Project Briefing: An Overview of the Internet Scout Project and the Scout Portal Toolkit Edward Almasy Technical Director Internet Scout Project Rachael Bower Director Internet Scout Project The Internet Scout Project, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focuses on developing better tools and services for finding, filtering and presenting online information and metadata. This presentation will provide a brief overview of current work and a more in-depth look at The Scout Portal Toolkit (SPT) project, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. SPT is a near-turnkey software package that allows an organization, with a minimum of technical expertise and resources, to set up a digital library collection. Version 1.0 of the SPT software was released in October 2002. Web Links: The Internet Scout Project The Scout Portal Toolkit Handout: The Scout Portal Toolkit (PDF file)