ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 254 / C&RL News ■ March 2002 A n n V i I e s Fast Facts CyberCemetery The University o f North Texas Libraries G overnment Documents Department maintains the only federal depository for digital archives of defunct government agencies and commissions. Established in 1997, the Government Information Connection, d u b be d “CyberCemetery" by early users, currently provides public access to the Web sites and digital publications o f 14 agencies and commissions, plus the issues o f "Access America E-Gov E-Zine,” which ceased publication in January 2001. “CyberCemetery." University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department. Dec. 13, 2001. httpy/govinfo.library.unt.edu/. Feb. 3, 2002 First ALA-accredited online master’s degree in the Northwest The University o f Washington Information School began a new program th is fall offering “an online Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS). The UW Information School is the only American Library Association accredited institution in th e Northwest, making this the first such degree by a school in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nevada." “University of Washing t on Offers Online Master of Library and Information Science.” Distance-Educator.com Daily News, Feb. 3,2002. h ttp://www.distance-educator.com/dnews.php4?actionsdetail&id=5990. Feb. 3, 2002 Academic press titles on bestseller lists Publisher's Weekly reported an unusual num ber of books from scholarly presses, including Yale and Rutgers, made it to the bestseller lists following Septem b er 11 last year. A total o f 433 titles were listed during 2001, u p 12.5 percent from the previous record o f 385 set in 2000. Daisy Maryles, "W hat the Numbers Reveal.” Publishers Weekly, Jan. 14. 2002. h ttp ://publishersweekly. reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articlelD=CA19l212. Feb. 2. 2002 Digital library of tobacco documents The University of California, San Francisco Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, "the world's largest public digital collection maintained by a library," now provides public- access to more than 20 million pages of documents from the tobacco industry. "Digital Library of Secret Tobacco Documents Released by UCSF." University of California. San Francisco Library ana Center for Knowledge Management. Jan. 31,2002. h ttp://legacy.library.ucsf. e d u /pdate.html. Feb. 2, 2002 Digital object identifiers A Digital Object Identifier (DOl), a “persistent identifier o f intellectual property- entities," can be applied to physical objects, such as books, recordings, and journal articles, as well as digital files on the Internet. DOI technology links customers with content providers and enables “automated copyright m anage­ ment for all types o f media." “The Digital Object Identifier System.” International DOl Foundation. http://www.doi.org/, Feb. 3, 2002 ALA M idw inter attendance About 7.500 librarians attended the ALA Midwinter meeting in New Orleans, a decrease o f more than 1,000 from last year’s attendance in Washington, D.C. but slightly higher than the total at the San Antonio meeting in 2000. Th e num ber of exhibitors attending this year dropped by over 23 percent from 4,700 in Wash­ ington to 3,600 in New Orleans. Nora Rawlinson, “Library Budgets Holding Steady,” Publishers Weekly Jan. 28, 2002. htt p://publishersweekly. reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA193132&disptay=searchResults. Jan. 28, 2002 Ann Viles is coordinator o f reference a nd instruction a t Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, e-mail: vilesea@conrad.appstate.edu httpy/govinfo.library.unt.edu/ fducator.com http7Zwww.dol.org/ vHesea9conrad.appstate.edu