The author describes the challenges libraries face in implementing digital object management systems (DOMS) and information retrieval portals alongside the traditional integrated library systems (ILS). In particular, resource description policies, rules, and formats will be affected by the new applications of these systems. Multiple metadata formats will coexist and will be based on diverse-or nonexistent-rules. Achieving sufficient semantic interoperability between these applications is a demanding task. In the future, just as we are now sharing bibliographic information, libraries will also want to share the new kinds of metadata used in portals as well as the mappings that make one type of metadata interoperable with another.

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Preserving the published cultural heritage of a country is a major concern of any national library, and the challenge of archiving and preserving information published on the Web is great. A short history of Web archiving in Europe from the Swedish Kulturarw3 project to the Nordic Web Archive initiative is provided, together with a generic discussion on the technical challenges of and the solutions developed for Web harvesting and archiving. Experiences from Helsinki University Library in Finland in the use and co-operative development of the NEDLIB (Networked European Deposit Library) harvester are given.

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