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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.

Describes the online exhibits available on the Library of Congress' American Memory Historical Collections Web site. Other information provided by the Web site.

Highlights the move of the Library of Congress to make its collections available online to children in all schools in the United States. Budget asked by President Bill Clinton to be allocated for the project; Cultural documents available online; Comments from Bill Tally, senior research associate at the Center for Children and Technology; When the Digital Library Initiative started.

Introduces an on-line Library of Congress collections available to anyone with an Internet connection. Some of the 350,000 American history collections on-line; When this large-scale digitation effort began; Significance of the National Digital Library.

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.

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.