Searcher articles from February 2006

Searcher archives from February 2006

Deja vu all over again.(Searcher's VOICE)
February 1, 2006... Don't you love Yogi Berra? My personal favorite was his greeting to the Holy Father on a visit to the Vatican: "Hello, Pope." How often the garbling of his Yogi-isms [http:// www.umpirebob.com/DATA/yogi isms.htm] still let the truth shine...

Beyond ERIC: the early years: part two: curricula, kids, and technology--special education.(Education Resources Information Center)
February 1, 2006... The first installment of this series on the use of technology in education dealt with policy issues and tools that administrators and educators can employ to improve the delivery of education-related materials, track the progress of students...

Digging up the virtual past: the archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome on the Web.(services)
February 1, 2006... Archaeology is truly one of the foundation sciences for our understanding of the past. In his textbook, In the Beginning (9th ed., Longman, 1996, p. 27), Brian Fagan defined archaeology as "the scientific study of past cultures and...

Beyond the 'L' Word.(forecast of libraries)(Column)
February 1, 2006... "Don't tell me libraries won't exist in the future," quipped a colleague when she learned I was writing a column for Searcher magazine about the future of librarians. Before I had even put my fingers to the keyboard to write my first sentence,...

In memoriam.(Karen Switt)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2006... I would like to dedicate this column to my late wife, Karen Switt. Karen was an extraordinary librarian and a champion for the library profession. She was an active member of the Special Libraries Association and a pioneer in the online user...

Medicare Plan D: decisions, decisions, decisions.(INTERNET EXPRESS)(Column)
February 1, 2006... It's hard to believe that my mom is now 79 years old. Mostly because, if she is almost 80, how old does that make me? (Rhetorical question, guys.) Mom had a health scare last August when she underwent an endarterectomy. She had to get her...

Hoover's vacuum: "wish you were here".(management)
February 1, 2006... Many customers I work with are small business owners or researchers with a specific upper limit on how much money they will pay for information. Reasonably priced, pay-per-view pricing offered by commercial database vendors makes efficient...

The new 'search' in 'job search'.(use of online employment search services)
February 1, 2006... Finding a new job got easier when job sites popped up on the Internet in the late 1990s. We created profiles and uploaded our resumes on such sites as HotJobs.com, FlipDog, Vault, HeadHunter, and CareerBuilder.com. We were thrilled with the...

Best buys.(computer peripherals, personal computers)(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 2006... Hardware Best PCs Dell Computer Company's XPS 400 ($2,799), E510 ($1,299), and Inspiron 60000 Media Center; Hewlett-Packard Development Company's Pavilion dv4000 ($1,627) and Compaq Presario SR1620NX ($499); Toshiba America Inc.'s...

Contacts.(Directory)
February 1, 2006... 2K Games (Sid Meier's Civilization 4) 575 Broadway New York, NY 10012 (646) 723-4200 URL: http://www.2kgames.com 10K Wizard Technology LLC 1950 Stemmons Freeway Suite 3014 Dallas, TX 75207 (214)800-4560 ...