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The article talks about RE:BOOK, a National Library Week contest held by Claremont Colleges Library (CCL) in Claremont, California. The author says despite the success of the event, which invites students to submit art projects that use worn-out books and other types of cast-off paper, RE:BOOK has caused controversy regarding questions on the inviolability of books from students and teachers. The article discusses the two year history of the contests and presents some of the projects submitted.

Reports that a dispute between the University of California/Berkeley library and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) may threaten research libraries' abilities to build archives of scholars' papers. Focus and details of the dispute; Arguments of Berkeley library officials and NARA; Comments of Joseph A. Rosenthal, Berkeley university librarian.

The article reports on how academic libraries could include instructors in technologically innovative and student targeted-services. The initiative of librarians at the Santa Rosa Junior College to build an outreach program to increase faculty awareness of library resources and expose faculty to the dynamic nature of an array of library services is noted. The services provided by the library include digital trend workshops, customized programs, and targeted Web services. The library created FacPack as a LibGuide so it could be quickly and easily modified by all librarians.

Offers news briefs pertaining to libraries in the United States. California voters' approval of the Proposition 14 library bond; Proposal for bringing the Baltimore County schools closer to compliance with state standards in Maryland; Petition by Pennsylvania's University of Pittsburgh Library's faculty librarians for benefits; Gunman at the Central Library of Howard County in Columbia, Maryland; Opposition to the removal of books at California's Topeka Drive Elementary School library in Northridge.