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Reports on the availability of Malcolm X documents at the New York Public Library in New York City. Access of researchers to the papers; Details on the collection; Historical importance of the materials.

Presents an edited version of a paper presented by Richard De Gennaro, Director the New York Public Library, at the Second Pacific Conference on New Information Technology, dealing with the need for libraries to become innovative in order to survive. Introduction to technology to libraries; Libraries in the info marketplace; Erosion of the free library ethic and the blurring of roles.

This article describes the information technology projects done by the New City Library in New York City to eliminate unnecessary signs and visual clutter that prevent staff members from communicating with customers. It discusses the installation of a new circulation desk with self-check modules and single-swipe checkout stations, a plasma display system that would replace paper announcements, regulations, rules and warnings, and digital photograph frames. The benefits and outcome of the project are also described.

Although the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online was not the Brooklyn Public Library's (BPL) first digital project, it has become a catalyst for change and future library initiatives. Like many local history collections nationwide, BPL's Brooklyn Collection was eager to digitize materials for improved access, especially the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. In 2001, the library received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant to digitize the microfilm of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, founded in 1841, was Brooklyn's newspaper of record. After the Eagle ceased publication in 1955, BPL received the paper's morgue and related files. Today, they are the centerpiece of the Brooklyn Collection, which also houses books, photographs from the Eagle and from other photographers, newspaper clipping files, and manuscripts, prints, and illustrations. June Gaddy, Brooklyn Collection's CLASP (Connecting Libraries and Schools Program) librarian, regularly delves into African American and neighborhood history as represented in the Eagle Online as she works with teachers and students on local history projects. Not only has the Eagle Online opened up research, but it has also generated discussions within the institution about the role of the public library in the digital world. INSET: Nuts & Bolts.

This article reports on the plan of the New York Times Co. to donate its extensive archives to the New York Public Library. The archives date back to 1851, the year that "The New York Times" was first published. According to an "Editor & Publisher" report, the collection will be part of the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library. Several documents included in the collection relate to major international news stories over the past century and a half, as well as files from both the business and editorial departments of the paper that offer details of the daily workings of "The New York Times."