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Takes a look at libraries that make their collections available on the World Wide Web. The growing use of automation and online library resources; Examples of collections on the Web, including the American Memory Project from the Library of Congress; Other collections from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

The University of Michigan (U-M) has announced that the University Library and the U-M Museum of Natural History have created a Web site featuring images and descriptions of thousands of specimens of fish, mammals, and fungi local to the Great Lakes region. The site draws material from the U-M Museum of Natural History, more than 16,000 digital images and 115,000 data records from the Fish and Mammal divisions of the university, and material from the Museum of Zoology and the Fungus Collections of the U-M Herbarium, made available electronically by the University Library. The databases list both scientific and common names and include records for specimens collected in the Great Lakes region from the 1850s to the present. Links among related records assist the user in navigating the collections.

Relates news briefs on digital libraries. A partnership at Cornell University with computer scientists and librarians to develop better strategies for documents and other data; The funding by the United States Department of Education of two projects at Columbia University to make South Asian resources and library collections more available through enhancement and use of the World Wide Web.

Announces that portraits of all the United States presidents and most of the first ladies are available from the Library of Congress American Memory online collections. Brief background on American Memory; World Wide Web address.

Reports that the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Program is adding three new collections of American historical information. Collection contents; Names of the three new collections; Access available through the Library's Learning Page education software; Contact points.

Announces that the Library of Congress has made its collection of Thomas Jefferson papers available online at the American Memory Web site. How the Jefferson papers include correspondence, memorandum, notes, and manuscript volumes; Consideration of how the local link resolver can link from the HLAS Online records to the Web resources.

Reviews the web site Congressional Research Service Reports from the U.S. Library of Congress.

Lists several critical or unique Web sites for a varied audience seeking criminal justice information in the U.S. Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Links; CrimeLynx; National Archive of Criminal Justice Data; Criminal Justice Resources.

Focuses on the science and art of online research in the fine arts. Factors that influence confusion in online art research; Examples of questions that can be asked to facilitate online art research; Significance of programming an online search to help identify the type of information needed and the appropriate sources.

Focuses on the collections of scholarly Internet resources available on the Web. Aims in providing social science Web resources; Site features; Different ways in searching for Website informations; Usefulness of the Web for scholarly research in the social sciences.

Reports that ScienceDirect, a division of Elsevier Science, has announced that it will offer Cell Press titles, a collection of life science journals, through its service. How ScienceDirect Digital Collections users will now have online full-text linking access to the journals `Cell,' `Molecular Cell,' `Immunity,' and `Neuron'; Plans to offer access to the Cell Press titles locally on the institute's library system.

Reports the announcement of the United States Library of Congress that it has added to and expanded collections available online from its American Memory Web site. The site as a project of the National Digital Library Program; `American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920,' a collection from the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University Graduate School of Design; George Washington Papers; Other materials.

Features Web sites that offer online maps and map collections. Atlapedia; Color Landform Atlas of the United States; Flags and Maps of the World; National Geographic's Map Machine; Historical maps from the American Memory Map Collections and the Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection; Mathematics of Cartography.

Discusses the impact of internet technology on international librarianship as of November 2000. Web sites which provide virtual tours of the world's libraries; Features of the web site of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA); Services provided by the American Library Association's (ALA) International Relations Office; How the internet fosters diversity among librarians.

Looks at several online information services for library preservation as of June 1, 1997. The library of Congress Preservation Directorate home page; Conservation OnLine; Cornell University Department of Preservation and Conservation; Preservation and Storage Division, State Library of Victoria; Commission on Preservation and Access; Contact information.

Informs that The British Library will provide updates the British National Bibliography (BNB) CD-ROM records weekly via the Internet. Software that will enable subscribers to download and search new BNB book records; Statement from Clive Field, director of scholarship and collections at The British Library, that the development demonstrates the library's commitment to improved access to its collections.

Reports that online archivist Alexa Internet has given the Library of Congress a gift copy of their recording of the World Wide Web. Description of the donation; Appreciation of the gift by the Library of Congress.

Presents updates on online information services related to business and finance, as of November 2002. Launch of a Web-based pay-as-you-go service by Snapshops International; Limited agreement between John Wiley & Sons Inc. and ProQuest; Features of Internet service Executive Briefing from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

The article presents update on the Library Technology Collaborative campaign launched by IGI Global. According to campaign co-chair Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, the goal of the collaborative is to provide a networking platform to promote the collection of electronic resources from academic libraries worldwide in an effort to support the global economic growth. Also indicated are the winners of the first annual Library Technology Excellence Award, including Chia-Wen Tsai from Ming Chuan University in Taiwan, and information technology (IT) librarian Kate Lyons.