id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 1928 Gerrity, Robert Editor's Comments 2008-03-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 379 21 56 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES | MARCH 2012 4 Welcome to the first issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) as an open-access, ewill help ensure the long-term viability of ITAL by making it more accessible, more current, more include more case studies, commentary, and information about topics and trends of interest to the We're pleased to include in this issue the winning paper from the 2011 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award contest, Abigail McDermott's overview on copyright law. lengthier-than-usual studies on library discovery services. The first, Jason Vaughan's overview of his library's investigations into web-scale discovery options, was accepted for publication more With the first open-access, e-only issue launched, our attention will be turned to updating and improving the ITAL website and expanding the back content available. back issues of both ITAL and its predecessor, Journal of Library Automation (JOLA), openly available from the ITAL site. Bob Gerrity (robert.gerrity@bc.edu) is Associate University Librarian for Information Technology, ./cache/1928.pdf ./txt/1928.txt