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Hi All, I've been looking at the new LOC pages and am impressed, though I had to get my bearings and ask Judy Graves where something was that I couldn't find at first. The pages seem to be intuitive if I take time to browse. It's just that the new changes made Helen and I hustle as we get ready for a presentation for AP teachers Feb. 12, and for middle school teachers Feb. 16. We use the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program section a lot at our school and I found itagain under "Using the Library" from the main page. I like the other version with the pop down menus, but this way is ok. I wondered if it is something that could be linked to the Learning Page since schools use this info a lot. As for American Memory, I like the instructions about "New images will load..." and "the "Captions for above imagery" notations. Whether the "Enter" info is at the top or bottom of the grid of pictures doesn't make much difference to me since if you click on the name "American Memory" or the pictures, you go to the collection. My problems are with the next page. Like others, I miss the list of collections with descriptions and date ranges. That presentation was good for quick looks and for the conference work we have done in lieu of descriptive brochures. I wish I had printed out a copy for easy reference as I did the maps when they were new. I can't get used to having to click on the Search button to have my search begin, showing my lazy side of just hitting the Enter key. I like the red Notice button - it helps our students think about what they will use in their projects. They like the timeline and the region buttons. We do too. I haven't worked with the Broad Topics much, but what I have searched isn't as good as doing a keyword search across the collections or in specific media types. Maybe I need to explore it more or maybe I'm so tuned in to using the section of AM that is relevant to our project that I can't put it in its proper place yet. I'm curious about the placement of Library Divisions with the good navigational lines that run across the bottom of other screens. I like the option of being able to select collections to search by clicking in the boxes to remove the ones we don't need. I wondered about the possibility of some similar technique with the Topics section of the Learning Page. When we type or select a topic there, we are given a list of the collections that are relevant. It would be nice to be able to do a keyword search at that point instead of going to each collection separately or writing down the collections to opt out of the others under media types. Under Collection Finder and to the right side of the page under Original...where there are choices by media type is where I'm working the most right now, particularly in photos and prints. In comparing my searches to past searches I'm getting a lot more text mixed in with the photos than before. I found text in this section that I like, can use, and didn't find by searching text, but it was surprising. The Learning Pages are sensational. I like the look and user friendliness of the site. Our teachers who have been introduced to it like it too and like its depth of information. They are thinking of topics to suggest. In all, I love this collection and wish I could quit my day job and spend all day looking at the materials - at least for awhile. We found some new materials in albums and had a brainstorm as to how to present our lesson visually. Keep up the good work! This resource is so important to educators and we value it highly. Charlotte ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com