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The article evaluates several compact microfilm readers including the ST200 line from S-T Imaging, the ScanPro line from e-ImageData Corp., and the MS-Series from Cannon Inc.

The article reviews several web sites including British History Online from the British Arts and Humanities Research Council, Visibility @ Your Library from the Campaign for America's Libraries and WorldCat.org.

The article features the developments in the LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL) website in Louisiana. According to the author, LDL statewide online resource contains digital reproductions of photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and others documenting the state's history and culture. The information in the web includes photographs of the great 1927 Mississippi River flood, digital audio recordings of Cajun and Creole folk music, and maps of the state from the early 18th Century.

The article focuses on a forum related to digital rights management and institutional repositories. It was sponsored by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services of the American Library Association. The speakers discussed issues related to institutional repositories and copyright. Denise Troll Covey, Principal Librarian for Special Projects, talked about the roles of rights holders, users, rights creators and enforcers, and rights definers and interpreters.