Online articles from September 2006

Online archives from September 2006

Journeys and transformations.(homepage)(libraries)(Editorial)
September 1, 2006... I thought about giving this editorial the title, "From Here to There and Back Again," expanding on The Hobbit's Bilbo Baggins' book title, There and Back Again, since many of the articles in this issue talk about the professional journeys of...

Library of Congress launches Web site.(industry news)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Library of Congress launched a Web site devoted to its program to capture and preserve historically important Web sites so they can be accessed by future generations of users. The Web Capture Program is directly related to the Library's...

InterDok offers DoPP online.(Directory of Published Proceedings )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... InterDok is now offering its Directory of Published Proceedings (DoPP) online free of charge. Covering over 280,000 conferences, congresses, meetings, and symposia in the fields of science/engineering/technology, medical/life sciences,...

H.W. Wilson announced a new version of Biography Index that combines the resource's full 6-decade history of article indexing.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... H.W. Wilson announced a new version of Biography Index that combines the resource's full 6-decade history of article indexing. Biography Index: Past & Present delivers the complete content of Biography Index from its 1946 inception right up to...

Specialist electronic publishing and software services company Headfast announced the launch of Headfast Abstrax, a new content management system developed specifically for abstracting and indexing services, as well as book and periodical publishers.(information storage and retrieval systems)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Specialist electronic publishing and software services company Headfast announced the launch of Headfast Abstrax, a new content management system developed specifically for abstracting and indexing services, as well as book and periodical...

NewsRoom titles added.(industry news)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Dialog has added almost 100 new titles to its Dialog NewsRoom database (File 990). Along with 40 newspaper and magazine titles from a variety of publishers, there are 12 published by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits, five...

Correction.(industry news)(Correction notice)
September 1, 2006... In the July/August issue of ONLINE, "Choosing Databases for Sociology Studies: SocINDEX or Sociological Abstracts," we inadvertently misspelled the name of Toby Ebel and misidentified his role in the Acknowledgments section. His correct job...

LexisNexis U.S. announced the launch of Advanced Government Solutions, designed to enable customers across federal, state, and local government to transform data into mission-critical decisions.(Legal)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... LexisNexis U.S. announced the launch of Advanced Government Solutions, designed to enable customers across federal, state, and local government to transform data into mission-critical decisions. Three solution sets have been created:...

Thomson West.(Legal)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Thomson West is now offering resources that specifically address the needs of the legal, regulatory, and public policy concerns of the nonprofit sector. Legal professionals can use Westlaw to track pending state and federal regulations and...

Engineering Information announced the introduction of Engineering Village Day Pass, an instant access option offering 24-hour use of the Compendex database, spanning more than 35 years of content.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Engineering Information announced the introduction of Engineering Village Day Pass, an instant access option offering 24-hour use of the Compendex database, spanning more than 35 years of content. Engineering Village is an award-winning...

Dialog announced that a collection of more than 400,000 government-sponsored research reports distributed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is now available.(Sci-Tech)
September 1, 2006... Dialog announced that a collection of more than 400,000 government-sponsored research reports distributed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is now available. The reports cover a broad spectrum of subject categories, including...

CSA integrated two databases from the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) at Purdue University into its Illumina platform, providing a software solution that allows users to visualize the properties of selected materials under varying conditions.(Sci-Tech)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... CSA integrated two databases from the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) at Purdue University into its Illumina platform, providing a software solution that allows users to visualize the properties of...

Alacra, Inc.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Alacra, Inc. announced the launch of Web feeds for select premium content in the Alacra Store, enabling business information professionals to subscribe to company-specific feeds containing credit and investment research from publishers such as...

LexisNexis U.S.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... LexisNexis U.S. announced the launch of a pay-as-you-go or monthly subscription site for finding corporate linkage information on nearly 200,000 prominent public and private parent companies and their subsidiaries, divisions, joint ventures,...

