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Profiles the largest evaluated and organized Web based electronic library of resources in the world, Michigan Electronic Library. States the goals of the project and briefly the history of development. Looks at the staff involved, the subjects covered and the end user, content systems, access and uses for the information, Mentions future directions.

With the United States further along in terms of the use of IT for information provision, US information professionals have already addressed many of the issues that their UK counterparts are only recently facing. Perhaps we can look to their experiences for possible suggestions, as well as problem areas to avoid. Sue Davidsen is a 1995 recipient of the Paul W. Thurston Award for increasing access to government information through her role as creator and designer of GoMLink. In this article she outlines the history of the United States Postal Service kiosk project and the subsequent reaction of librarians, then goes on to describe the history of the Michigan Electronic Library, its development and strengths.

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