Professional Reading Shelf
Library Portals
Source: ASIS&T
The October/November 2004 Issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is Now Online
It includes a special section devoted to library portals. From the intro, “The papers included in this special section are primarily based on presentations given through a Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) Internet Portals Interest Group full-day pre-conference held in June 2004 at the American Library Association annual conference.”
Articles include:
+ Portals In Libraries
Amos A. Lakos
+ Portal Vision
Amos A. Lakos
+ An Environmental Landscape
Robert H. McDonald
+ Library Technology and Planning for Change
Krisellen Maloney
+ MyUB: UB’s Personalized Intranet Portal
Hugh W. Jarvis
+ The Scholars Portal Project: A June 2004 Update
Sarah Michalak and Mary E. Jackson
+ The Scholars Portal Project: The USC Perspective
Marianne Afifi
+ Assessments and Outcomes
Amos A. Lakos
+ Portal Implementation Issues and Challenges
Eric Lease Morgan
+ Symposium Summary
Roy Tennant and Sarah Michalak
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Research Libaries–Statistics
Source: ARL
Just Released, ARL Supplementary Statistics 2002?03
“The Association of Research Libraries is pleased to announce the availability of the ARL Supplementary Statistics 2002-03, a compilation of data that answers these questions about electronic resources. The percentage of the average library budget that is spent on electronic materials has increased more than fivefold, from an estimated 3.6% in 1992-93 to 25% in 2002-03. 111 ARL university libraries reported spending almost $230 million on electronic resources in 2002-03.”
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Research Libraries
Source: CRL
Center for Research Libraries Welcomes 14 New Members
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Books–Photography
Source: The British Library
Catalogue of Photographically Illustrated Books
“Use this website to search and view information and images from one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of photographically illustrated books and texts in many languages relating to the history and development of photography, from 1839 to 1914.” (via Peter Scott’s Library Blog)

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