DL Library Support?

May/June 2002 issue of CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources) Issues has several articles on changing nature of libraries in the digital/internet era.

May/June 2002 CLIR Issues.

 

Digital Libraries: Universal Access to Human Knowledge. Report to the President from the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee. Not new (2001) but an interesting vision nonetheless.

 

QuestionPoint Collaborative Reference Service.

Service established by The Library of Congress and the Online Computer Library Center. Allows members of the public to ask reference questions of librarians worldwide.

Article in Chronicle: New Service Allows the Public to Pose Reference Questions Without Visiting the Library.

 

Digital Libraries- The Engines of Innovation.

 

Library Support for DL

I live not far from McMaster University in Ontario. It is their policy that for an annual fee of about $50 anyone join and borrow books from their library. I would guess that other universities have simmilar policies.

 

Mc master

Mc Master charges $50 Canadian so thats what $38 in real money?

 

currency

$32.40 US dollars, 21.50 pounds Sterling real money, in so far as one can meaningfully talk of reality in a philosophical conversation.

 

How much does it cost at a real university?