Searcher articles from June 2004

Searcher archives from June 2004

The critic.(Searcher's Voice)
June 1, 2004... How would you like to make a living being nasty? (Why are you all looking at me that way? SHADDUP!!) if I may be allowed to continue (harumph), what this world needs is more critics in place, people who can evaluate the quality of information...

PLA 2004 in Seattle.
June 1, 2004... The opportunity to attend this biannual conference of kindred spirits interested in all things public librarians find exciting and marvelous --technology, patron services, library buildings, management techniques, collection development, staff...

Trend tracking on the road to Nashville.(The Better Mousetrap)
June 1, 2004... I'm a relatively new, although house-broken, puppy when it comes to the information profession. The first SLA conference I attended was in Philadelphia in 2000. My wife, a fellow scientist, had just started her MLS program and was volunteering...

Know thyself: self-assessment tests on the Web.(Internet Express)
June 1, 2004... It's a slow night at the reference desk. There's nothing to do but poke around on the Internet. Here's an IQ test--why not take it? Hey, I'm pretty smart! How about some personality analysis? Management material, for sure! Finally, do I have...

Safety first: where? When? Why me? Part two.
June 1, 2004... The first part of "Safety First" dealt with a few of the more egregious mistakes made by companies, industries, and parents when it comes to making their environments safer for their workers, customers, children, and themselves. Resources for...

Google spawn: the culture surrounding Google.
June 1, 2004... Just a few years back, the word Google existed as the name of a cartoon character (Barney Google) and possibly among the random phonemes mumbled by toddlers. Today, one would be hard-pressed to find a person who hasn't heard of the search...

Linking in the traditional online world.
June 1, 2004... The OpenURL and the technology built to exploit its usefulness are on the way to the mainstream for information professionals. Whether vendor-supplied or homegrown, link resolvers are increasingly commonplace expenditures for information...

Amazon.com: it's more than just books (and always has been!).
June 1, 2004... When Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com in July 1995, he was but one in a field of optimistic entrepreneurs who recognized the World Wide Web as The Next Big Thing. Bezos, a summa cum laude Princeton grad with degrees in electrical engineering and...

19th annual computers in libraries 2004.(Something Old, Something New)
June 1, 2004... Nothing borrowed, nothing blue. Excuse the poetic license. There really wasn't anything old at Information Today Inc.'s Computers in Libraries (CIL) 2004 conference, though it was the 19th year for this durable conference. The new refers to me,...

Managing your e-mail remotely: advice on maintaining your e-mail relationship.
June 1, 2004... One beautiful Saturday morning in February, I found myself facing a long to-do list. But a friend stopped by with a rescue puppy looking for a home. I don't know about you, but no Saturday list is going to keep me from playing with a puppy. Our...

Finding skeletons in online closets: background investigations of companies and executives.
June 1, 2004... When I was a kid, my favorite Halloween was the year I went as James Bond, Agent 007. The costume came with an attache case filled with tools of the trade such as a walkie-talkie, a decoder ring, and a hidden dagger on the side that was way...

Toolbar wrestling with Lycos Sidesearch.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... I very much appreciated the comprehensive article "Toolbar Tangle" by David Mattison in the April 2004 issue of Searcher. It is the most thorough review of browser tools available to assist in Internet searching and I currently use some of...

Love letter.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... I *love* Searcher--I regularly refer people to subscribe and have posted links to articles in a number of different forums and discussion groups. I'm a huge fan. All of this was just reinforced when I read Amelia Kassel's article...

Pioneer stock.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed the "Early Pioneers" series you are doing for Searcher. I have read every word of every article. I'm a relative newcomer to online information, taking my first online searching class on Dialog in 1990....

Contacts.
June 1, 2004... Stephen Abram SIRSI Corporation 120 Perth Avenue Suite 412 Toronto, ON M6P 4E1 Canada (416) 533-4855 Internet: stephen.abram@sympatico.ca Mary Ellen Bates Bates Information Services 1035 Grant Place Boulder, CO...