Library & Information Science Resources: Hot Topics

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	Banned Books
	Consortia
	Digital Imaging
	Document Delivery
	EDI
	Electronic Publishing, E-books & E-journals
	Filtering
	Libraries on the Web
	Meta Access & Metadata
	News About Libraries
	ONIX
	Outsourcing
	Scholarly Communication
	Standards
	Other

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Last updated:
May 31, 2001

Banned Books

• Banned Books Online, by John Mark Ockerbloom

• International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), including its Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information

• Digital Imaging and Media Technology Initiative Linklist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

• FIDDO Project: Focused Investigation of Document Delivery Options, from the Department of Information Science, Loughborough University
• DocDel.net: A Gateway To A World Of Document Delivery Resources
• See also: AcqWeb's Document Delivery and Electronic Journal Services

• EDI: Electronic Data Interchange a BUBL LINK collection of sites
• EDI Links from Premenos Technology Corporation
• EDIFACT in Libraries Forum (ELF), including their Selected Bibliography on Electronic Data Interchange

• netLibrary, a commercial venture blending electronic books with traditional library procedures such as circulation
• Overview of Online Publication a provisional typology of online publishing by Willard McCarty, King's College London
• Preserving Digital Information : Final Report and Recommendations by the Task Force of the Commission on Preservation and Access and RLG
• Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
• E-journals
  • Document Delivery and Electronic Journal Services, part of AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
  • Ejournals, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
  • Electronic Journals: A Selected Resource Guide compiled by Katharina Klemperer, Harrassowitz
  • Electronic Journals Resource Directory by Peter Scott, University of Saskatchewan Libraries
  • Full Text Journal Subscriptions: An Evolutionary Process by Judy Luther (originally published in Against the Grain, v.9*3, June 1997)
• E-books
  • Bibliofuture: Electronic Book Readers in Libraries, by Kyle Winward and Troy Johnson
  • Can e-books improve libraries?, Chris Rippel, Central Kansas Library System
  • Cribsheet on Electronic Books (eBooks) by Jerry Kuntz
  • eBookAd.com Inc.
  • EBookMap.net, R2 Consulting's interactive map of the eBook industry
  • eBookNet.com, a general information resource for electronic books and related devices
  • E-Books.org, a repository of information on e-book research and products
  • Electronic Book Evaluation Project, Rochester Regional Library Council
  • The Last Book by J. Jacobson, et al.; paper on the MIT Media Laboratory efforts at realizing an electronic book
  • One-stop Guide to Online Etexts, Jorn Barger
  • Open eBook Forum (OEBF)
  • SearcheBooks.com, Internet search engine limited to ebook Web sites
  • Electronic book readers
    • Franklin eBookMan
    • Gemstar eBook, Gemstar eBook Group Limited (merger of Nuvomedia's Rocket eBook and Softbook Press's SoftBook System)
    • Microsoft Reader, used with Internet Explorer on PCs and some PDAs
    • Mobipocket Reader for PDAs

• ALA Council Resolution on the Use of Filtering Software in Libraries and ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee Statement on Library Use of Filtering Software
• The Internet Filter Assessment Project, a volunteer project led by Karen Schneider to assess Internet filters used to block sites and/or keywords

• Cool Library of the Week
• Library Hi Tech Best Library Related Web Site Contest

• ALCTS Taskforce on Meta Access
• Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC), OCLC's research project on cooperative creation and sharing of metadata by libraries
• Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources from IFLANET
• Standardized Handling of Networked Resources: An Annotated Bibliography, ALCTS, Networked Resources & Metadata Committee, Standards Subcommittee
• UKOLN Metadata

• LibDex - Library Weblogs by Peter Scott, linking to a variety of library-related 'blogs
• Liblog, by Scott Bauer of Redwood City Public Library
• Librarian.net, a Weblog by Jessamyn West
• Library NewsFlashes from H. W. Wilson; weekly news reports of interest to librarians
• LISNews.com: Library and Information Science News and Views, by Blake Carver and Steve Galbraith
• New Pages Weblog: The Online Guide to Alternative Media, by Casey Hill; includes links to reviews and news about publishing, bookselling and libraries
• See also: AcqWeb's Directory of Journals

• ONIX International home page maintained by EDItEUR, with guidelines and related information

• Library Technical Services Outsourcing ALCTS Commercial Technical Services Committee

• Create Change, a resource for faculty and librarian action to reclaim scholarly communication, from ARL, ACRL and SPARC

• Digital Library Standards, a list from Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
• The National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

• Buildings, Books, and Bytes : Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age a report published by Benton Foundation