Library & Information Science: Hot Topics

Banned Books

• Banned Books Online, by John Mark Ockerbloom

Consortia

• 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

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

Document Delivery

• DocDel.net: A Gateway To A World Of Document Delivery Resources
• See also: AcqWeb's Document Delivery and Electronic Journal Services

EDI

• EDI: Electronic Data Interchange, a BUBL LINK collection of sites

Electronic Publishing, E-books and E-journals

• NetLibrary, a commercial venture blending electronic books with traditional library procedures such as circulation
• 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
• E-books
  • 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
  • One-stop Guide to Online Etexts, Jorn Barger
  • Open eBook Forum, (OEBF)
  • SearcheBooks.com, Internet search engine limited to ebook Web sites
  • E-book Readers
    • Franklin eBookMan
    • Microsoft Reader, used with Internet Explorer on PCs and some PDAs
    • Mobipocket Reader, for PDAs

Meta Access and Metadata, including Dublin Core

• Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC), OCLC's research project on cooperative creation and sharing of metadata by libraries
• Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources, from IFLANET
• UKOLN Metadata

News about Libraries and Librarianship

• LibDex - Library Weblogs, by Peter Scott- linking to a variety of library-related blogs
• Librarian.net, a Weblog by Jessamyn West
• LISNews.com: Library and Information Science News and Views, by Blake Carver and Steve Galbraith
• New Pages Weblog, by Casey Hill; includes links to reviews and news about publishing, bookselling and libraries
• See also: AcqWeb's Directory of Journals

ONIX

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

Standards

• The National Information Standards Organization (NISO)