Searcher articles from March 2003

Searcher archives from March 2003

Our friend, the Taxman. (Searcher's Voice).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Presidential elections occur every 4 years. Congress offers up its members to the will of the people every 2 years. The House of Representatives puts everybody on the block, while the Senate staggers its submission with only one-third of the...

Internet in the Air: Internet Librarian 2002. (Internet Express).
March 1, 2003... No wonder Frank Sinatra loved Palm Springs. Even in November, 80 degrees in the day, 65 at night, and dry as a kiss from a mummy's lips. It was a starkly beautiful if ironic setting for the sixth annual Internet Librarian conference entitled...

The new WilsonWeb. (Web Wise Ways).
March 1, 2003... In existence since 1898, the H.W. Wilson Company [http://www.hwwilson.com publishes some of the most authoritative and high-quality resources that a library can purchase. Wilson products are so ubiquitous that even the most casual library user...

Virtual reference transcript analysis: a few models.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The introduction of virtual or digital reference service at the University of New Brunswick Libraries has enabled us to shed light on some perennial questions: * "How do we spend time at the Reference/Information Desk?" * "What kinds...

Digital reference as an instructional tool: just in time and just enough.
March 1, 2003... Through early research of transcripts of LIVE, the University of New Brunswick's digital reference service, we found that 60 percent of queries contain some instructional element. Digital reference supplies personalized instruction at the time...

On-demand multimedia. (Tools of the Trade).
March 1, 2003... It's been about text. Oh sure, there are photos and drawings and various embellishments, but as far as we're concerned it's primarily about text. We have been accumulating and storing everything we can get our hands on in some sort of...

HotBot reheats: simple, elgant, useful. (Webmastery).
March 1, 2003... The reliance on a single Web search engine by information professionals (and even more so for end users) is a major concern. These days, it's Go ogle or bust for many people, and this is sad. As I have mentioned before (and as bq perceptively...

In search of ... the good search: the invisible elephant.
March 1, 2003... Search is a problem. Or perhaps we should rephrase the sentiment as, "Search remains a challenging human-computer issue." Listen to one MBA'S comment about the Louisville Free Public Library's online search functions. "Too many hits." Accurate...

The government battle over printing: OMB versus GPO and why it matters to libraries and the public. (Leading Libraries).
March 1, 2003... The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), headed by Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., issued Memorandum No. M-02-07 entitled "Procurement of Printing and Duplicating through the Government Printing Office" (GPO) on May 3, 2002 (1). This memorandum...

Entertainment: play it once, Sam, for old time's sake.(Column)
March 1, 2003... It was a dark and stormy night. Rain and light hail pelted the warmly lit windows as the night closed in around us. Trees shook with the force of the wind and the chimney screamed as the gales raced down the flue. It was the perfect opportunity...

Building a cyber-smart intranet.
March 1, 2003... In extreme conditions, it's wise to dress in layers. Flexibility lets you handle the unexpected. Similarly, in building an intranet that will withstand the vicissitudes of a chaotic technology market, it's wise to build in modules and building...

Content analysis part 3: the content industry under analysis.
March 1, 2003... "The 21st century belongs to companies who can make order of the information explosion." George Anders (1) At the close of the 1990s, content industry leaders focused on what approaches they could take to distance themselves from...

Correspondence.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2003... Never Underestimate a Google I have just finished reading your column "Searcher's Voice" in Searcher magazine ["The Chain of Demand," January 2003]. Very fun and entertaining. However, from 25 years in the software industry, I can tell...