Internet Securities, Inc., a Euromoney Institutional Investor company, has acquired the assets of RussiaDeal LLC's business.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Internet Securities, Inc., a Euromoney Institutional Investor company, has acquired the assets of RussiaDeal LLC's business. RussiaDeal, based in Moscow, compiles details on financial transactions throughout Russia, CIS, and Eastern European...

National Archive Publishing Company announced an agreement with the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) that extends a long-term distribution arrangement for business case studies.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... National Archive Publishing Company announced an agreement with the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) that extends a long-term distribution arrangement for business case studies. In addition, XanEdu will publish the Case Research...

ProQuest announced the introduction of ND Press, a new service enabling librarians to print reference copies of newspapers from around the world directly in the library.(Current Awareness)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... ProQuest announced the introduction of ND Press, a new service enabling librarians to print reference copies of newspapers from around the world directly in the library. ND Press, a service by NewspaperDirect, prints exact newspaper replicas of...

SmallTownPapers, Inc. has launched SmallTownPapers News Service (STPNS), the first news service dedicated exclusively to local news and information from small markets across the country.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... SmallTownPapers, Inc. has launched SmallTownPapers News Service (STPNS), the first news service dedicated exclusively to local news and information from small markets across the country. SmallTownPapers offers access to content from newspapers...

Data Depth Corp. announced the beta release of Clip&Copy 2.0, a free news alert and media monitoring service that delivers abstracts of predefined article topics to subscribers.(Current Awareness)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Data Depth Corp. announced the beta release of Clip&Copy 2.0, a free news alert and media monitoring service that delivers abstracts of predefined article topics to subscribers. Subscribers can instantly copy, e-mail, post, reprint, and...

CrossRef reached an agreement with Microsoft Corp. as the first official CrossRef Web Services Search Partner.(Online Services)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... CrossRef reached an agreement with Microsoft Corp. as the first official CrossRef Web Services Search Partner. CrossRef will provide Microsoft with a bulk feed of metadata from hundreds of participating CrossRef member publishers. Microsoft is...

EBSCO joined with OCLC in a pilot project to make e-serials as visible as print materials in WorldCat.(online services)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... EBSCO joined with OCLC in a pilot project to make e-serials as visible as print materials in WorldCat. This latest achievement will benefit the organizations' mutual users by allowing OCLC to harvest e-serials holdings data from EBSCO's A-to-Z...

Thomson ResearchSoft announced a major upgrade to EndNote, introducing expanded PDF management and increased flexibility in viewing, searching, and handling reference information.(Online Services)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Thomson ResearchSoft announced a major upgrade to EndNote, introducing expanded PDF management and increased flexibility in viewing, searching, and handling reference information. EndNote X is designed for Windows 2000 and XP...

OCLC CAPCON.(appoints Irene M. Hoffman)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Irene M. Hoffman, formerly associate university librarian at Georgetown University, has been named executive director, OCLC CAPCON.

Thomson West.(appointment of Mark Capaldini )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Mark Capaldini was named vice president, government segment at ThomsonWest. He will oversee all federal, state, and local government business.

PodTech Network, Inc.(appoints Robert Scoble )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Former Microsoft evangelist Robert Scoble is moving to PodTech Network, Inc. to become VP, media development. His Scobelizer blog will continue.

Law Library Management.(appoints Steven M. Cohen)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... LibraryStuff.net blogger and former PubSub librarian, Steven M. Cohen, is now law librarian for Law Library Management.

Xrefer Ltd.(appoints Jenny Walker)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Xrefer Ltd hired Jenny Walker, formerly with ExLibris, as executive vice president of marketing.

MuseGlobal, Inc.(appoints Frank Bilotto)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Frank Bilotto has moved from Vivisimo, Inc. to MuseGlobal, Inc., where he fills the newly created position of VP, publishing and digital media.

OCLC Members Council.(Maggie Farrell and Bruce Newell appointed)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... OCLC Members Council elected Maggie Farrell, dean of libraries, University of Wyoming (BCR) and outgoing Members Council president, and Bruce Newell, director, Montana Library Network (OCLC Western), to 4-year terms on the OCLC Board of...

