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The article emphasizes the importance of historical data in understanding trends in academic library collections. It discusses the evolution of library budgets, collection expenditures, and resource access over the past two decades, focusing on shifts towards electronic resources and the impact on library systems and technologies.

This article focuses on the information tools and services developed by the Foundation Center to help librarians empower their efforts to obtain pluralistic funding in the U.S. Most librarians are familiar with the outstanding work of the Foundation Center. It is common to see libraries make Foundation Center resources available to patrons as part of a library's collection. With the coming of the Web, the Foundation Center has developed a much larger range of tools and services, print and online, free and fee-based. Fee-based resources of the Foundation Center include over 40 print titles including the National Guide to Funding for Libraries and Information Services, CD-ROM, and online databases. The premier electronic offering of the Foundation Center is The Foundation Directory Online. In addition, the center offers a variety of training and support options, including an Associates Program. The Foundation Center was established in 1956 with this mission statement: To strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. Headquartered in New York City, the Foundation Center has offices and libraries in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, and Atlanta. Physical access to Foundation Center resources expands via its Cooperating Collections Network members, which are either libraries or non-profit information centers. There are 241 such centers in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico.

In this article, the author presents his views on evolution in the information landscape with time. It mentions information on peer-reviewed journals which are making available the research datasets on which their articles are based, and libraries are curating collections of high-quality open access; and also mentions information on deep searches in fee-based online services, which offer powerful search functions, consistent indexing of reputable published sources, and documented coverage.

The article focuses on the highlights and personal experiences from the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition held in San Diego in 2024. Topics include the presentation of the Library of the Future Award to the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, insights from key sessions on library advocacy and digital access, and notable new products showcased in the exhibit hall.

The article focuses on how LIBRARIES TAP INTO THE ZEITGEIST EVEN WHEN DENIED ACCESS. Topics discussed include librarians explain why they're Bridgerton fans and want to share it with their community; and Bridgerton takes place in the early 1800s and centers on the aristocratic Bridgerton family; and Librarians are finding ways to connect with their patrons about this wildly popular show.

The article presents several resources that librarians can use to learn about the subculture of invented languages. Also cited are the age old practice of invented languages including the Lingua Ignota as the first recorded artificial language, the use of the video channel YouTube to learn about constructed languages, and some invented words like 'Elvish,' 'Klingon,' and 'Dothraki.'

The article explores Alphabet launched a new company called Isomorphic Lab, a commercial venture that aims to reimagine the entire drug discovery process with an AI-first approach. Its overall objective is to model and understand some of the fundamental mechanisms of life. Demis Hassabis will serve as CEO for Isomorphic's initial phase, while remaining as DeepMind CEO.

The article offers publishing and libraries news briefs on topics including Simba Information's report on global professional and scholarly e-book publishing, Patron Point's online training series for public libraries, Thomson Reuters' addition of the UK Supreme Court Dockets to Westlaw, Ithaka S+R's research project on AI in higher education, and OCLC's Choreo Insights library analytics solution for North American libraries.

The article describes the Library of the Future, which refers to a model for a physical facility and virtual space that can expect, identify and adapt to changes. The next-generation library is said to be capable of marshalling greater resources to enhance user experience by means of technology adaptations and organizational structure. The challenges facing libraries as of 2010 including access issues and understanding user need are discussed. Also discussed is the approach of the Library of the Future to library products and services.

This article explores how the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is reinventing itself and the way it is delivering information to the nation and to the world. The GPO is the federal government's primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing and preserving published information in all its forms. Technology is driving change at GPO and all federal agencies, changing ways to create, store, disseminate, archive and preserve documents and data. Consumers want easy online access to current and past government information and documents. Information users do not want to wait for paper publications to arrive in the mail. They want easily usable tools to identify, find, access and download the needed information. Transition from print to online on both the production and distribution sides of the office's operations creates opportunities for increased efficiency and effectiveness in all GPO activities. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Actions to Strengthen and Sustain GPO's Transformation, was prepared in response to a request by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to do a general management review of GPO and a similar mandate by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. A year-long study led to the GAO report issued in June 2004. In addition to surveying federal agencies and auditing GPO policies, procedures and operation, the GAO convened a panel of experts to review GPO operations and make recommendations for change. The GAO report contains many recommendations for changes in the internal operations of GPO as well as in external operations, customer relations, partnerships and publishing.

The article discusses news briefs associated with information service industry. It is noted that a contract has been provided to EBSCO Information Services by the Library of Congress to develop and implement an open source information technology platform. It is noted that the Public Library Association has revealed the availability of its 2022–2026 strategic plan, which is focused on equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice.

