Cover Story. The Ripple Effect: Extending the library's reach. Today's librarians are engaging information seekers wherever they are—at the beach, in the street, on the stage, on the Web—to extend their impact and set in motion growing waves of relevance and usage.
Other stories include:
Web scale for libraries: A sea change for the 21st century. The first cooperative management service for libraries is an unparalleled effort guided by members.
Virtual International Authority File: Expanding the concept of universal bibliographic control. The VIAF is a cooperative project initiated by the Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and OCLC to match and make available a merged view of authority files from around the world.