Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 2004

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 2004

Ephemeral to Enduring: The Internet Archive and Its Role in Preserving Digital Media
March 1, 2004... The Internet was first created as a communications network, but it has produced myriad effects in many sectors of technology, business, and society. Among these important changes are the growth of electronic publishing and the increasing use of...

DIRECT: A Decentralized Image Retrieval System for the National STEM Digital Library
March 1, 2004... This paper describes the Decentralized Image Retrieval for Education (DIRECT) service for the National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Digital Library (NSDL). DIRECT augments NSDL by providing content-based...

Designing for Experts: How Scholars Approach an Academic Library Web Site
March 1, 2004... This study examines the use of an academic library Web site by experienced researchers and active scholars. It is part of a larger effort to understand how experienced users approach online information resources and how fully the library's Web...

Content Management Strategy for a College Library Web Site
March 1, 2004... Watzek Library at Lewis and Clark College uses a dual strategy to manage the content of its Web site. Informational pages are created with a template system based on the following tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver and Contribute, PHP, server-side...

Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way to Print Library Labels
March 1, 2004... Thermal-transfer printing, a technology borrowed from the manufacturing sector, offers libraries a flexible method for printing durable, accurate, legible, and attractive labels that reliably adhere to most book surfaces. When guided by an...

Designing with Web Standards.(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Designing with Web Standards By Jeffrey Zeldman. Indianapolis, Ind.: New Riders, 2003. 456p. $35 (ISBN 0-73571-201-8). Designing with Web Standards opens with a statement Intended to shock: 99.99 percent of today's Web sites are obsolete....

About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design.(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... About Face 2.0 The Essentials of Interaction Design By Alan Cooper and Robert Reimann. Indianapolis, Ind.: New Wiley Pub., 2003. 540p. $35 (ISBN 0-7645-26413). Alan Cooper is a big name in user interface design, although he is probably...