Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 1999

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 1999

The Human-Computer Interface and Information Literacy: Some Basics and Beyond.(the technology of information literacy)
March 1, 1999... Research into human-computer interaction has revealed many factors that affect the success of computer-mediated tasks such as information seeking and retrieval. This research is relevant to information professionals, including librarians and...

Accessibility in the Virtual Library: Creating Equal Opportunity Web Sites.(library Web sites must meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards)
March 1, 1999... In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), libraries not only have to provide equal access for patrons to physical collections and equipment but to electronic resources as well. The Web Accessibility Initiative is developing...

Web-Based Library Instruction: What Is Good Pedagogy?(using the World Wide Web for education)
March 1, 1999... Sound pedagogical principles have informed traditional face-to-face library instruction, and the same traditional pedagogies have been used in Web-based library instruction. The unique capabilities of the Web, however, can be used in...

Use-Based Criteria for Selecting and Retaining Electronic Information: A Case Study.(use of electronic information in academic libraries)
March 1, 1999... This empirical study identifies factors that are related to the use of electronic information in academic libraries. Length of use, form of access, technology in use, availability of instruction, and full text availability are all statistically...

Coyle's Information Highway Handbook: A Practical File on the New Information Order.(Review)
March 1, 1999... Coyle's Information Highway Handbook: A Practical File on the New Information Order by Karen Coyle. Chicago & London: American Library Association, 1997. 298p. $30, $27 for ALA members (ISBN 0-8389-0708-3). The only complaint one could...

Disk Cloning Software.
March 1, 1999... Libraries of all types typically seek to provide relatively secure, unchangeable menus and screens on public access computers, and to minimize the time involved in recovering from hardware failures and intentional or accidental modifications to...

Drive Image 2.0.(backup software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1999... PowerQuest http://www.powerquest.com PowerQuest's Drive Image is a powerful system backup and recovery tool. It can archive files for recovery purposes by making a complete backup of your hard drive onto a Zip, JAZ, or almost any removable...

GHOST 5.0.(cloning software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1999... Symantec http://www.symantec.com/ghost The Library Systems Department at Oklahoma State University has been using Ghost software for somewhat more than a year. We started with version 3.x and have upgraded to 5.x. We first used Ghost to...

ImageCast 3.0.(hard disk drive cloning software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1999... Microhouse http://www.microhouse.com Imagecast IC3 is Microhouse's latest hard disk drive-cloning software. It will clone FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, as well as nonstandard file systems. It has two modes of operation, either stand-alone or...

RapiDeploy 3.3 and LabExpert 3.3.
March 1, 1999... Altiris http://www.altiris.com RapiDeploy and LabExpert are two similar, yet also very different, programs from Altiris, a company spun off from KeyLabs in July 1998--a large, independent network test lab in Provo, Utah. Like the other...

SnapBack Dup 4.12d.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1999... Columbia Data Products http://www.cdp.com SnapBack Dup established an early reputation for itself in the disk cloning arena as one of the more simple, inexpensive products for quickly cloning and backing up and restoring hard drives on...