By using these standards, the library effectively integrates print and electronic resources. Beyond this level of control, libraries are providing users with Internet access using a browser such as Netscape. From there on, the user is on their own. Libraries, however, are interested in improving the searching environment in the World Wide Web, because it will assist them in managing access to these resources, and in managing the resources they wish to collect and provide long term access. Citing a URL in a list of references is a risky business.
Bookmarks stop working, or search engine results promise much but fail to deliver.
At the National Library, catalogue records have been created for journals selected for the collection. The Library's Information Server also contains a list of Australian electronic journals , but these are not all collected by the Library. 4 Efforts to stabilize the Universal Resource Identifiers will enhance discovery by making the searching process trustworthy and reliable, and enable libraries to refer users to these Internet resources with a greater degree of confidence than is currently available. While it is impractical to consider cataloguing Internet resources using library standards, there has been development work on providing simple schemes that will allow the incorporation of more types of metadata into the World Wide Web. These efforts are intended to enhance a searcher's ability to identify, select and evaluate a resource, as well as find information about access restrictions or copyright information.