Information Today articles from July 2003

Information Today archives from July 2003

A healthy dose of fear. (Interview).(Ed Pentz, executive director of Publishers International Linking Association's CrossRef linking service)(Interview)
July 1, 2003... At the beginning of 2000, the wand's leading scholarly publishers took the unusual step of joining together to form the nonprofit, independent Publishers International Linking Association (PILA). CrossRef, PILA's first collaborative reference...

Libraries in the Digital Age. (Report from the Field).
July 1, 2003... "Changing Information Retrieval Paradigms in the Digital Library" and "Changes in Library Structures and Functions" were the themes at the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2003 conference, held May 26-27 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and May 28-29...

InfoToday 2003. (Report from the Field).
July 1, 2003... The New York Hilton once again was the setting for InfoToday, the annual event for information professionals spansored by Information Today, Inc. InfoToday 2003, which comprised three concurrent conferences- National Online, KnowledgeNets, and...

Nstein partners with BIOSIS, D&B. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Nstein Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with BIOSIS, the life sciences abstracting-and-indexing service. Nstein also announced a partnership with D&B in which Nstein's linguistically based...

Zoological Record increases functionality, availability. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... BIOSIS announced that it has enhanced the availability functionality, and content of Zoological Record (ZR) to solidify its appeal among animal sciences researchers. According to the announcement, BIOSIS has recently made ZR available through...

Old lessons for the new knowledge pipeline. (Up Front).
July 1, 2003... Pipelines reach into every home and office. They transmit electricity, gas, water, TV signals, and now, with the Internet, knowledge. People just have to have computers and, even more, they have to have the Internet. Whether folks use it a...

What's new in enterprise search, insider trading, and more. (NewsBreak Update).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... One industry observer recently pointed out to me that the search engine companies seem to be playing musical chairs. Susan Feldman, IDC's research vice president of content technologies research, said that there has been a "merry dance" over...

FAST buys AltaVista enterprise search. (NewsBreak Update).
July 1, 2003... Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) is one company that has clearly chosen its camp. It recently announced its purchase of the AltaVista enterprise search business (including more than 200 customers) from Overture Services, Inc. for an undisclosed...

AskJeeves sells enterprise search. (NewsBreak Update).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Like Overture, AskJeeves, Inc. decided to concentrate on its Web search business and has sold off its Jeeves Solutions enterprise software division to Kanisa, Inc. (a company I hadn't heard of because it concentrates on customer service...

Future developments in search. (NewsBreak Update).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... It looks like I'll be busy following acquisition news in the search engine space. Remember, it's possible that Northern Light (NL) could make a comeback in Web search. I recently reported on the purchase of NL by its former CEO, David Seuss...

Faster access to insider trading filings. (NewsBreak Update).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... In April, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted that reports from insiders who are disclosing their securities holdings (known as Forms 3, 4, and 5) must be filed electronically (no more paper filings) with the SEC. In addition,...

New KM solutions. (NewsBreak Update).(knowledge management)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Open Text Corp. is launching a corporate-governance platform for Livelink, its KM software. This solution offers a Web-based regulatory-compliance infrastructure that companies can use to track, report, and manage the regulatory processes...

Library alliance fights BertelsmannSpringer sale. (NewsBreak Update).
July 1, 2003... In late May, Richard Poynder reported on the announced sale of BertelsmannSpringer to European private equity firms Cinven and Candover (http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030527-1.shtml). The transaction is subject to antitrust approval....

Alternative publishing models. (NewsBreak Update).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Meanwhile, the movement toward alternative publishing models is gaining momentum as frustrated researchers seek more reasonable options for sharing and accessing research findings. BioMed Central is an independent online publisher that provides...

EBSCO closes RoweCom deal. (NewsBreak Update).
July 1, 2003... EBSCO has completed its acquisitions of RoweCom U.S., Australia, and Canada, as well as the European RoweCom business. The announcement stated: "EBSCO is glad to report that the final tally of publisher support exceeded 70 percent. This is very...

Plosker launches consulting group. (News Bytes).(George Plosker and Associates)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... George Plosker, an information industry veteran, announced that he has launched a consulting group aimed at helping publishers and libraries develop marketing, product, and service programs that improve alignment with their customers. Plosker,...

General Science Abstracts now available via EBSCOhost. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... EBSCO Publishing has announced that H.W. Wilson's General Science Abstracts is available for customers to try and purchase via EBSCOhost. Because EBSCO has had a long-standing relationship with H.W Wilson (offering several other databases), it...

Ingenta signs three association publishers. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Ingenta, Inc. announced that it has signed three major association publishers, bringing the total number of its publisher accounts to more than 240. The new signings include the following * American Sociological Association (ASA)--ASA...

OeBF announces program. (News Bytes).(Open eBook Forum)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Open eBook Forum (OeBF), the trade and standards association for the e-book industry, announced the creation of a Library Special Interest Group. OeBF also announced an industry wide program to collect and publish e-book and e-document...

Emerald unveils ManagementFirst. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Emerald, an international management information publisher, has announced the release of ManagementFirst, its enhanced management portal. Emerald is highlighting the practical, day-to-day usefulness of information gleaned from its top...

ProQuest expands collection, acquires rights. (News Bytes).(ProQuest Information and Learning)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... ProQuest Information and Learning announced that the Early American Fiction (1789-1875) database will add 25 years of coverage with the integration of dozens of rare early American novels and short stories. The company also announced an...

