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The article focuses on the future of automobiles turned out to be self-driving cars, not flying cars. Topics discussed include Rosie, the Jetsons' aproned robot maid, turned out to be Siri, the disembodied virtual assistant; and plans to replace library bookshelves with laptop counters became outdated when smartphones surpassed laptops as the preferred mobile devices.

The article reports that Libraries face an existential crisis as discussed at Internet Librarian (IL22) conference held in October 2022, librarians gathered uncertainties about the future of libraries. Topics include concerns noted in categories such as people's ability to pay attention, access to technology and information, and the role of artificial intelligence; and role of physical space emerged as the pointed concern, and various forms of political concerns libraries.

The article discusses the need for the European Union (EU) to invest in digitization if it plans to meet the targets of the European Commission (EC) for supplying content to the online library Europeana. EC Digital Agenda vice president Neelie Kroes, the Europeana cannot afford to miss the opportunities offered by digitization and face cultural decline. She adds that investing in digitization will generate new jobs and create new companies.

The article focuses on South Carolina State Library (SCSL) similar to many state libraries provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions. It mentions SCSL retains three copies for the library's collection and distributes the rest to participating depository libraries and the Library of Congress (LC). It also mentions South Carolina State Documents Depository provides immediate access to digitized and born-digital state agency documents.

Presents news briefs related to libraries and library products as of April 2005. Completion of the ISO 9001:2000 recertification audits by the British and Dutch regional offices of Swets Information Services; Partnership between OverDrive Digital Library Reserve and Blackstone Audiobooks; Report released by the State Library and Archives of Florida on the return on investments of libraries.

Highlights the Libraries in the Digital Age 2003 conference held in Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia. Topics covered in the conference; Information on the participants; Overview of presentations.

Discusses the availability of audioclasts from particular sessions of the August 2002 Digital Reference Research Symposium of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). How the participants came from libraries, digital libraries, and the computer science field; Consideration of the opening comments made by R. David Lankes.

The article offers an update on digital library projects in the U.S. as of November 2013. Particular focus is given to the online service Google Books, digital repository HathiTrust and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Issues regarding copyright, orphan works, metadata and quality of large-scale digital libraries arising from these projects are examined. Also mentioned is the court case The Authors Guild versus HathiTrust, which focuses on copyright infringement.

The article presents a discussion about libraries developing digital content. It is suggested that libraries ask their users what resources they would like to have as part of the digital collection. It is also recommended that libraries take note of the curricula of the local academic environment in their areas.

Discusses the development of Alleycat, a virtual-library catalog at the Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) in Florida. Uses of the system, including greater ease and lower cost of interlibrary loans; Epixtech, Inc., the firm which developed Alleycat.

Discusses digital library technology and the challenge of content management. Overview of links management systems, including interproduct links, shared citatin links and full text links; Non-traditional search technologies, such as natural language searching, cross-searching and federated searching; Improvement and extension of linking infrastructures with the adoption of the OpenURL standard; Comprehensive approach toward the development of electronic resource environments.

The article offers the author's view on libraries and their condition. He mentions its development through technology including open source data, streaming content and social media. An overview of the perspective of David Pescovitz of the Super Friends-sounding Institute for the Future on the issue is also presented.

This section offers news briefs related to the U.S. online information search industry as of September 2013. Publisher McGraw Hill Financial sold its "Aviation Week" title to Penton. William S. Hein & Co., Inc. will provide U.S. federal and state case law to its subscribers via inline links from Fastcase in a publishing partnership agreement. Factiva can now supply curated author contact information researched by the Dow Jones Data Strategy team, within search builder and search results.

The article examines the interesting features of the IEEE Xplore 2010 digital library. It mentions that the development of the system aims to improve the delivery of database content to users. Additionally, the author states that the design of its interface is important to accommodate all levels of users whether they are novice or advance users or guests. Moreover, it adds that the system provides a list of the leading 10 search terms used in a month.

The article focuses on the use of scanning systems in digital libraries. Scanning is far from dead. It remains a fundamental skill for digital librarians. The Northeast Document Conservation Center continues to offer a School for Scanning conference to help professionals learn best practices for conversion projects, from start to finish. This hands-on approach is immensely empowering, because it can help you master the details of optical character recognition (OCR), metadata creation and archival-quality digital objects. Indeed, the skills associated with print conversion will remain in demand for some time to come and are the foundation of digital library development know-how. Hewlett Packard's 4670 is a lightweight, flat panel scanner that can be carried into the stacks or even to remote locations. It is simple to use and the OCR software is superlative, producing clear text copies in one scan. It will drop a finished scan directly into Microsoft Word, from which one can create a portable document. For the large-scale scanners among us, there is Fujitsu's ScanSnap FI-5110-EOX, which is a moderately priced but high-powered machine aimed at the records management market. This scanner will copy 50 pages at a time and convert them into searchable Adobe portable document format files, ready for uploading.

Proposes that libraries may become completely virtual institutions in the future. Advances in information technology, which have brought challenges and capabilities to libraries; Outlook for changes in the designs of library buildings; Use of technology in libraries.

The article highlights the 1989 Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) conference to be chaired by David C. Genaway, founder and organizer of the previous IOLS conferences. The theme of the conference is "Mainframes, Minis, and Micros: Maximizing Resources Through Appropriate Choices." The conference has merged with the National Online Meeting, which creates a larger forum for users and providers of library systems and services. The article presents information on conference registration and outlines the programs included in the conference.

The article presents 2013 information on the information and library sectors. The African Press Organization has agreed to make its press releases available on the financial information service Bloomberg Terminal. In a 2013 announcement publisher Penguin Random House indicated that it created a new leadership team as a result of a merger between the companies Bertelsmann and Pearson. Innovative Interfaces announced that it had expanded its partnership with EBSCO information Services.

Offers suggestions on ways that libraries can make upgrades to digital catalogs go smoothly. The importance of timing in upgrading digital libraries; Providing advance notice of changes to all those involved with the library; Follow-up changes; Conducting an overall link check after an upgrade.

This section presents news briefs on digital library management in the U.S. as of January 1, 2005. The University of Michigan announced that its Bentley Historical Library and Columbia University's Avery Library have collaborated to launch the Muschenheim Digital Collection. The collection contains more than 3,500 scans of drawings and photographs by renowned 1930s modernist architect William Muschenheim in a searchable database. The collection is organized online using a timeline of Muschenheim's career and major projects as the graphical interface. In a separate news, EBSCO announced a series of improvements to EBSCO A-to-Z. The new Notes and Icons feature allows an administrator to completely customize notes for each library and to control where the notes are displayed. The enhanced proxy server settings enable the customization of settings by vendor, package, or title for managed titles. In another news, the University of Virginia Press announced the launch of its new Rotunda collection of digital scholarship with the release of the Dolley Madison Digital Edition, an edited collection of letters delivered in a Web-based format.

Introduces a series of articles on digital libraries.

The article presents the author's comments on how online libraries are different from traditional libraries. It reflects that the complexity in using a library makes people nostalgic about it. It informs that online libraries allow readers to comment on what they have read and influence the way others understand the subject. It is noted that libraries collect whereas online libraries disperse by collecting metadata.

The article focuses on the Online Access to Research in the Environment, a new digital Internet library created to bridge the scientific gap between the developed and the developing world. Through this program, more than 100 developing nations will be able to access one of the world's biggest collections of scholarly environmental literature at little or no cost. The annual subscriptions to the journals in this collection have the estimated value of nearly $1 million. Kimberly Parker, head of online collections for Yale University Library, described the project as a grand joint effort.

This article reports that in October 1994, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Inc. and its regional network affiliates hosted an international video-conference on the emerging electronic, digital library. The video conference was the result of discussions among network directors, OCLC management, and OCLC member libraries on what could further the professional dialogue that is crucial as the library community moves to the next stage of the electronic library. The event provided an interactive forum for participants at over 700 downlink sites across North America and Europe. The conference was free and open to all who are interested in the future of libraries. In his welcoming address, K. Wayne Smith commented that OCLC and its strategic partners' vision of the electronic library will be fulfilled within a year, and that the next stage will be arriving at warp speed. In his keynote address, Sidney Verba discussed new technology and what it means to libraries. He also conveyed his personal observations on technology. As a scholar he uses technology for research, as a teacher he observes how students use technology, and as a librarian he is studying how technology is changing the library.