Finally, Eileen Gardiner and Ronald Musto spoke about their ACLS History E-Book Project forthcoming in the summer of 2001. The project has worked with ten publishers of history books to develop a database of current and backlisted titles of significance to the discipline. Petrowski started the session with personal observations on technology's impact on her career and conclusions about working in a world of shifting technologies. Librarians need to accept responsibility for being lifelong learners of new technologies. We should incorporate administrative shifts in our institutions, especially as we add services to faculty grappling with teaching with technology.
Virtual libraries are overwhelming and often underused, currently.
Librarians need to model anthropologists and get out to do fieldwork to see how technology is being used. The librarian's role as an educator is not diminished, but enhanced by the proliferation of technology. Karen Williams discussed the many roles librarians are asked to take on at the University of Arizona and at other institutions around the country. Williams offered general themes for discussion as well, including the fact that we are taking on these roles within existing structures. As of yet, there are no standards for how academic libraries are handling new roles.