Since the launch of a Web site a year ago School of Information' Libraries & Culture has extended its network of scholarly readers and authors worldwide. Requests for subscription information and books for review have been received from China, South Africa, India, France, Italy, Brazil, Canada as well as the United States. About twenty new scholars have been approved and added to the list of reviewers. The expansion reflects a growing academic interest in cultural history, visual literacy and book arts that L & C contributors are particularly well poised to investigate.

Readership has been boosted by participation through University of Texas Press in Project Muse , a collaboration of 29 university presses and not-for-profit publishers that provide electronic access to the full text of current scholarly journals. In its Summer 2002 Newsletter, Project Muse announced a doubling in usage for this year. The current list consists of 195 journal titles, with another 23 planned for next year. As a subscriber to Project Muse, the General Libraries provides students with full access to titles in Project Muse.

Primarily a teaching tool, the L & C Web site provides unlimited opportunities for School of Information students to expand their skills in digital reformatting and preservation, electronic publishing and active Web site management. Planned projects for 2002-2003 include creating digital archives of issues prior to 1990 and the showcasing of preservation posters from the collections of School of Information' Preservation and Conservation Studies Program.