Business Information Alert articles from January 2003

Business Information Alert archives from January 2003

The future of financial services and the information professional.
January 1, 2003... In the last two decades, there has been vast growth in the number of business information professionals working directly or indirectly for the financial services sector. Whether it is in the bulge bracket investment banks, the mainstream...

From the Editor.(Unemployment is not just a dry statistic; it is hundreds of our colleagues losing their jobs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Unemployment is not just a dry statistic; it is hundreds of our colleagues losing their jobs. In our January lead article, Sylvia James lends her expertise in the financial services industry to those looking for hope of finding positions in...

Calendar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... February 23-25, 2003 Markets, Technologies and Standards: Strategies for Success 45th Annual NFAIS Conference Sponsored by NFAIS www.nfais.org February 26, 2003 Crisis Communications SLA Virtual Seminar Sponsored by...

World transport. (News & Trends).(transportation most affected by Sept 11 Islamic terrorist attack)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... As economists continue to assess the effects of September 11th, terrorist threats, and military conflicts on global business, it is dear that no industry has been more affected than transportation. In the U.S., September 11, 2001 was the first...

Free U.S. and international sources. (News & Trends).(Bureau of Transportation Statistics)(division of the U.S. Department of Transportation)
January 1, 2003... The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has increased its international, coverage. BTS revamped its online database a couple of years ago and is a model of clarity. For a shortcut to...

Fee-based classics. (News & Trends).(Journal of Commerce)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The next two sources are not free, but are basic global transport resources. The Journal of Commerce, the trade and finance bible for world transport since 1827, has reverted to its original name after a brief stint as JOC. In 2000, it reduced...

And another good one. (News & Trends).(Bureau of Transportation Statistics)(TranStats)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Although it doesn't fit in the global information category, TranStats, the newest addition to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is too newsworthy and praiseworthy to leave out of this column. This elegant and colorful gateway links to...

Standard and Poor. (News).(all available on one new site)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Standard and Poor's entire range of data and analytic services, free and fee-based, is now available on one new site. It includes equity and economic analysis, mutual funds, indices, and credit ratings. World company profiles, with good...

U.S. Department of Energy. (News).(Pub Science, the free multi-disciplinary database in the physical sciences, has been shut down by the U.S. Department of Energy)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Sad news from the Library Journal Academic Newswire. Pub Science, the free multi-disciplinary database in the physical sciences, has been shut down by the U.S. Department of Energy. Scientists and librarians found PubScience not without flaws,...

Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Can you guess who is behind this knockout punch for information? Yes, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) is celebrating its winning round today This is the same big money Washington lobby that tried to prevent public...

Yahoo! (News).(has quit its fee-based premium document service and severed its partnership with Northern Light)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Yahoo! has quit its fee-based premium document service and severed its partnership with Northern Light. Seems Yahooers are not into paying for information. Where have we heard that before? Yahoo! hasn't given up trying to get some revenue...

Forrester Research Company. (News).(Google will raise its prices to servers such as Yahoo! and AOL)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A recent Forrester Research Company survey reports that Google will raise its prices to servers such as Yahoo! and AOL. The study also predicts that Google will embark on entertainment audio and video pay-per-view products, since users indicate...

CIA World Factbook. (News).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... If you haven't looked at the online CIA World Factbook lately, you're in for a pleasant surprise. You'll see a smart looking 2002 database with added content. Click on a country to get a record. Click on a field to get that field's content for...

Marketwatch.com. (News).(in talks to acquire Edgar Online)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Marketwatch.com, operator of CBSMarketwatch.com and Bigcharts.com, is in talks to acquire Edgar Online. Marketwatch's takeover of 10K Wizard, the fastest-growing EDGAR filings research service, failed. In November 2002, 10K Wizard launched...

Resources for the latest in business acumen. (News & Trends).
January 1, 2003... I thought I'd share some resources that I read regularly. You can use them yourself to keep up with the trends in business management and communication, or recommend them to a client who will find them useful. From Terese Mulkern Terry's...

Knowledge Mapping and Management. (Knowledge Management).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Don White, Ph.D. 2002. IRM Press. Softcover. 328p. ISBN 1-931777-17-9. 359.95. "The world's total production of information amounts to about 250 megabytes for each man, woman, and child on earth. It is clear that we are all drowning in a...

Cataloging Nonprint and Internet Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. (Library Management).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Mary Beth Weher. 2002. Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. Softcover. 379p. ISBN: 1-55570-435-2. 359.95. Any attempt to publish a current book on cataloging rules cannot avoid being out of date by the time it reaches the market. The current...

Conducting the Reference Interview: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. (Library Management).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Catherine S. Ross, Kirsti Nilsen & Patricia Dewdney. 2002. Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. Softcover. 242p. ISBN 1-55570-432-8.$55. This is a well-written book that not only describes how to do a reference interview, but also provides...

The Development of Modern Business. (Management).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Gordon Boyce & Simon Ville. 2002. Palgrave. Hardcover. 376p. ISBN: 0-333-59877-6. $69.95. Business history as a discipline studies the evolution of business processes in the hopes of providing insights for managing today's enterprises....