Computers in Libraries

Cover Image• VOLUME 22, NUMBER 4 — APRIL 2002 •
Computers in Libraries
Complete Coverage of Library Information Technology

This Month: Sharing Your Unique Treasures Electronically

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FEATURES
My Quest Across the Digital Divide to Save the Slavic Manuscripts[Full Text]
In a quest to save medieval manuscripts from the ravages of time, this librarian traveled to Bulgaria to digitize them and put their images on CDs. There were many issues to consider in her battle to preserve these unique collections. You can experience her journey through this article.
by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston
Page 10
Hidden Treasures: Managing Digital Assets at the Exploratorium
Over the years, this science museum has amassed a wealth of multimedia resources, from field trip guides to concert audiotapes and photographs of its exhibits. Here's how its library is bringing these treasures into the light, both for its own archives and for public access.
by Rosemarie E. Falanga
Page 14
How We Set Up Enterprisewide Access to Our Laboratory Notebooks
In order to interactively track lab notebooks and provide direct access to users globally, this librarian from Dow AgroSciences used EOSi's Q Series software to index scientists' notebooks and make them searchable from a database. In this article, she explains how she did it.
by Margaret Bell Hentz
Page 22
EXTRA Full-text feature!
How Technology and Planning Saved My Library at Ground Zero[Full Text]
Only blocks from the World Trade Center towers, The Borough of Manhattan Community College's library lost electricity and phone service on 9/11, and had to remain closed for 3 weeks. Read the account of courageous librarians who kept library services and information available online.
by Sidney Eng
Page 28
COLUMNS
The View from the Top Left Corner 
'Education' Governor Axes State Library[Full Text]
by Michael Schuyler
Page 36
Online Treasures
And What of Special Collections in the Digital Library?
by Janet L. Balas
Page 40
Coming Full Circle
Black, White, and Shades of Gray (Literature) on the Web
by Andrew K. Pace
Page 44
Building Digital Libraries
An Evolution in Content
by Donna Stevenson
Page 48
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Notes
Dramatic Digitization Stories[Full Text]
by Kathy Dempsey 
Page 6
Newsline[Full Text] Page 8
People & Places Page 50
SPECIAL SECTIONS
How to Contribute to CIL 2002[Full Text] Page 45
ADVERTISING
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