Overview

• From Dinosaurs to Road Runners: A Look at the Evolution of Library Automation

• DL introductory readings

• Clifford Lynch's position paper Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture

DL Systems and Services

• Library Information Systems Marketplace

• Library Vendor Websites

• Stuart's Survey of PAC10 and BIG10 Library Systems departments

• Karen Schneider's "Bookmarks" for RISP 623T Internet Access Issues for Libraries

• ACRL/CNI Internet Education Project

Analysis and Evaluation of DL Information Systems

• Library Websites

• Eric Rumsey's TOTI, Internet Trend Watch for Libraries, December 1997; Interface Design for Sun's WWW Site by Jakob Nielsen; Fixing Web-site usability: How to let visitors to your Web site cut through the document maze by Lynda Radosevich

• Bobby Bobby is an easy to use program that will help you make web pages accessible to those with disabilities. It will also find HTML compatibility problems that prevent pages from displaying correctly on different web browsers. And, an article that appeared in the June 2, 1998, NewMedia about Bobby. Also visit the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

• WebPACS The University of Saskatchewan Library, Vendor Index page, gives links to libraries running the different systems; Hospital Libraries on the Web; webCATS: Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web

• Library Web Policy and Guideline Documents

• Web Search Engines and Messages, Information, and Articles on Search Engines

• Notes from David Gelernter's book, Machine Beauty Don Tapscott's book, Growing Up Digital

• DL Components: Electronic Reference; Electronic Publishing; Online Journals, Theses & Dissertations

• Other Sites With Reports, Articles, and Information Related to Digital Libraries and DL Projects

• Selected Information Industry Vendors Websites

• Industry Publications

• Computer Stores

• Technology Sections in Online Newspapers