ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 1160 / C&RL News ■ Decem ber 2001 Fas A n n t V i Ie s Facts The Internet Archive T h e collections o f the Internet Archive include 10 billion W eb pages dating b a c k to 1996. Digital storage for all the archive’s collections (Web, Usenet, archival movies, and Arpanet historical documentation) totals more than 100 terabytes. ("The Internet Archive: Building an 'Internet Library'." http://www.archive.org/. Nov. 1, 2001) B o o k auction record Four com plete editions o f Shakespeare’s plays dating from 1623 to 1685 w ere auc­ tioned at Christie’s o n October 10 for m ore than $14 million, a record price for a work by Shakespeare and a world auction record for a 17th-century book. (Michael Beach, "World Record $14m for the Bard's Plays," The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), October 11, 2001. LEXIS NEXIS Academic Universe. Nov. 2, 2001) P e rform ing arts library T he collection o f the recently renovated New York Public Library o f the Performing Arts contains 9 million items, including sound recordings, videotapes, manuscripts, sheet music, costume designs, posters, set designs, and photographs. (Judie Glave, "Performing Arts Library to Reopen," The Record, Oct. 28, 2001. http://www.bergen.com/region/ nyperf20011028.htm. Oct. 31, 2001) G o o g le indexes invisible W eb Google, which began indexing Adobe Acrobat PDF files in January and now provides access to m ore than 22 million PDF files, is beginning to include other non-html file types in its W eb index. The new file types (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Rich T ex t Format, and PostScript) “m ake up a small bu t im portant part o f the Invisible w eb, and Google’s effort to m ake them searchable is a noteworthy advance in search engine technology.” (Chris Sherman, "G oogle Unveils M ore of the Invisible W eb," SearchDay no. 128 (Oct. 31, 2001). http:// sea rch e n g i n ewatch. co m/se a rch d a y/01 /sd 1031 -g oog I e-f iles.html. N ov. 2,2001) U sa ge o f print jou rn als A five-year study o f print journal use recently com pleted by the Library o f the Health Sciences-Peoria found a significant decrease in the usage o f print journals since more than 4,000 online journals becam e accessible to its students and faculty in 1999- (Sandra L. De Groote and Josephine L. Dorsch, "Online Journals: Impact on Print Journal Usage," Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 89, no. 4 (Oct. 2001): 372-78. PubMed Central, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ articlerenderfcgi?artid=57966. Oct. 31, 2001) IM L S g ra n ts fu n d fo r library an d in fo rm atio n science research T he Institute o f Museum and Library Services awarded more than $1.3 million dollars to fund library and information science research projects proposed b y the Illinois State Library, Indiana University, St. Louis P ublic Library, University o f Illinois-U rbana- Champaign, University o f Michigan, University o f W isconsin-M ilw aukee, and the Council on Library and Information Re'söurciîs. • ' (Institute of Museum and Library Services, "Hi-Tech Research Funded for Seven American Libraries," http:// www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/092501-5.htm. Nov. 2,2001) A n n Viles is coordinator o f reference and instruction at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, e-mail: vilesea@conrad.appstate.edu http://www.archive.org/ http://www.bergen.com/region/ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/092501-5.htm mailto:vilesea@conrad.appstate.edu