Searcher articles from October 2008

Searcher archives from October 2008

Searcher's voice: gaslight.(EDITORIAL)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The pioneer genius of film, D. W. Griffith, once made a short silent film starring the first motion picture star ever, Mary Pickford. Little Mary had fled to a city from some backwater country hell-hole, pursued by...

The Haunted Internet: spooky Halloween stuff on the web.(INTERNET EXPRESS)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This formerly minor children's festival has grown into a major holiday season rivaling Christmas. Halloween is now as much for adults as for kids and grown-ups spend plenty of money getting into the "spirit."...

1 Lead! now! It feels like a gathering of the clans. The solos, the biomedical, the advertising and marketing, the news, the social science, and the insurance employee benefits librarians, along with other specialized colleagues, converge annually.(Two Views)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This year we gathered in Seattle and the atmosphere was upbeat. Just over 5,000 participants (about 3,300 of those non-exhibitor registrants) came from six continents, representing every single SLA chapter around the...

2 The greening of SLA: more than 5,000 individuals from six continents attended the Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference in Seattle this June. While the conference theme was break rules & build bridges, I noticed another theme--green.(Two Views)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Several sessions focused on environmental issues, such as sustainability, renewable resources, corporate accountability, and green consumer behavior. Some vendors had giveaways made from recycled materials; others...

Universal Health Information on the Web: patient education materials for all!
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No matter their health concerns, whether in a trauma ICU or an outpatient clinic, patients and their families thirst for information explaining medical conditions, treatments, outcomes, and impact on daily living....

Phone research--the Prequel: before you even pick up the phone.
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Every year or so, bq lets me hop on my soapbox and remind you all to consider phone research as part of your research arsenal. In 2005, it was "Anatomy of a Phone Search: Primary Research Using the Original 'Online'"...

Getting value from vendor relationships.(NEGOTIATING WITH VENDORS)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most information professionals with responsibilities for content acquisition worry about how to stretch their limited budgets--and the headaches involved seem to get more and more severe each year. Vendors are...

Giving value: a look at three leading vendors.(NEGOTIATING WITH VENDORS)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Used by many, misused by more, the internet has become a pervasive and even invasive part of life and in a shorter period of time than the adoption of the telephone or even the automobile. Much like the early...

The 51st state: the state of online: widgets and accountability: the heady one-two combination of web 2.0 technologies and social networking tools has made the 2008 presidential election cycle the first real notable internet election.
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Pew Internet & American Life Project recently released the report, "The Internet and the 2008 Election," in which it reported that "a record-breaking 46% of Americans have used the internet, email or cell phone...

Vista: the early years.(TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
October 1, 2008... My basic personal computer needs haven't changed in decades, but my computers change about every year and a half to 2 years. When I was deeply involved with technical support and software development, the rationale was obvious: I had to model...

WorldWideScience.Org: one world, one search?(THE GOVERNMENT ONLINE)
October 1, 2008... One world, one search service? Not likely. We have a world of many nations and many search services. Even within a branch of knowledge, such as science, the notion of one database for all people, all languages, and all formats is far-fetched....

Contacts.(Directory)
October 1, 2008... Amy S. Blaine Library Media Center Jamestown Elementary School 3700 North Delaware St. Arlington, VA 22207 (703) 228-8355 Internet: amysblaine@gmail.com Armand Brevig AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood ...