Online articles from March 1997

Online archives from March 1997

Day of epiphany. (technological changes in the library and information science fields)(Editorial)
March 1, 1997... It probably brought more general public attention to librarians than any other commentary since Nicholson Baker's "Discards" epistle on the demise of the card catalogue in the April 4, 1994 New Yorker. I'm thinking of "Moving From the Card...

BMC News Review. (daily news alert and briefing service launched by Financial Times Information and Netscape Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 1997... Financial Times Information and Netscape Communications Corp. have launched a daily news alert and briefing service through Netscape In-Box Direct. The briefings, which focus on global and UK news and UK business news, are produced by the...

Reuters/Wired Digital News Service. (new service launched by Reuters America Inc. and HotWired Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 1997... Reuters America has partnered with HotWired, Inc., the interactive media division of Wired Ventures, to create the Reuters/Wired Digital News Service. The new service provides ongoing coverage of the people, companies, technologies, and...

Keith Lassner. (appointed president and chief executive of Information Access Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 1997... Thomson Corporation Publishing International has named Keith Lassner as President and CEO of Information Access Company. Lassner has been with Thomson since 1987, when he joined Gale Research as Executive V.P., Marketing. More recently, he was...

Getting "grabby": offline Web browsing.(Cover Story)
March 1, 1997... Grabbing Web pages and rigging them for offline use isn't quite the same as "catching lightning in a bottle," but it nevertheless has a lot of Internet users excited. Individuals with widely disparate problems may find that working with Web...

A conversation with KRI's Jeffery S. Galt. (Knight-Ridder Information Services president)(includes related article on joint project between Knight-Ridder Information, Dow Jones & Company Inc. and Financial Times Information)(Interview)
March 1, 1997... JKP: Today, everybody in any computer-related business seems to be facing a challenge to their business model, from Microsoft on down. Knight-Ridder's DIALOG has had a very robust and long-lived business model for 25 years now, but we've all seen...

Jargon that computes: today's PC terminology.
March 1, 1997... Talking the talk, knowing the lingo, slinging that jive. Call it what you will, special terminology permeates personal computing, as it does most other fields. Computing dictionaries, always a little behind the times, define the terms. But...

A handful of Windows 95 tips.
March 1, 1997... Many people are still making the transition from DOS or Windows 3.x to Windows 95. It is a powerful and complex system, and -- Microsoft claims to the contrary -- not all of the features and options are self-evident. There are a number of...

From the all-in-one workstation to seamless networks: a strategic plan. (includes related article on full information systems)
March 1, 1997... Today, the information search and retrieval universe is composed of many niches. Each niche is characterized by specific user population needs that may be defined by various factors: discipline, level of expertise, desired level of...

Using Pro-Quest Direct for do-it-yourself document delivery; a case study.
March 1, 1997... Many librarians recognize an urgent need to reduce the delivery delays and spiraling personnel costs associated with library staff-mediated document delivery. One way might be to consider document delivery vendors that can provide delivery...

Success through heretical thinking. (Information Resource Centers)(Column)
March 1, 1997... Information Resource Center (IRC) viability may require rethinking some long-standing, deeply held beliefs. Is a focus on providing incredible service, to the exclusion of everything else, in an IRC's long-term best interest? Does this...

Online bottom line: old wine in new bottles? The currency of databases.
March 1, 1997... Usually the first idea you associate with online data bases is that they are more current than their printed or CD-ROM counterparts. We journalists and educators certainly have contributed to this notion. The idea is reinforced by many...

Text and graphics on UMI's ProQuest Direct: the best (yet) of both world.(Evaluation)
March 1, 1997... When libraries started moving from paper to digital media, they gained searchability but lost something in the translation. Suddenly whole big chunks of articles were missing -- namely the graphics -- and, in the absence of physical objects to...

Recruiting on the Internet.(using the Internet for personnel recruitment)(Column)
March 1, 1997... Companies, regardless of why they're in business, have one thing in common: They need people. For most companies (really small companies are the exception), this means hiring employees. The typical pattern for filling positions is to post...

Alert and News Services.(personal search services on the Internet)(Column)
March 1, 1997... The lust for on-demand communication and information creates strange offspring. In the current transitional state of the Internet, much like an adolescent aching towards puberty, experimentation often seems the only motive for creation. In a...

Sending and receiving Email attachments.(Column)
March 1, 1997... Web browsers have developed rapidly over the past few years. As they have matured, their capabilities for displaying a wide variety of graphical and multimedia formats have increased. Web pages can now contain embedded sound files, video...

COMPUTRACE fits well in the "new" CompuServe.(Column)
March 1, 1997... As more and more information has come online, searchers are overlapping with other information-seeking professions, such as market analysts, competitive information (CI) specialists, and even detectives. In this last role, we aren't prowling...

The ABCs of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3: Make the Most of Your Time Online.
March 1, 1997... It is still a hush-hush affair that few are really comfortable talking about. That is, more and more people are switching from Netscape Navigator to Internet Explorer. If you've used Navigator, you're going to find Explorer fairly intuitive,...

Business Research Handbook.
March 1, 1997... You heard it here first. This book is a classic in the field and one that should be in virtually every legal/business library reference collection. As a reviewer, I shy away from using terms like comprehensive, but I challenge you to find much...

Corporate Intranet Solutions.
March 1, 1997... Twelve pages a month for twelve months at $395. That pretty much sums up the investment you'll be making if you want to stay on the bleeding edge of Intranet technology. For most of the high-tech industry, the Gartner Group is where those in...

Finding Images Online.
March 1, 1997... This little gem covers just about everything there is to know about finding images online. Whether you are searching for movie stills, sports photos, fractals, or medical images, you can find them online. Armed with a life-long interest in art...

How to Program Java.
March 1, 1997... Finally! The book I've been waiting for has appeared. Java is no simple matter for those of us who didn't first cut our teeth on C++. Peter Coffee, Advanced Technologies Analyst for PC Week, has created the first book on Java that doesn't...

The Internet Lawyer: Navigating the Internet.
March 1, 1997... If you are an attorney or legal assistant with very little knowledge of the Internet, you'll find this lightweight monthly newsletter to be of value. If you are a law librarian, or someone highly skilled in legal research, you won't find...

Learn Microsoft Windows95: Getting Started.
March 1, 1997... Tom Jaffee and Keith White are former Microsoft employees who have come up with a formula for painless learning. This videotape, the first in a series of three, serves as a quick guide to the basics of Windows95. (The other two tapes in the...

The Multimedia Authoring Workshop.
March 1, 1997... One of my consulting jobs at the moment is for a large community college that has the ambitious goal of reinventing teaching and learning. Right now were looking at redesigning major parts of the curriculum, and we are in the process of...

Way Cool Web Sites.
March 1, 1997... Way Cool Web Sites can be considered a junior Yellow Pages directory to the Web for anyone old enough to read and move a mouse. While most sites are educational, there are fun waste-of-time things, too. Arranged by broad categories ranging...

Webmaster Strategies.
March 1, 1997... "If you are a Webmaster, you are inventing something every day" says the foreword to this book. While not quite on the level of rock star, the job title Webmaster has certainly attained the rank of glamour profession. This book is really about...