Professional Reading Shelf
Digitization Projects
Source: AP
Library Collections Find Home Online
“‘Some archivists envision the day when Internet surfers will be able to request to see a particular document — having it “scanned on demand,” perhaps for a fee. But, for now, many librarians are focusing on helping Web surfers find archive images online and understand their significance. David Bertuca at the Buffalo Arts and Sciences Libraries at the University of Buffalo is one who regularly gathers reliable links on particular topics, including the 100th anniversary of the paper that introduced the world to Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Among other things, the page links to images of Einstein’s handwritten journals at the Jewish National & University Library in Israel. To Bertuca, compiling such pages is only logical. ‘It’s what librarians do,’ he says.”
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Research Libraries–Expenditures
Source: ARL
Expenditure Trends in ARL Libraries 1986-2003
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Online Information
Source: Intelligent Enterprise
Add Value To Beat ‘Googlization’
“‘There’s a growing mentality, particularly among the younger generation, that if it doesn’t come up in an Internet search engine then it doesn’t exist’ says [Amanda] Spiteri, marketing director of Elsevier’s ScienceDirect, a subscriber-based service for libraries, universities and research institutes.”

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