Searcher articles from May 2005

Searcher archives from May 2005

Good ideas.(Searcher's VOICE)
May 1, 2005... Remember that book that came out over a decade ago--Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus? (Not that I ever read it myself! But hasn't author, John Gray, turned that into a little money-making machine with his series of guides to happiness-or...

Digital gallery: image collections on the Web.(INTERNET EXPRESS)
May 1, 2005... In 1994, I had the sweetest library school internship ever. My job was to introduce art librarians at the Getty Center to the World Wide Web. At first, I faced opposition. Why should art librarians have to learn about the Internet? They...

Too good to miss: international forums at the London Online Conference.(BOTH SIDES NOW)
May 1, 2005... The London Online show, traditionally held the first week in December, has been legendary in the searching world for decades. Formally known as Online Information 2004, the event this past year featured a relatively small conference of...

Firefox: an alternative browser to theirs.(TOOLS of the TRADE)
May 1, 2005... If you ever want your best laid journalistic plans to consistently go astray, get yourself an editor with a finger on the pulse. My last assignment had me tackling the new publishing and graphics/photography suite from Adobe Systems (Photoshop...

Is management consulting for you? Part three--client relations: the key to success.
May 1, 2005... The first article in this series focused on the aspirations and realities prospective consultants should consider before deciding to make a career move. The second article addressed business planning and marketing. This third part focuses on...

In search of discovery: the case for library research instruction.
May 1, 2005... From business plans to dissertations, we are constantly engaged in "the search" for the lowest price, the best source, the most convincing argument, even the most qualified candidate. But as much as we want the Web to enlighten us, how often do...

Web waves: tsunami blogs respond to disasters.
May 1, 2005... At 7:58:53 a.m. local time on Dec. 26, 2004, approximately 100 miles off Banda Aceh on the island Sumatra, Indonesia, the largest earthquake since 1964 (in Prince William Sound) occurred, registering 9.0 on the Richter scale. The earthquake was...

Using statistics: a book industry case study.
May 1, 2005... It's no secret that the book industry has been undergoing an upheaval on the scale of Mt. St. Helens in the last few years. From the invasion of the chain bookstores to the advent of online bookselling and now the promise--or threat, depending...

Tick tock for small public libraries.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... First, let me applaud your editorial ["Searcher's Voice: Tick, Tock," February 2005, http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/feb05/voice.shtml]. It was a strong stance on a subject that many of us do not want to discuss: the demise of the library as...

Another tick, another tock.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I just read your article ["Searcher's Voice: Tick, Tock," February 2005, http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/feb05/voice.shtml]. It's wonderful! My own prediction is that we have until 2021, but that was made back in 1971 or so, when I...

And yet another.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I read your editorial where you claim that libraries will vanish in about 15 years. While I totally agree that libraries have a lot of work and options in renewing themselves and adjusting to the present and the future, I don't agree that they...