Searcher articles from January 2001

Searcher archives from January 2001

Searcher's VOICE.(Editorial)
January 1, 2001... Breach of Precedent This month's editorial constitutes a double, even a triple, breach of precedent. Instead of containing more and more of my mental meanderings, it will consist of a factual report. Instead of constituting original...

Clare Hart: Leading Factiva.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Interviewer: Barbara Quint Editor, Searcher Magazine bq: When Factiva was originally announced in 1999, you initially planned on integrating the two services, it seemed, but now you're announcing new products under the Factiva label, like...

The End of an Era: Online World 2000.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.... Alright, so I'm exaggerating a bit. On September 20, 2000, the world of the information professional charged forever. It was the close of Online, World 2000 and the grand finale of the...

Internet Users at Risk: The Identity/Privacy Target Zone.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
January 1, 2001... "Security on the Internet. There is none. Get over it." is a statement attributed to Scott McNealy, president of Sun Microsystems -- and about a dozen other high-profile technology executives. The pithy statement echoes one-line gags from...

Intelligent Conferences: Reality or Oxymoron?(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... Earlier this year, reporters dubbed one of North America's largest technology conferences as "The Incredible Shrinking Trade Show." Although the conference organizers insisted that attendance matched previous shows, the attendees and exhibitors...

Final Hours: Tasini Goes to the Supreme Court.(Government Activity)
January 1, 2001... The United States Supreme Court has announced it will hear the appeal New York Times v. Tasini. In hearing this case, the Supreme Court will decide the rights of freelance authors and perhaps the future of digital content. The high court...

E-Mail for Everyone: Free from Your Friendly Librarian.(Technology Information)
January 1, 2001... So I'm sitting in this training session for a new system that is frankly not ready for prime time yet. The ditzy trainer seems more interested in describing his recent trip to Las Vegas than his company's glitchy product. It occurs to me that I...

Business-to-Government E-Commerce Procurement: Business Models, E-Mails, and Special Groups.(Government Activity)
January 1, 2001... In 1993, the National Performance Review, led by Vice President Al Gore, investigated the entire procurement process and issued a report, "Reinventing Federal Procurement" [http://www.npr.gov/library/nprrpt/annrpt/sysrpt93/reinven.html]. The...

BountyQuest: Let the Hunt Begin.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... On October 18, BountyQuest Corp., a Boston-based start-up, launched a new Web site that has fired the imagination of professional patent searchers. Via the new site [http://www.bountyquest.com], interested companies ("Bounty Posters") offer a...

CORRESPONDENCE.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... Why "Not"? A "Quint's Online" Backlash EDITOR'S COMMENT: Some of my more faithful readers may peruse the column I write for sister publication, Information Today, called -- modestly -- "Quint's Online." In the October 2000 issue of...