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February 2000 ——— Volume 20, Number 2

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This Month: Archiving Considerations for the Digital Age

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Features
	The Digital Atheneum: New Techniques for Restoring and Preserving Old Documents This fascinating project at the University of Kentucky is taking burned, brittle manuscripts from a 10th-century British collection and using computer technology to restore the text and reconstruct the pieces. The processes they are perfecting will have far-reaching implications for other deteriorating archives as well. by W. Brent Seales, James Griffioen, Kevin Kiernan, Cheng Jiun Yuan, and Linda Cantara	26
	Bringing Archives to Life on the Web Here’s the story of how one public library created a simple, useful Web index of some of its local history archives—and how they did it with no new staff and no new equipment. by Jeanne Holba Puacz	32
	Incorporating the Internet into Traditional Library Instruction The traditional way of teaching library research has been forcibly changed since the Internet has grown into a major research tool. To make life easier, these authors have developed a blueprint for effectively teaching Internet research methods to both co-workers and users. by Tony Fonseca and Monica King	38
Special Section
	How to Contribute to CIL 2000	31
Columns
	The View from the Top Left Corner ‘We’re All Cousins’ and Other Web Revelations by Michael Schuyler	44
	Building Digital Libraries The Evolving Digital Library by Kim Guenther	48
	Online Treasures Original vs. Digital by Janet L. Balas	51
	Coming Full Circle Digital Preservation: Everything New Is Old Again by Andrew K. Pace	55
Departments
	Editor's Notes When Old Things Become New Again by Kathy Miller	6
	Newsline	8
	People & Places	60
Advertising
	Library Tech Connection	62
	Index to Advertisers	64

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