The Council on Library and Information Resources produces a number of written works to inform the community of library specialists on a host of important and pressing topics, including preservation awareness, resources for scholarship, and digital libraries. This particular work came out of an invitational conference sponsored by the Council in May 2003 which was designed "to examine the key...
LIBNT-L is a mailing list with the purpose of promoting discussion and the dissemination of information about the implementation and administration of Windows NT in libraries. List members are encouraged to explore in detail all aspects of this subject. Topics may range from highly technical configuration and troubleshooting issues to matters of managerial policy.
Librarians will delight in the Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ), a resource at the "intersection of libraries, technology, and the future." Dedicated to information sharing, "C4LJ aims to help engender collective understanding and the necessary support for improving library technology and digital services." Launched in 2007, the journal now has nearly 50 issues, all available under a Creative Commons...
In November, the Urban Libraries Council released data from a national telephone survey examining correlations between public library use and Internet use. In general, the study finds that Internet use is not discouraging people from using their public libraries, though it is clear that for some tasks, the Internet is preferred by a majority of respondents. The report also gives information...
The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE (discussed in the February 9, 1996 Scout Report) has added the first in what will be a series of library literature, Michael Buckland's Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto. Buckland argues against what he sees as library literature's over-emphasis on technology for technology's sake, "on means, rather than on ends, and tactics rather than strategy."...