Online Happenings
It’s fun to see our first title (Milestone Documents of American History) begin to make its way into libraries around the country. The Duggin Library Blog at Hanover College notes that the college has acquired our title (and accompanying online database) and has plans to acquire the next 4 titles in the series as well. Meanwhile, it’s been interesting to watch our WorldCat page to see the growing list of libraries that have purchased the title; this is far from a complete list, as many libraries do not link their holdings to WorldCat. Nevertheless, it does provide an interesting snapshot. It’s rather breathtaking to realize how different the reference industry operated when I joined it a couple of decades ago, back before there was an Internet to speak of. These days, librarians are working hard to reach out to their patrons via a wide range of Internet tools, from blogs to Facebook pages to Second Life.
Speaking of Internet tools, we are working feverishly to get our MilestoneDocuments.com companion site up and running; one of the fun aspects we are going to incorporate is a group blog. You’ll be hearing lots more about this later in the summer with the official launch of the site.