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Discusses the effect of the increase of prices of Elsevier Science Incorporated's science journals to research libraries and universities. Information about the meeting of Purdue University faculty with Russell White, president of Elsevier; Factor that triggered the Purdue University meeting; Several points that Purdue faculty wanted to make for Elsevier's consideration.

Offers suggestions for introducing older library patrons to the Internet. How the Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute, Indiana tailored computer and technology classes to the elderly; Efforts to make the classes less intimidating to the seniors who had little or no computer experience; Success of the program.

Interviews Emily Mobey, Dean of Libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Distinguished Professor of Library Science at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Opposition against commercial scholarly journals on the Internet; Her views on the e-Biomed project of the United States National Institutes of Health; Views on the role of librarians as archivists.

Gives information about library employees as of October 1, 2002. Promotion of D. Scott Brandt to full professor at Purdue University Libraries; Election of Linda Watson as president of the Medical Library Association; Announcement of the OCLC Members Council that several members have been elected, including Larry Alford.