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