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Features a library designed by interior designer Alan Tanksley in the Hampton Designer Showhouse in Wainscott, New York. Use of paper clip chandelier by Gary Ponzo; Price range of Ponzo's chandeliers.

Describes the papers given to Stanford University, in California, by Apple Computer. The collection for the university's Green Library; The collection from Apple's corporate library; Comments of Dr. Henry Lowood, Stanford's library curator.

Reports the purchase of the literary archives of author Susan Sontag by the University of California Library in Los Angeles, California.

Examines the problems faced by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. regarding the conservation and restoration of books.

Reports the acquisition by Columbia University of the library and personal archive from playwright Tennessee Williams's home in Florida. Details of the literary material acquired by the university.

Reports the acquisition of Graham Greene archive and library by the John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections of the Boston University. Details of the negotiation; Collection of the library.

The article reports that the Smithsonian Institution has reconstituted its scholarly publishing program in a newly announced partnership with Rowman & Littlefield. The new imprint, known as the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, will be open only to authors who are directly affiliated with the Smithsonian's museums and research units. It is speculated that one possible point of tension has to do with founding secretary Joseph Henry's 150-year-old principle that the Smithsonian's papers should be shared freely with U.S. libraries. Commentary from publisher John Sisk is provided, along with an explanation of how the new program will work.

Focuses on the papers of Malcolm X that were to be sold at auction in March 2002, but are to be made available to scholars at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center in Harlem, under an agreement between his family and the center. Background on the documents, which have yet to be assessed by scholars; Comments of the center's director, Howard Dodson; Sample items, including photographs and a diary; Significance of Malcolm X's diaries and drafts of speeches.

Presents news briefs concerning the publication of scholarly books as of February 12, 1999. Review of a book dealing with race in America entitled `By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race,' by Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown; The library of the University of Oregon's receipt of private funding for the establishment of a printing press aimed at publishing limited editions of books made with letterpress printing, fine papers, and unique designs.

Focuses on the issue of naming a Library after President William Jefferson Clinton in Arkansas. Debate it has caused; Comments of John Fawcett a historian; The Presidential Libraries Act, enabling other presidents to donate their historical materials to the government and ensuring preservation for a president's papers; Possible sites for the library; Decision that the library will be in Little Rock.

Reports on the release of draft papers describing potential uses of the data highway. Officials of the National Information Infrastructure's assertions; Use of the data highway in education and libraries; Equitable access and technical standards.