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August 31, 2007, 03:57 PM ET
Internet Public Library Gets a New Lease on Life
Drexel University took the reins of the Internet Public Library at the beginning of this year, and the institution is now starting to put its stamp on the project. Drexel announced this week that it intends to turn the online library — which was created by researchers at the University of Michigan — into “a virtual teaching and learning laboratory for digital reference.”
Since its inception, the project has run a question-and-answer service for researchers and has provided access through its Web site to a wide range of digital library collections and exhibits. Now Drexel, armed with a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, plans to build an online learning community and to determine whether it can create a “technological training center” for digital librarians.
In the meantime, the library will continue its popular question-and-answer service. The grant “means that more library and information-science students will receive hands-on digital library experience and more faculty members will be able to collaborate on new projects in the area of digital reference,” said Eileen Abels, a professor of information science and technology at Drexel, in a statement. —Brock Read
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