Other Resources

D-Lib Forum ­ consult www.dlib.orgfor comprehensive announcements on digital initiatives and progress of work around the world.

e-Spectra, October 2001 www.mcn.edu/espectra/10_2001.html

Excellent issue containing many articles and newsbits on copyright and preservation issues.

Final Report on the Ready Reference Project by Bernie Sloan at the University of Illinois, Urbana. The Ready for Reference serivce is a collaborative 24 x 7 live reference service being piloted by eight academic libraries in the Alliance Library System in Illinois. The Ready for Reference project uses the eGain Web call center software, as modified and marketed by Library Systems and Services, Inc. (LSSI). Consult: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/r4r.final.htm

IFLA Internet Discussion Group Report, 2001. Available at www.ifla.org/VII/dg/idg/01idg.htmand contains summaries of the discussion of the following topics: Cultural Implications of the Internet; Reference Interest Group; Internet Filtering and Censorship; Design of Library Web sites; Internet and Security; Internet and Cataloging.

Internet and Education, released by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. This report is based on surveys of 754 youths ranging from 12-17 years old. Consult: http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc/asp?Report=39