Friends,
Novera and I are pleased to report that the latest edition of the DLF
Newsletter is now available
from:http://www.clir.org/diglib/pubs/news01_02/index.htm

This issue includes reports from Columbia, NYPL, North Carolina State, Penn
State, Princeton, Stanford, Berekeley, Illinois, Penn, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, and Yale.

Highlights in the Director's report include:

- Academic Image Cooperative - a version of the final report submitted by
the DLF to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its work on the Academic
Image Cooperative

- DLF registry databases - links to web searchable databases respectively
including descriptions of and links to members' online digital collections
and strategies, policies, technical reports and working papers

- Open Archives initiative (metadata harvesting) - a full account of the
DLF's role in supporting the Open Archive initiative and in helping to
develop a number of innovative Internet portal services built upon the
technical framework that the initiative supplies

- Standards and good practices - an account of the DLF's developing role in
identifying and promoting adoption of those good and best practices that
support libraries in their collection and management of high-quality,
interchangeable electronic information resources



A feature article by Ann-Marie Parsons reflects on preliminary results of an
investigation into how members are assessing use of online collections and
services.


As always, comments on any aspect of the Newsletter are appreciated

Kind regards,
Dan
Daniel Greenstein
Director, Digital Library Federation
1755 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 500
Washington DC 20036
ph: (202) 939-4762
fax: (202) 939-4765