Information World Review articles from February 2008

Information World Review archives from February 2008

Take the sting out of workplace aggro.(Managing Stress and Conflict in Libraries)(Book review)
February 4, 2008... Byline: Kim Thomas Take the sting out of workplace aggro Kim Thomas welcomes a librarian's guide to coping with bullying, violence and harassment ' book review The popular perception of libraries as tranquil retreats from the...

numbers game hots up.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Tracey Caldwell numbers game hots up The beguiling simplicity of the "impact factor" has made it a figure of supreme importance in research. Journal impact factors, or IFs, measure how often science and social science...

social computing without tears.
February 4, 2008... Byline: David Tebutt social computing without tears A few months ago the IWR blog carried a post about nasty goings-on at a social software service. It had asked users for their email address and password so that it could reveal who in...

Experian hits the motor sales spot.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Alisdair Suttie Experian hits the motor sales spot MarketView Online gives a detailed picture of trends in the motor industry. Alisdair Suttie gets behind the wheel ' site review If you have ever had a credit check...

Nature injects Sermo buttons.
February 4, 2008... Nature injects Sermo buttons Kim Thomas Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is to allow online readers of its articles the opportunity to discuss them on Sermo, the US site for doctors. Sermo, which launched in September 2006 and has...

Google kids lose their web cred.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... Google kids lose their web cred Peter Williams The idea that the Google generation A- those brought up in the digital age A- is the most web-literate is a myth, according to research commissioned by the British Library and JISC. ...

Lawyers pull email into the search net.
February 4, 2008... Lawyers pull email into the search net Kim Thomas Law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse has implemented Recommind's MindServer enterprise search platform across its business. Field Fisher Waterhouse, which employs 300 lawyers in the UK...

Tech firms risk i?1/2catastrophici?1/2 breaches of data security.
February 4, 2008... Tech firms risk 'catastrophic' breaches of data security Tracey Caldwell Technology, media and telecoms (TMT) companies have not got to grips with information security and risk catastrophic security breaches, according to a survey by...

The research skills killer.
February 4, 2008... The research skills killer Widening access to technology has not improved the information literacy of young people. Indeed, digital media's ease of use hides some very worrying trends. For example, the speed at which young people conduct...

Microsoft buys into business search market.
February 4, 2008... Microsoft buys into business search market Laura Smith Microsoft has announced its intention to buy Norwegian search software firm Fast Search and Transfer (Fast) in a deal valued at $1.2bn ([pounds sterling]600m). The deal, which...

Dow Jones lays future at info prosi?1/2 feet.
February 4, 2008... Byline: staff Dow Jones lays future at info pros' feet Tracey Caldwell Information professionals can see the future after business information service provider Dow Jones launched a feed of calendar and real-time event data, aimed...

ID card roll-out loses impetus.
February 4, 2008... Byline: staff ID card roll-out loses impetus Laura Smith Doubts have surfaced over the future of the government's controversial identity card programme after it emerged that the compulsory roll-out of ID cards to British citizens...

Copyright bows to digital onslaught.
February 4, 2008... Byline: staff Copyright bows to digital onslaught ' analysis UK copyright law is set to change following the government's decision to consult on the radical changes proposed in the Gowers Review. The Gowers Review of...

German universities.(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... German universities win access to Nature archive Universities, schools and other publicly funded research institutions in Germany are to get free access to the entire Nature archive dating back to 1869, writes Kim Thomas. The agreement...

nibs feb.
February 4, 2008... Dame heads up British Library Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library since July 2000, has been made a Dame of the British Empire in the New Year Honours for services to education. Brindley said: "I am truly delighted to...

Josie Fraser Blogosphere.(Interview)
February 4, 2008... Byline: dgriffin Josie Fraser runs the Edublog Awards, develops Web 2.0-based research communities, and reckons that blogging is the perfect cure for procrastinators and perfectionists Q Who are you? A I'm a social and educational...

Internet elevator heads for a higher consciousness.
February 4, 2008... Byline: David Tebbutt Internet elevator heads for a higher consciousness A lot of what we see going on in the social web reflects the pyramid climbing first articulated by psychologist Abraham Maslow as a "hierarchy of needs". The...

The secret of happiness is revealed.(file sharing software)(Survey)(Brief article)
February 4, 2008... The secret of happiness is revealed Laura Smith Even if you work in the information industry, you may still be surprised to learn that the secret to happiness in the workplace has something to do with software. But a survey...