A recent news release from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction summarized some of the exciting ways that libraries are preserving and disseminating information in the digital age: Wisconsin citizens conducted 18.8 million searches using BadgerLink, the state’s on-line library during 2006. The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections continue to grow with the recent addition of the Great Lake Maritime History site. Local public libraries have used federal funding to create electronic resources from local history materials. Wisconsin libraries recently formed a consortium call Wisconsin Heritage Online to encourage even more digitization of such materials. Finally, every public library in the state provides public Internet connections and school libraries help children learn to evaluate and use digital resources properly. Read the complete news release to learn more.