The Springer eBook Collection, which allows researchers and students access to over 10,000 fully searchable e-books, debuted in June with plans to add a further 3,000 e-books every year.(Alliances & Deals)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Springer eBook Collection, which allows researchers and students access to over 10,000 fully searchable e-books, debuted in June with plans to add a further 3,000 e-books every year. Announcements to distribute the Springer eBook Collection...

Thomson Gale announced OCLC's Open WorldCat program as a new partner to the AccessMyLibrary.com platform.(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Thomson Gale announced OCLC's Open WorldCat program as a new partner to the AccessMyLibrary.com platform. The partnership between AccessMyLibrary.com, Thomson Gale's library advocacy initiative to increase the visibility of library content on...

Amazon.(service enhancement)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Amazon has made some books full-text searchable at its own Web site, as well as with its A9 search engine. The full-text display at Amazon changed significantly; it now uses the new Amazon Online Reader. (See page 42 for a full review of the...

Ask.(IAC Search & Media adds a feed search database)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Ask added a blog and feed search database. Building on Ask-owned Bloglines data, the new database covers blog postings as well as feeds from news sites and other assorted RSS feed outlets. Each result gives several options for subscribing to...

Google.(search engine update)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Google unveiled new developments in its search and expanding portal programs. It launched Google Notebook for online clipping, note taking, and sharing. Google Spreadsheets is an online, collaborative spreadsheet program; and Google Checkout is...

Google Blog Search.(search engine update)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Google Blog Search expanded its date limit features. While it still defaults to a relevance sort, the left side of the screen has quick limits for results from just the last hour, 12 hours, day, week, month, and a user-specified date range....

Google Book Search.(search engine update)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Google Book Search has created a special Shakespeare Web site that provides access to various out-of-copyright editions of Shakespeare's works along with links to a full search for all copies in Book Search. There is also a new official blog...

MSN Search.(Microsoft Network L.L.C. ends contract with Yahoo! Search Marketing)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... MSN Search and its sister site Live.com have both stopped using ads from Yahoo! Search Marketing (formerly known as Overture) and instead are relying on Microsoft's own new ad system. In addition, MSN Search added indexing for https sites,...

NOODP.(Microsoft Corp. launches new meta tag)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... NOODP is a new metatag introduced by Microsoft in response to complaints that Open Directory Project (ODP) descriptions of sites have gotten too old and out-of-date for some entries. For a number of years, MSN and Google have used the brief...

Retrievr.(search engine for pictures)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... retrievr is a search engine for pictures where the search looks for matches based on color and pattern rather than text matches. Search using retrievr's sketch pad or by uploading another image. Alternatively, just paste the URL of a...

Yahoo!(search engine, service enhancement)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Yahoo! has a new home page redesign. Many users may still default to the old layout, but for those who choose to move to the new layout, it has several significant changes beyond the graphics and Web 2.0 styling. Search is still featured...

On the search side, Yahoo! added support for the wildcard-word-within-a-phrase search technique using an asterisk.(search engine, service enhancement)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... On the search side, Yahoo! added support for the wildcard-word-within-a-phrase search technique using an asterisk. Place the asterisk within a phrase search to match on any one word in that exact position. For example, to find "sighs more lunar...

The journey from corporate to academic librarian.(personal narrative)
September 1, 2006... Approximately 3 years ago, I unexpectedly found myself wearing the hat of an academic business librarian. I was a die-hard corporate librarian before starting this new chapter of my life--always had been, always was going to be, no question but...

From librarian to digital communicator: following the media to new organizational roles.(transformation)(using new communication systems)
September 1, 2006... Even though I run a library and I'm called a librarian, nowadays my portfolio of responsibilities goes far beyond my library role. Much of what I do is all about communication--digital communication: Web sites, digital repositories,...

Transforming information specialists into intelligence professionals.(TRANSFORMATION )(Competitive intelligence)
September 1, 2006... Transforming yourself from an information specialist to a business intelligence professional requires you to move beyond online research to analysis and prediction. You should understand the tools and methods that give meaning (in terms of...

