Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 2000

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 2000

Is This a Geolibrary? A Case of the Idaho Geospatial Data Center.
March 1, 2000... The article presents the Idaho Geospatial Data Center (IGDC), a digital library of public-domain geographic data ,for the state of Idaho. The design and implementation of IGDC are introduced as part of the larger context of a geolibrary model....

The Internet as a Source of Academic Research Information: Findings of Two Pilot Studies.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... As a source of serious subject-oriented information, the Internet has been a powerful feature in the information arena since its inception in the last quarter of the twentieth century. It was, however, initially restricted to government...

Harvesting Information from a Library Data Warehouse.
March 1, 2000... Data warehousing technology has been defined by John Ladtey as "a set of methods, techniques, and tools that are leveraged together and used to produce a vehicle that delivers data to end users on an integrated platform."(1) This concept has...

That's My Bailiwick: A Library-Sponsored Faculty Research Web Server.
March 1, 2000... The University of Iowa Libraries provide a unique, new, scholarly publishing outlet for their faculty and graduate students. With the prevalence of personal faculty home pages and course Web sites in just about every department on campus, it's...

Engelond: A Model for Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in the Information Age.
March 1, 2000... The question of how best to incorporate information literacy instruction into the academic curriculum has long been a leading concern of academic librarians. In recent years, this issue has grown beyond the boundaries of professional...

Site License Initiatives in the United Kingdom: The PSLI and NESLI Experience.(Pilot Site License Initiative )(National Electronic Site License Initiative)
March 1, 2000... This article examines the development of site licensing within the United Kingdom higher education community. In particular, it looks at how the pressure to make better use of dwindling fiscal resources led to the conclusion that information...

A Low-Cost Library Database Solution.
March 1, 2000... Two locally created databases are made available to the world via the Web using an inexpensive but highly functional search engine created in-house. The technology consists of a microcomputer running UNIX to serve relational databases. CGI...

The Internet, the World Wide Web, Library Web Browsers, and Library Web Servers.
March 1, 2000... This article first examines the difference between two very familiar and sometimes synonymous terms, the Internet and the Web. The article then explains the relationship between the Web's protocol HTTP and other high-level Internet protocols,...

Pearls.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Ed. Note: "Pearls" is a new section that will appear in these pages from time to time. It will be ITAL's own version of the "Top Technology Trends" topic begun by Pat Ensor. These Pearls might be gleaned from a variety of places, but most often...

Information Ecologies: Using Technology With Heart.(Brief Article)(Review)
March 1, 2000... by Bonnie A. Nardi and Vicki L. O'Day. Cambridge: MIT Pr., 1999. 232p. $27.50 (ISBN 0-262-14066-7). The books I am reviewing this month are interrelated because they both focus on information technology and our changing world, with the two...

The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places.(Review)
March 1, 2000... by Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1996 and 1999. 305p. $28.95 (ISBN 1-575-86052-X); paper, $15.95 (ISBN 1-575-86053-8). The books I am reviewing this month are interrelated because they both focus on...

LITA NOTES.(A.L.A. Library and Information Technology Association)
March 1, 2000... LITA Elections As the presidential election year starts to gear up, don't forget that ALA and LITA elections are also just around the corner. Once again, the LITA Nominating Committee, chaired by Linda Miller and with members Walt Crawford...