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Journal of Educational Media Library Sciences 46 : 1 (Fall 2008) : 1-4 EDITORIAL In This Issue: TSSCI Lost This issue, volume 46(1), includes five research papers. Abdullah and Zain- ab explore the “Collaborative Digital Library” and use it to serve as a user-con- structed systems to empower students in information literacy practices. Findings regarding teachers’ reception of the digital library are encouraging as they feel the relevance of the digital library to the current requirement of the students’ project and its potential to entrench information and resource study skills through project- based learning. Huang proposes the patent curriculum planning and design in Library and Information Science (LIS) schools. She investigates and analyzes the existing courses related to patent knowledge. This article, which contains both ac- ademic and practical views, will benefit librarians who are patent retrieval experts and the LIS education for potential patent retrieval professionals. Yu probes the solution for long-term preservation of web resources by adopting the standardized method and analyzing composition components and characteristics of web re- sources according to the perspective of the data structure. This study has offered web resources integrity, management and application effectively with the whole information content. The team organized by Liang, Chen and Hsu examine the participation motivations and work styles of administrators of Chinese Wikipedia among Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China. Findings and suggestions are given to Wiki administrators for a better understanding and significant view. In this issue, we especially invite Ye and Gu from Nanjing University to present academic journal databases, supplier, such as Wanfang, TsingHua Tong Fang, Vip, etc., and its related evaluation mechanism. This article compares respective similarities and differences, analyses the progre