Systems of knowledge organization for digital libraries

the long version

Access to digital materials continues to be an issue of great significance in the development of digital libraries. The proliferation of information in the networked digital environment poses challenges as well as opportunities. The Digital Library Federation is committed to fostering work that addresses these challenges and opportunities while also ensuring the timely dissemination of information about state-of-the-art initiatives. The author reports on a wide array of activities in the field. *(From the foreward, by Rebecca Graham.)*