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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 49, November 26, 2000, Article 4LIBRARIES LINK COLLECTIONS TO ANSWER QUESTIONSNewsscan Daily reports: "An international consortium of public and private libraries is developing a free online reference service that will direct queries to the appropriate reference specialist or research collection around the world. "We know the quality of information we have in libraries, and we want to bring that to the Internet," says Donna Dinberg, systems librarian at the National Library of Canada, one of the charter members of the Comprehensive Digital Reference Service. "We also know the chaos online," she adds, referring to the sometimes muddled search results produced by online services such as Yahoo! or AskJeeves. Among the members of the network are the Library of Congress, which is coordinating the effort, Yale and Harvard universities, the National Gallery of Art and the National Library of Australia. Specialty collections, such as the one at Duke University Divinity School, are included as well. The consortium is currently concentrated on English, but plans to be able to handle up to 20 languages eventually. (Hollywood Reporter 20 Nov 2000)" See http://www.newsscan.com/ to subscribe to Newsscan Daily.. Wayne Homren, EditorContent presented in The E-Sylum is not necessarily researched or independently fact-checked, and views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. This is a static archive page documenting the originally published content. Links were active at the time of publication but may no longer work. Check subsequent issues for corrections and commentary. The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. For more information please see our web site at http://www.coinbooks.org/ There is a membership application available on the web site. To join, print the application and return it with your check to the address printed on the application. Visit the Membership page. Those wishing to become new E-Sylum subscribers (or wishing to Unsubscribe) can go to the following web page link. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: E-Sylum Editor Copyright © 1998 - 2024 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) |
