| FEATURES | 
| Promoting the Library's
CD Collection via iTunes File SharingOne of the hippest things you
can do with technology is to use it to meet students on their own turf.
As part of an outreach effort, one group of librarians started sharing
its vast CD collection via iTunes. They were trying to show college
students that there was a lot to discover at the library. And the
students have started tuning in.
 by Bruce Connolly
 | Page 6 | 
| Hip High-Tech Purchases
Don't Always Work Out as PlannedSince technology is so
expensive, making the wrong purchasing decisions can have severe
financial consequences. These authors tell about high-tech
purchases they made that didn't work out, what they could have done
differently, and how the equipment is being used today.
 by Dennis P. Prisk and Monica G.
Brooks
 | Page 10 | 
| COLUMNS | 
| Computers
in Small Libraries Instructional Technology That's
Hip High-Tech
 by Gary Roberts
 | Page 26 | 
| Online
Treasures Blogging Is So
Last Year—Now Podcasting Is Hot
 by Janet L. Balas
 | Page 29 | 
| Building
Digital Libraries The
New Visual Displays That Are 'Floating' Your Way
  by Terence K. Huwe
 | Page 33 | 
| The
Systems Librarian Unconventional and Innovative:
The Open Croquet Project
 by Marshall Breeding
 | Page 38 | 
| DEPARTMENTS | 
| Editor's NotesHip High-Tech Versus
Our Reality
 By Kathy Dempsey
 | Page 4 | 
| The
In Box | Page 41 | 
| Newsline | Page 42 | 
| ask techman By D. Scott Brandt
 | Page 46 | 
| Books
to Check Out | Page 48 | 
| Noted
& Quoted | Page 50 | 
| SPECIAL
SECTIONS | 
| Helping
You Buy Electronic Resource Management
Systems
 By Stephen Meyer
 | Page 19 | 
| How to
Write for CIL | Page 35 | 
| ADVERTISING | 
| Library
Tech Connection | Page 55 |