Business Information Alert articles from July 2000

Business Information Alert archives from July 2000

Ichiban and Marketing for the New Millennium.
July 1, 2000... A good friend and library mentor said, "Librarians will be the teachers and trainers of the next century." Now that we have survived the Y2K panic and the new century is upon us, we are ready to look ahead. So, what is Ichiban, a new type of...

From the Editor.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2000... Welcome to the July/August issue of the Business Information Alert. I hope it's cooler where you live than here in St. Louis! We have an exciting issue this month. Dawn Adair Johnson is back with some thoughts on new ways to market your...

What's in a Name?(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Not much, apparently. While we were summering, name changes were simmering. The venerable Robert Morris Association, formed in 1914 to share credit reports among member financial institutions, has a new name--Risk Management Association. RMA,...

Some Bounteous New Resources Bloomed This Summer.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Economist Intelligence Unit's new free ebusinessforum is packed with useful information. "Doing ebusiness in [country]" is an outstanding feature. Each of the 60 covered countries has the latest information on taxation, law and regulations,...

SLA in Philadelphia--The Long March.(Special Libraries Association)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The new Philadelphia Convention Center, site of the Special Libraries Annual Conference in June, has 53 meeting spaces. No more than 16 SLA sessions occurred simultaneously. So why were 7,000 information professionals forced to trudge the same...

Moving On.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The 30-year treasury bond has been benched. The new bellwether of the U.S. bond market is the 10-year treasury note. Long-term debt shrinkage has reduced the supply of 30-year paper. In announcing that it will use the 10-year note as its main...

E-Mail & Internet Use Policies: An HR Manager's Guide.(Review)
July 1, 2000... 1999. Thompson Publishing Group, Inc. 24p. $39. (Multiple copy discounts available.) There has been a marked increase lately in the number of news reports and editorials on the topic of Internet and e-mail policies for organizations. Many...

Web-based Learning and Teaching Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Anil Aggarwal, ed. 2000. Idea Group Publishing. ISBN: 1-878289-60-8. 372p. $69.95. Remember distance learning? The concept has been around for at least 150 years, according to one author in this book. Web-based learning (WBL) is the latest...

World Consumer Income & Expenditure Patterns.(Review)
July 1, 2000... 2000. Euromonitor, Ltd. (distributed by Gale Group). Hardcover. 535p. ISBN: 0-86338-870-1. $590. This publication from the well-respected Euromonitor Group offers detailed statistics from 1990 to 1998 on 52 of the most economically active...

Business Information Basics: A Guide to Key International Sources 2000.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Pam Foster, ed. 2000. Bowker-Saur. Softcover. 230p. ISBN 1-85739-2004-3. [pound]95. Business Information Basics: A Guide to Key International Sources 2000 is the latest edition of a valuable directory. This publication is a survey of...

KnowAll.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Worldfree Corporation. $89 (includes free updates for one year). As the Internet continues to grow rapidly, effectively searching Web content becomes more and more important to professional researchers and novice users. KnowAll claims to go...