manuscripta.com specializes in royal correspondence and illuminated manuscripts, mostly of European origin

Our Roots: Canada's Local Histories Online is a unique, online, coast-to-coast record of Canadian local histories reflecting the breadth and depth of Canada's heritage, and celebrates the diverse landscapes, resources, and people that have contributed to sculpting its rich and ever-evolving national character

The American Antiquarian Society has announced the competition for the seventh Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship, tenable for a minimum of twelve months during the period June 1, 2004 - August 31, 2005. Deadline for applications is October 15, 2003

The Thomson ISI/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions for the application of technology to the delivery of health science information, to the science of information, or to the facilitation of the delivery of health science information. Nominations are due by November 1, 2003

Registration is now open for Access 2003: Extending Our Abilities - October 1-4, 2003 - Vancouver, Canada

The Chicago Homer is a multilingual database that uses the search and display capabilities of electronic texts to make the distinctive features of Early Greek epic accessible to readers with and without Greek

Making Sense of Full Disclosure Workshop - 26 September - Victoria & Albert Museum - Full Disclosure is a cross-domain initiative, the key objective of which is to further develop the national strategy for the retrospective conversion of catalogue and documentation data and the retrospective cataloguing or documentation of non-current acquisitions in libraries, archives and museums throughout the UK

Reference Update - Issue 4, July 2003 from xrefer.com is now available

Project Videonet has produced guidelines for setting policy and pricing for community use of public library videoconferencing services

Planning Reference Services: How to Move Forward in Times of Budget Cuts: A Workshop - October 13-14, 2003 - Ann Arbor, MI - Sponsored by Dougherty and Associates

Applications from libraries interested in hosting Cyberchase Library Workshops must be received by Thursday, July 31. This new initiative will introduce children to math - Cyberchase style! Thirteen public and school libraries will be selected to host the workshops based on Cyberchase, a popular daily children's PBS animated series

The Information Access Alliance, a coalition of six leading library organizations in North America, has published a white paper that examines the impact of mergers among scholarly and legal publishers and calls for a new standard of antitrust review of merger transactions in this industry by antitrust enforcement agencies

Oxford University Press has announced institutional subscriptions options 2004 for its journals

Gale Virtual Reference Library offers more than 85 reference sources including encyclopedias, almanacs, series and more, allowing libraries to provide respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas. Gale Virtual Reference Library provides the flexibility to buy one eBook or multiple eBooks; search across a single eBook or an entire eBook collection

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture invites graduate students to apply for volunteer work as editorial assistants

The Council on Library and Information Resources is accepting applications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award for 2004. The award is given annually to a public library or similar organization outside the United States that has shown a commitment to offering the public free access to information technology through an existing innovative program. The award includes a grant of up to US $1 million

If you would like to participate in Computers in Libraries 2004 as a speaker or workshop leader, please submit a proposal as soon as possible. Deadline is August 8, 2003. The conference is being held March 10-12, 2004 in Washington, DC

Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 3:10 (August 2003) is now available for downloading

Taylor & Francis has announced that it has acquired Frank Cass & Co Limited, the London based journal and book publisher specialising in the social sciences and humanities subject areas. Questions regarding this acquisition should be addressed to Beverley.Acreman@TANDF.CO.UK

Libraries with Wireless Networks - a list compiled by Bill Drew, SUNY Morrisville College Library