From data management to data analysis and visualization: the project management viewpoint.(TRANSFORMATION)
September 1, 2006... BACK when I was a young pup in the business of computers, the terms "data management" and "the IT guy" (no offense to IT women, but it's pretty likely they were called IT guys as well) were sufficiently well-defined to cover most everything to...

The copyright landscape: introducing U.S. copyright law.
September 1, 2006... AS recently as 10 years ago, few outside the library world were interested in copyright. A handful of lawyers (such as David Nimmer and William Patry) devoted significant time to it, and media/entertainment companies took comfort in the...

Libraries in the war on terrorism.(Department of Homeland Security's Digital Library )
September 1, 2006... While terrorism has existed in the world for a very long time, until recently, the U.S. had been extremely fortunate to have had limited experience with such attacks within its own borders. These two very deadly events served as major wake-up...

Amazon's on the right page with new online reader.(Amazon.com Inc.'s upgrade and enhancement program, Amazon Online Reader)
September 1, 2006... THE final element of Amazon's long-awaited Upgrade program quietly went live on May 18, 2006. Completely unannounced, the feature-rich Amazon Online Reader replaced the limited PDF-like display system Amazon had been using to present excerpts...

Using contextual inquiry to build a better intranet.(intranet librarian)(contextual inquiry(interviewing methods))
September 1, 2006... Designing new intranet services and applications is a challenge. How do we know what our users need before we design it? How can we develop requirements for new applications that have the features and functionality that are important to them?...

Developing personas to understand user needs.(website management)
September 1, 2006... Taking the time to solicit feedback from future Web site users on functionality issues is something we know we should do, but too often, we simply don't. We know that Product Development 101 is all about talking to potential users, regardless...

Uncovering cover stories.(the dollar sign)(Column)
September 1, 2006... For a recent writing project I was trying to demonstrate the importance of my topic (blogging, if you really want to know) by stating how many times it had shown up on the covers of prestigious journals. I'd collected a few samples, but I...

The complete New Yorker: a new model for electronic access.(information strategist)
September 1, 2006... Digital distribution of magazine content has created new challenges for periodical publishers of all types. From the early days of content licensing to the periodical aggregators to electronic journals and Web-based portals, online access has...

JST's J-STAGE and journal@rchive, SciELO, Microsoft academic live.(peter's picks & pans)(Japan Science & Technology Agency)(Scientific Electronic Library Online)(Column)
September 1, 2006... My picks for this issue include two open access scholarly databases from the Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST) and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) digital archive from Brazil. These two resources illustrate what is...

The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk, 2nd Ed.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk, 2nd Ed. by Irene E. McDermott, edited by Barbara Quint ISBN: 1-57387-235-0 Published: 2006 Pages: 298 pp.; softcover Price: $29.50 Available from: Information...

Prioritizing Web Usability.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger ISBN: 0-321-35031-6 Published: 2006 Pages: 406 pp.; softcover Price: $50 Available from: New Riders, 1249 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710; 510/524-2178; 800/283 9444;...

Ambient Findability.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Ambient Findability by Peter Morville ISBN: 0-596-00765-5 Published: 2005 Pages: 188 pp.; softcover Price: $29.95 Available from: O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472; 800/998-9938; www.oreilly.com * *...

Licensing in Libraries: Practical and Ethical Aspects.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Licensing in Libraries: Practical and Ethical Aspects edited by Karen Rupp-Serrano (co-published as Journal of Library Administration, vol. 42, no. 3/4) ISBN: 13:978-0-7890-2879-2 Published: 2005 Pages: 210 pp.; softcover Price: $29.95...

Getting past the online bouncer.(online spotlight)(Column)
September 1, 2006... WE don't have too many posh nightclubs here in Boulder, Colo., but I remember, from my forays into the Big City, the beautiful people lined up behind velvet ropes, with a large man with sunglasses and a ponytail checking everyone to see if they...