Business Information Alert articles from June 2003

Business Information Alert archives from June 2003

The somewhat virtual library.
June 1, 2003... Some months ago, a friend asked me to look at a business reference collection and to suggest materials that might be eliminated because the topics were adequately covered in online commercial products or on the free Web. The librarian saw every...

From the editor.
June 1, 2003... Our feature article this month is by Roberta Brody who is an associate professor in the Graduate Library and Information Studies Program at Queens College of the City University of New York. She examines an issue that we are all confronting...

A world of blogs and search engines.(Librarian at Large)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Do you have Googlitis, a compulsion to use the search box at Google.com when searching for information on the Internet? While Google may have the upper hand in its size, good searchers should add blogs (Web diaries, which are updated regularly,...

Blogs made easy.(Librarian at Large)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The first speaker, Jenny Levine, creator of "The Shifted Librarian" (www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/), gave an excellent introduction on the world of blogs. Jenny made blogs easy to understand by explaining how they act as filters to reduce...

Blog perspectives.(Librarian at Large)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The second and third speakers, Stephen Cohen and Jessamyn West, expanded on Jenny's talk by providing interesting perspectives on the blog world. Stephen Cohen, creator of "Library Stuff" (www.resourceshelf.com/), talked about RSS (Really...

Going beyond google.(Librarian at Large)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Greg Notess, author of Search Engine Showdown (www.searchengines howdown.com/), provided an excellent transition between the blog and search engine portion of the day. Although the Internet connection faltered during his talk, Greg was prepared...

Power searching.(Librarian at Large)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Ran Hock, research trainer and author of The Extreme Searcher's Guide to the Web, ended the afternoon by talking about power searching and how searchers can use special features and content offered by a variety of search engines. Although...

A day well spent.(Librarian at Large)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... At day's end, I felt that the conference had been valuable. Many participants left pleased and looking forward to the next NEASIST event. Although they may still have bouts of Googlitis, they should have gained an abundance of knowledge in...

The ratings game.(News & Trends)
June 1, 2003... Is this the Wall Street Journal I'm looking at or True Crime? It's hard to tell lately, what with the daily accounts of corporate chicanery around the world. Corporate and academic librarians are not spared the ubiquitous insinuations. ...

Valuable free sites.(News & Trends)
June 1, 2003... When you open the PricewaterhouseCoopers home page, look beyond the "Most Respected" section mentioned above. In the same "Insights & Solutions/Survey Reports" section, PwC regularly presents complimentary industry analyses. The reports are not...

Information Literacy and Workplace Performance.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Tom W. Goad. 2002. Quorum Books/Greenwood Publishing Group. Hardcover. 232p. ISBN: 1-56720-454-6. $64.95. In Information Literacy and Workplace Performance, author Tom Goad's stated objective is to "define and describe information...

Attracting, Educating, and Serving Remote Users Through the Web: a How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Donnelyn Curtis, ed. 2002. Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. Softcover. 269p. ISBN: 1-55570-436-0. $55. This is, perhaps, one of the better "how-to" manuals for librarians from Neal-Schuman Publishers. It consists of nine chapters written by a...

Career Choice and Development, 4th ed.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Duane Brown, ed. 2002. Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hardcover. 560p. ISBN: 0-7879-5741-0. $45. This new edition, updated from the previous 1996 edition, stays true to the format set there. It is not written in lay terms, but then...

Global Market Share Planner, 2d ed.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... 2002. Euromonitor International. Softcover. 7v. $5,900. Online service. $11,850 for up to 5 users at a single location. If you need consumer product, market-share data from other countries--particularly in the food industry--and you can...

Parexel's Pharmaceutical R&D Statistical Sourcebook 2002/2003.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Mark P. Mathieu, ed. 2002. Parexel/Barnett International. Hardcover. 30Op. ISBN: 1-882615-61-1. $355. I carried this weighty volume with me on a train ride to New York last month, planning to pass the hours dutifully but not...