The article presents updates on the information resources industry. Knovel Corp. and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Collections have entered a 3-year agreement that lets JISC member institutions access Knovel's engineering resources. EBSCO Information Services added Elsevier content to its collection of ebooks. Elsevier brings more than 4,000 ebooks from ScienceDirect, and 50 reference works ranging from specialist studies to broadbased encyclopedias. ProQuest's Library School Program, which gives information science students free access to ProQuest's reference tools during the school year, is now open for the 2007-2008 term.

The article presents an update on several electronic publications, digital information resources, Web sites and databases as of March 2004. Yahoo! Inc. announced the launch of extensive election-related offerings to equip consumers, candidates, and political organizations for the 2004 campaign season. Nature Publishing Group has announced that Nature Japan, its Asian subsidiary, will produce a Chinese edition of Nature to be distributed exclusively in mainland China. MicroPatent LLC announced the release of its MPI-INPADOC Plus database. This enterprise-wide search, monitoring, and review tool within MicroPatent's Patent Web has nearly 50 million patent records. Dialog Corp. announced that it has enhanced the BIOSIS Previews database which is available through its Dialog and Dialog DataStar services. The company also announced that it is offering Dialog Choice, a new fixed-free enterprise pricing plan. Serials Solutions Inc. announced that it has released E-Journal Portal as part of its new E-Journal Access & Management Suite. E-Journal Portal delivers a low-maintenance e-journal management solution and includes daily data updates. SLA announced that it has launched the fourth generation of its Web site.

The article reports on the opening of a new multimillion-dollar demonstration center for multimedia information and educational technologies by the Library of Congress (LC). The center occupies the 6,000 square foot atrium in the LC's James Madison Memorial Building. The National Demonstration Laboratory for Interactive Information Technologies (NDL) is expected to play a major role in fulfilling the LC's plans to make its collections more widely available and accessible. The center, a demonstration of public-private enterprise, is supported entirely by private funds. The NDL holds forth the promise of connecting the treasures of the collection of the LC to the country and indeed, the world, and making them available through interactive technology. The LC already has several projects in test stage. One is the American Memory Project, which was the Library's first significant move to use advanced optical-disk storage methods to put library collections in a form that could be transmitted rapidly across the country.

The article informs about 2019 American Library Association annual conferences and Exhibition, held at June 20–25, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Topics discussed include e lifetime of thinking about spirituality and the importance of sharing stories translated into a celebration; the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, when those in power realized the danger of letting information spread to the populace; library card information at the library's entrance.

Discusses some trends in the use of electronic books. Advantage of a collection of electronic books used as references; Access of such books through institutions such as libraries; Growth of the trend of subscription pricing for the books.

The article offers news briefs related to information resources as of October 2018. Topics include the partnership between EBSCO Information Services' GOBI Library Solutions with ByWater Solutions to improve the Koha open resource integrated library system, the addition of the SAGE Knowledge collection of ebooks and ereference content to ProQuest's Online Acquisitions and Selection Information System, and the launching of the Anywhere Access cloud-based solution from Digital Science.

The article describes several library digitization projects. The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRIAL) project of the Greater Western Library Alliance aims to identify, digitize, archive and provide continued and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. The Europeana website is said to feature 14.6 million digital items, including images, texts, sounds and videos provided by audiovisual collections, archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

This section offers news briefs related to the information resources industry. Baker & Taylor partnered with ebrary to develop its own digital content product and services and to integrate its electronic books (ebooks) with those already aggregated by ebrary. Duke University Press Hill be archiving electronic books from the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection with Portico in a long-term strategy to preserve electronic scholarly content. EBSCO Publishing has acquired database producer Salem Press.

Reports on the availability of the 22nd edition of 'The Elementary School Library Collection' (ESLC) in CD-ROM and book formats from Brodart Books. Features of the listing of highly recommended books and audiovisual products for children; Review criteria for items included in the ESLC; Use of the ESLC in libraries and media centers.

Focuses on doing genealogy research online. Information provided by VitalCheck site; Benefits of visiting Roots Web site; Other sites which are helpful in tracing your roots.

The article reports that EBSCO Publishing Inc. entered into an agreement with CINAHL Information System to include the CINAHL database on EBSCOhost. EBSCOhost is the new Z39.50-compliant, client/server system that offers keyword searchable access to periodical and research databases. Currently MasterFILE Full TEXT 1,000, and several of EBSCO's proprietary databases are available on EBSCOhost. Access to the popular CINAHL and sociofile databases via EBSCOhost is scheduled for 1996. CINAHL provides comprehensive coverage of publications in nursing and 17 allied health disciplines, health sciences librarianship, biomedicine, and consumer health information. It provides access to over 700 journals, including publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association.