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The article focuses on adopting independently published ebooks into library collections. Online educator and elearning consultant Patricia Delich narrates about the Yuba College library not having a platform to host her self-published ebook. Librarian and doctoral student Elena Heilman discusses using Drexel University's ebook resources through the Web-based discovery service Summon. The solution of placing a read-only PDF version of Delich's ebook on Yuba College's portal is explored.

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.

Offers news briefs related to libraries in the United States as of November 1, 2000. Countywide strike which employees of the County of Los Angeles Public Library joined; Budget increase for the Miami-Dade Public Library System; Selection of Julie Cummins of the New York Public Library for the position of editor-in-chief of the periodical 'School Library Journal;' Arrest of a man suspected of stabbing a police officer at the Brainerd (Minn.) Public Library; Former librarian Regina Seltzer, who was voted to be the Representative in New York.

Presents updates on issues related to libraries in the U.S. as of August 15, 2002. Rejection of the exhibit policy recommended by Mayor George Wuerch of Alaska; Funding for the Los Angeles County Public Library; Legislation to address copyright infringement on decentralized peer-to-peer networks.