<$BlogRSDUrl$> Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
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Sunday, March 14, 2004  

RedLightGreen Project Enters Phase Two
http://www.redlightgreen.com

RLG's RedLightGreen project, which launched about six months ago, is moving into its second phase with additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The RedLightGreen Web site provides a gateway to universities' local library holdings and is designed with undergraduates in mind, enabling them to locate research materials, check their availability through a link to their local online catalog, and create proper citations in a variety of standard formats. Current partners include Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, Swarthmore College and the University of Minnesota, but any library with an interest in promoting RedLightGreen on its campus can take advantage of promotional texts and graphics available by here. The RedLightGreen site includes information from more than 120 million records contained in the RLG Union Catalog of research library holdings, and another 1.5 million records have been added since its launch. In response to user feedback, the site's interface has recently been tweaked to enhance usability and a new "My List" feature enables students to create a personalized citation list that they can continue to access in future sessions. "We joined this project because RedLightGreen is the most important effort yet to combine our years of expert library catalog creation with the power of contemporary search engines and the impact of Web delivery," says Carol Mandel, dean of libraries at New York University. "…RedLightGreen has the potential to be the library access catalog we have all been waiting for."

posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM
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