Searcher articles from January 2007

Searcher archives from January 2007

Help!(web search engines)
January 1, 2007... Many moons ago at a collegial meeting... How many moons? Well, let's say it was long enough that the attendees would have recognized the "many moons" phrase as taken from the lingo of Western films, a cinematic genre which seemed eternal at...

Academic libraries are alive and thriving: interviews with four academic library directors.(Barbara Dewey, Ray English, Ken Frazier and Paula Kaufman)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... More than 30 years ago, R. M. Orr raised two critical questions about the library: "How good is it?" and, "What good does it do?" Orr's article, "Measuring the Goodness of Library Services: A General Framework for Considering Quantitative...

Repealing Murphy's Law: using research to reduce the risks of international trade.(Clearly Wonderful Aqua Company)
January 1, 2007... If ever there were a place where Murphy's Law holds reign, it is in the area of international business. Just to get an idea of what can go wrong with even the most straightforward of transactions, consider the case of the Clearly Wonderful Aqua...

Serenity now! Beat the winter blues online.(websites providing information on exercise)(Website list)
January 1, 2007... The holidays have passed, and the Northern Hemisphere has settled into the bleak midwinter. Our world is cold and dark. The blue radiance from our computer monitors, perhaps the only light in the room, throws an eerie glow across our features....

The Frankfurt Book Fair.
January 1, 2007... This is the big one. By all measurements, in whatever industry, the Frankfurt Book Fair [http://www. book-fair.com/en/portal.php] is a large show. The cab driver who drove me to an airport hotel on my concluding day at the fair handed me a...

Tidying up and telling time.(SprigSoft's Tidy Start Menu)
January 1, 2007... How long, messy, and confusing is your computer's Start menu? Mine isn't nearly as long as it used to be--yet (thanks to the arrival of my new computer). I know it's only a matter of time until the new computer's Start menu is completely out of...

High technology: online on Everest.(internet services)(Cover story)
January 1, 2007... Over the last 3 years, my husband and I have spent our vacations trekking high in the Himalayas. In 2004, I slogged over 16,000-foot passes in Bhutan. In 2005, I hiked up to 17,000 feet to the base of Mount Kangchenjunga in Sikkim, and finally,...

Best buys.(personal computers)(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... Hardware Fastest PCs Falcon Northwest's Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme) ($8,095 with monitor); Velocity Micro's Vector GX Campus Edition ($999 with monitor) Source: Claire Metz, "Why Microchips Matter (Again)," PC Magazine, Sept....

Contacts.(of software and hardware companies)(Directory)
January 1, 2007... Adobe Systems, Inc. (Premiere Elements 2) 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110-2704 (408) 536-6000 (800) 833-6687 (408) 537-6000 URL: http://www.adobe.com Apple Computer Co. (iPod 30GB with video, iPod...