Now that the Gates Library Foundation has been actively working for more than a year in US public libraries, there are a number of exciting lessons learned. Many of the lessons learned are equally applicable to other types of libraries such as school libraries and university libraries. We will use this opportunity to give you an overview of our current program and highlight some of those invaluable lessons learned with respect to technology, telecommunication, and training of librarians.

This session provides a forum for discussion of the challenges of access management in university settings, which are framed and addressed in the CNI White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in Cross-organizational Use of Networked Information Resources. While the first draft of the White Paper was being prepared, the Digital Library Federation and the National Science Foundation sponsored a workshop to develop formal requirements for more sophisticated and versatile systems of authorization than those in common use in research libraries today. The workshop convened expert practioners and researchers from a variety of disciplines and identified design principles and research topics for the development of access management systems. Caroline Arms prepared the report of the workshop (see the Executive Summary in the handouts) and will present the results in this session. In addition, David Millman and Ariel Glenn of Columbia University and Joan Gargano of the California Digital Lbrary will discuss ongoing efforts in their institutions to design and develop access management systems. Millman and Glenn will describe several architectural models for such cross- organizational access management services now under development at Columbia University. Gargano, who is the chair of the University-wide Authentication Workgroup in the University of California, will describe the current architecture for authentication and authorization systems for the University of California campuses, projects underway based upon this architecture and issues which are the highest priority for the workgroup to resolve.

The mission of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development's Internet2 project is to accelerate the next stage of Internet development in academia. One approach to this mission is the development of new networking technologies that are not available on the commodity Internet, such as Quality of Service connections across the wide area network. Another approach, taken by the Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure project (I2-DSI) is to deploy a system of replicated servers around the country and the globe and to develop intelligent resolution mechanisms which enable users to connect with the replica nearest to them at the high performance offered by local networks. The I2-DSI strategy enables local infrastructure to transparently support globally available high pereformance services. Central to this replication strategy is the development of "channels": collections of content which can be transparently delivered to end user communities at a chosen cost/performance point through a flexible, policy-based application of resources.

Planning and cooperation on the part of three major campus units, along with special funding and support, introduced new, accessible and convenient areas for students to use public access computers replacing older lab facilties on campus in time for fall 1998 opening. New equipment, software installation, authentication, wiring, port installation, furniture, carpeting and painting were all implemented in three distinct areas within two physical libraries along with special services to aid in training, troubleshooting and instruction. A Help Center, staffed by two librarians and a supervising librarian, offer one-on-one instruction as needed, drop-in service, and scheduled short workshops in a wide variety of computer activities ranging from using the library catalog, how to do e-mail, and a number of software applications. Extended hours are a feature of two of the areas with one location open 24 hours a day and the other until 2:00 am. CIT (Computing and Information Technology) provides student consultants and a supervisor to deal with technical issues and computer-related questions in the areas. Furniture was selected to promote students working together conveniently on joint projects in the computer areas and in adjacent study sections of the "Cybraries". This project is an important first step in creating the atmosphere and program for the University at Buffalo to initiate a computer access requirement for all entering freshmen in fall 1999.

Over 90,000 full text dissertations now reside in UMI's Web-based digital library. The complete 1.5 million citation UMI Dissertation Database can be accessed over the Web; the most recent two years (over 100,000 citations and abstracts) are available for free searching. Dissertation research from over 75 graduate institutions is featured in individual web- sites through Current Research @. And, more features are coming.

The CIC Virtual Electronic Library links the online public access catalogs of the CIC university libraries using Z39.50, provides a web-based patron interface, and allows patrons to initiate their own requests for information. This update will report on the project status, including the results of a large scale Z39.50 assessment recently completed by the consortium, as well as a description of the "Phase II" implementation and system design. The Phase II deployment will manage interlibrary loan traffic between the CIC member libraries, other libraries outside the CIC, national bibliographic systems, and commercial document suppliers. The software -- developed on a client/server architecture, and supporting the ISO10160/161 protocol -- will automate patron authentication; the initiation, processing, and tracking of requests; and will report on the call number, shelf location, and availability of any item at the point of request. Additional development will enable "remote circulation" of items, copyright tracking, financial transactions for fee-based services, and statistical reporting.

The CIMI Dublin Core (DC) testbed is finishing Phase 1 of a project to test the DC for use in museums. In Phase 1 from May - Oct 98 18 CIMI members from 8 countries negotiated consensus on the use of the 15 unqualified DC elements for describing art, cultural, and natural history items and collections. Over 300,000 records were created along with a use guide.

This session will report on the outcomes and challenges of using DC for museums, lessons learned, and experiences of the participants.