Paper formats.