Information Technology and Libraries articles from June 2007

Information Technology and Libraries archives from June 2007

President's column.(Library and Information Technology Association)(Column)
June 1, 2007... I write my final President's column a month after the Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. You will read it as preparations for the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. are well underway. Despite that disconnect in time, I am confident that the...

Editorial: the virtues of deliberation.
June 1, 2007... As I approach the end of my tenure as ITAL editor, I reflect on the many LITA members who have not submitted articles for possible publication in our journal. I am especially mindful of the smaller number who have promised or hinted or implied...

Public libraries and internet access across the United States: a comparison by State 2004-2006.(Report)
June 1, 2007... Drawing upon findings from a national survey of U.S. public libraries, this paper examines trends in Internet and public computing access in public libraries across states from 2004 to 2006. Based on library-supplied information about levels...

Misinformation and bias in metadata processing: matching in large databases.(Report)
June 1, 2007... This article discusses structural, systems, and other types of bias that arise in matching new records to large databases. The focus is databases for bibliographic utilities, but other related database concerns will be discussed. Problems of...

Index blending: enabling the development of definitive, discipline-specific resources.(Report)
June 1, 2007... Index Blending is the process of database development whereby various components are merged and refined to create a single encompassing source of information. Once a research need is determined for a given area of study, existing resources are...

Open source Wifi hotspot implementation.(Report)
June 1, 2007... The goal of this paper is to describe a design--including the hardware, software, and configuration--for an open source wireless network. The network designed will require authentication. While care will be taken to keep the authentication...

MetaSearching and beyond: implementation experiences and advice from an academic library.(Product/service evaluation)(Report)
June 1, 2007... In March 2003 the University of Mississippi Libraries made our MetaSearch tool publicly available. After a year of working with this product and integrating it into the library Web site, a wide variety of libraries interested in our...