Searcher articles from April 2006

Searcher archives from April 2006

What's happening?!?(public libraries and services)(Column)
April 1, 2006... The morning dawns. I wake and greet the day. Cup of coffee in hand, I wander into the living room, select a mystery from my unending collection (Amazon rules!), and settle down to a pleasant read. Twenty or 30 minutes go by peacefully when a...

A scholarly society faces open access.(American Chemical Society's Bob Bovenschulte interviewed)(Interview)
April 1, 2006... Scholarly societies are an integral segment of the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing universe. The mission statements of most scholarly societies proclaim that dissemination of information and research results in their fields...

Assessing value in the online environment.(information industry and services)(Column)
April 1, 2006... Recently I purchased a copy of a well-known movie on DVD. With a coupon, the classic 1957 production of Desk Set, starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, cost me just about $10.00. Cheap at the price--but 20th Century/Fox, the...

I need MySpace.(MySpace.com Inc. and its various online services)
April 1, 2006... Let's talk about the most interesting thing ever in the whole wide world. Politics? No. Religion? Nah. Sex? Not really. No, the most fascinating thing for anyone anywhere at anytime is... me. And, you can find out all about me by looking me up...

The day of the author has arrived: rights and business models for online books.(PUBLISHING TRENDS)
April 1, 2006... Over the years, the balance of power in the book industry has swung to and fro, but never has it swung in the direction of authors. Typically at the mercy of publishers who keep the lion's share of both profit and control, authors, without...

RSS explosion in chemistry and science.(Really Simple Syndication)(Column)
April 1, 2006... RSS (Really Simple Syndication) has been around for several years, but it has just begun to reach its potential. For those not familiar with RSS, it is basically a way to disseminate a list of regularly updated information. (For more detailed...

The people's law: free legal help and legal research on the Web.(Column)
April 1, 2006... Over the last 5 years, since the last time I broached this topic, (1) free legal resources on the Internet have gotten better and better. More and more legal information has come onto the Web for nonlawyers. Certain jurisdictions have risen to...

A lesson from Portugal, or fighting disintermediation.(travel information on web)(Column)
April 1, 2006... My friend Charlene lives in constant fear that she will be out of a job one day because of the Internet. Charlene used to be a vital resource. A virtual fountain of knowledge, she knew exactly where to find any information her clients...

Can't see the forest for the trees.(websites providing information about forest management)(Column)
April 1, 2006... I wrote about internationalWeb resources and databases pertaining to the oceans in 2003 ("Information on the Seven Seas," Searcher, July/August 2003 and November/December 2003), so it seems only fair to offer equal time to forests, the other...

Untangle your Web of words.(dictionaries on web)(Column)
April 1, 2006... It's been quite a while since we've done a show of hands, so that's how we're going to start off today. How many of you keep at least one dictionary and/or thesaurus--actual, physical books--in your office? If you raised your hand, do you keep...

Contacts.(Directory)
April 1, 2006... Amazon.com, Inc. 1200 12th Ave. S. Suite 1200 Seattle, WA 98144-2734 (206) 266-1000 (206) 266-4206 (fax) Internet: info@amazon.com URL: http://www.amazon.com/ American Association for the Advancement of...