In Exercise 1 you examined the RUL digital library. The object of Exercise 2 is to examine more digital library sites in order for you to derive a number of observed conclusions, evaluations, and comparisons. This is an introduction to a variety of library efforts and models in establishing a digital presence.

The result of the exercise, the deliverable, is a report concentrating on: content, structure, organization, and any other aspect that fits your interests. The questions are similar to those asked in gathering experiences and evaluation from Exercise 1 about Rutgers libraries - you can make comparisons. You can present the report as a narrative, in tables, and/or any other presentation or combination you choose. This can be a group exercise and a group can turn in one report, but it should reflect the effort of all in the group.

On my Web site I am maintaining a set of Web pages (sections, folders) collectively entitled: "D-Lib Edu: Resources for Education in Digital Libraries;" it is linked from the course Web site by http://scils.rutgers.edu/~tefko/Courses/553/D-Lib_Edu/D_LibEdu_home.htm. The purpose is to create a general resource that will contain explanations and evaluated links to great many sources and sites that are relevant to facilitating and furthering education for and study of digital libraries. Started in 1999, D-Lib Edu is a continuing project updated as needed. Each page is devoted to a different aspect, facet or activity related to digital libraries.

In the section Types I included a sample of various types of digital libraries. You can find the libraries mentioned in this Exercise in the sample, and you can make your own choices from the sample, but you are NOT restricted to the sample.

Here are the choices to be examined:

1. For academic libraries choose two: (i) University of California, Berkeley http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ and (ii) any other academic library, national or international, from the sample or any other source.
   
   
2. For national libraries choose two: (i) Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/ or any part thereof, and (ii) any other national library in the US or internationally, Note that Library of Congress and Berkley have a list of great many links nationally and internationally, for academic, national, and other libraries.
   Does not have to be examined but you should be aware: Library of Congress has asked the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies for advice on its digital future. They issued a report LC21: A digital strategy for the Library of Congress http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/pub_lc21.html
   
   
3. For virtual libraries (sometimes so named because they do not have a brick and mortar counterpart) choose two: (i) University of Michigan: Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/, and (ii) Virtual Library - Switzerland, US, UK & other countries http://vlib.org/.
   
   
4. Any other digital library that fits your interests, no matter what type from the sample or whatever other source. For instance, for a large public library you can visit The New York Public Library Digital Library Collection http://digital.nypl.org/