Today, it can take nine months or more until a new site is registered. Librarians have expert knowledge to provide answers to the dilemma of too many pages and poor research tools. If they want to make internet-resources usable for their costumers, they have to choose, to evaluate and to index the material in fact, do what they ve always done. Information professionals could provide thesauri and guidelines for bibliographical description, at least in the field of scientific information on the Internet. Librarians are concerned with the political implications of information, such as freedom of access and the diversity of the Internet.
Many people complain about the English language dominating the net.
With the growing number of web users outside the anglo-american world, there is demand for websites in all languages. Librarians can encourage this variety by collecting and providing pages in languages other than English. Automatic translation tools like Babel Fish, though not perfect, can be useful and are continuously improving with the help of their users. Tools for management and maintenance of information servers. Demonstration and evaluation of tools and techniques for information caching and secure access to information servers.