ACADEMIC LIBRARIES GET NEW PORTAL - The Association of Research Libraries
(ARL) recently initiated a new portal, the Scholars Portal Project, with seven major member
libraries. The effort's goal is to develop and distribute software that will let users leverage
electronic library services via portal software. Through the ARL tool, users will be able to
search across digital resources from multiple institutions and receive aggregated results. Plans
are to add 24 x 7 online access to reference librarians as well as integrate with e-Learning
and course environments. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020513-2.htm
(Information Today, 13 May 02)

CAL STATE ADOPTS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - California State
University's Office of the Chancellor has launched a university-wide knowledge management
initiative. The project would use ServiceWare Inc.'s eService Suite and is designed to capture
intellectual capital, integrate information from internal and external systems and develop a
centralized repository of knowledge. Mark Crase, senior director for technology infrastructure
initiatives for the Chancellor, said the system would "be used to share critical project
information with stakeholders at all twenty-three of our campuses." According to Gartner,
Inc., in 2002 public sector spending on IT will start to have a major impact on software
associated with collecting information and building knowledge, which will lead to a boom
similar to government investment in infrastructure and hardware. See: http://www.calstate.edu
(Syllabus News, Resources, Trends, 3 May 02)