Introductioǹ`I nstitutional repositories'' is a new concept for collecting, managing, disseminating, and preserving scholarly works created in digital form by faculty and students in individual universities and colleges. An individual institutional repository can offer a set of services including digital content submission, organization, access, distribution, and preservation. As Clifford A. Lynch ( 2003), Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, explained:. . . an effective institutional repository of necessity represents a collaboration among librarians, information technologies, archives and records managers, faculty, and university administrators and policymakers.

The electronic resource management initiative (ERMI) is one of the Digital Library Federation’s (DLF) active initiatives. The purposes of this initiative are to develop XML‐based metadata schemata/DTDs and tools for managing data associated with licensing issues. Developing workflow, identifying best practices, promoting the standards, and engaging library system vendors to implement this system are the other goals of ERMI. This article describes the recent progress made by ERMI.

When a campus has not integrated information literacy education into the curriculum, many students will not have the opportunity to learn these necessary skills before they embark on their career paths. This pilot study explores the possibility of teaching information literacy skills to students enrolled in a writingdesignated course offered to mathematics majors who are about to complete their undergraduate studies. Outcome-based objective evaluations were used to guide teaching strategies as well as to gauge student progress. Embedded one-on-one consultations were found to be critical in strengthening these students' information literacy abilities.

The PRISM SaveScreen facility and function keys provide alternatives in producing data for budget planning and PRISM search cost estimation, and also facilitating PRISM search training. By combining the SaveScreen function key with frequently used PRISM function keys such as 〈SEND〉, 〈DISPLAY RECORD SEND〉, 〈FOR〉, and 〈BAC〉, the activities of a PRISM user can be recorded and stored in a predefined data file for later analyses. For example, from the results of the analyses, the usage levels of OCLC workstations and the approximate monthly PRISM search cost of each workstation were obtained. In addition, based on the recorded search activities, a retraining in PRISM search can be planned. Certainly, by familiarizing oneself with PRISM search commands and search structures, a user can perform cost‐effective and efficient searches. Toward that end, also presents methods of performing cost‐effective PRISM searches.

Describes a methodology for creating subjct bibliographies using a program called Subject Bibliography Generator (SBG) which processes OCLC MARC records, selecting records for the desired subject from the subject heading tag field, which can then be tidied up using a word processor. Gives illustrations of how the program works.