MetaPress to provide exposure for BertelsmannSpringer. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... MetaPress, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., has signed a multiyear contract with BertelsmannSpringer for the development of a totally redesigned SpringerLink Online Content delivery system. According to the announcement,...

National Library of the Netherlands, Kluwer sign agreement. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Peter Hendriks, CEO of Kluwer Academic Publishers, and Wim van Drimmelen, director general of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands, signed an agreement on long-term digital archiving of Kluwer Online's electronic...

Thomson Financial partners with Alacra, Inc. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Thomson Financial Corp. announced a partnership with Alacra, Inc., a provider of Public Information Book (PIB) building solutions, to deliver its PIB generator, Alacra Book, via Thomson ONE Banker. Alacra Book is expected to be integrated into...

CEPIS membership grows to 38 members. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) announced that it continues to expand its membership. In April, during the 30th council meeting in Dublin, Ireland, the Computer Society of Malta and Luxembourg's ALI...

Infotrieve announces e-content agreements. (News Bytes).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Infotrieve announced that it has signed article-distribution agreements with the publishers of six professional biomedical journals. The new agreements increase the total number of journals to more than 4,600. Infotrieve says that the...

Cat got your tongue?(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2003... Summer is upon us. Do I know this because it's hot outside? Nooooo. Because the mosquitoes (lovingly known as the state bird here in N.J.) are aplenty and bitin' to beat the band? Uh-uh. Because my usually pale skin is now various shades of...

Still SLA to you and me.
July 1, 2003... "Everything we do or fail to do affects the future." That's what futurist Stewart Brand, author of The Whole Earth Catalog, told a keynote crowd at the 94th Annual SLA Conference in New York last month. He pointed to a picture of...

AOL Time Warner's content gamble. (Focus on Publishing).
July 1, 2003... The Web has spoiled people. It really has. Despite the Web's youth, folks have gotten used to having a banquet of content--good content--flowing freely to their computers. and from what I've discerned from the Web message boards, this access is...

So tell me what you really think. (Internet Waves).
July 1, 2003... I'm writing this in mid-May, right after the Pentagon announced it was changing the name of its Total Information Awareness program to "Terrorist Information Awareness." In its report to the U.S. Congress, the Defense Advanced Research...

Public-domain advocacy flourishes. (Legal Issues).
July 1, 2003... Public-domain works are those that are not protected by copyright or patent laws. Such materials can be legally copied or electronically transmitted without seeking permission, paying royalties, or fearing prosecution. Although works may be in...

On the road. (Conference Circuit).
July 1, 2003... I have my beach reading ready: the latest John Grisham and Jeffery Archer books, my July issue of Southern Living and a gardening book or two. I'm all set to chill out or rather, bake in the sun at the shore. On the serious side, I'd better add...

LiS 2003. (Report from the Field).
July 1, 2003... For the second time, London's newest conference and exhibition venue hosted the Library + information Show (LiS 2003), this year on April 30 and May 1. Opened in November 2000, London Docklands ExCeL is a fast-growing trade exhibition center on...

Saving the best for last. (Report from the Field).(Content Management Symposium is held on the last day of InfoToday 2003)
July 1, 2003... For folks with content management headaches, help was at hand at the Content Management Symposium, held the last day of InfoToday 2003. Bob Boiko, the symposium's keynote speaker and author of Content Management Bible, described himself as a...

Who owns the copyright agenda? (Report from the Field).
July 1, 2003... What if a court only paid attention to one side of a lawsuit? Not fair? Given the number of hot-button issues in copyright law, the court of public opinion needs assurance that both sides will be heard and considered by those who shape the...

17th Annual AIIP Conference. (Report from the Field).(Association of Independent Information Professionals)
July 1, 2003... "Practical Business" was the theme of the 17th Annual AIIP (Association of Independent Information Professionals) Conference, held May 1-4 in Providence, R.I. About 100 professionals who own their own information business or are interested in...

18th Annual Codie Awards. (Report from the Field).(Software excellence )
July 1, 2003... There were no pocket protectors present as nearly 2,000 self-proclaimed geeks donned tuxedos for the 18th Annual Codie Awards, held May 6 in San Francisco. The Codies, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association, is the...

Conference Calendar.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... July 3-5: Manchester, U.K. (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology). The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) will host Umbrella 2003, an information industry event that will focus on...

A question of trust. (Investigative Report).(Nicholson Baker's book Double Fold stirs librarians)
July 1, 2003... When novelist Nicholson Baker's book Double Fold was published 2 years ago, librarians were outraged. Many still are. But has the time now come to view the book as a wake-up call for libraries to engage more actively with the public? In...

Rebuilding Iraq's cultural resources. (International Report).
July 1, 2003... Without diminishing the human tragedy and cost of the war in Iraq, those in the information and library business could not help but be moved by the images of burned, looted Iraqi libraries and museums. It seemed all the worse watching Marines...

Market research made simple. (Database Review).
July 1, 2003... The Web has freed up information in ways that were unimaginable not long ago. Once-pricey news and business information is free everywhere. (We used to pay for stock quotes!) Content that we still pay for, like books and CDs, is often...

MicroPatent unveils Aureka 9.0. (Product News & Reviews).(Patent analysis platform)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... MicroPatent announced the release of Aureka 9.0, the latest version of its patentanalysis platform. Aureka now features full-text patent data and upgraded theme maps. In addition, the new version offers an improved user interface that gives...

Nstein introduces Nserver Suite 3.0. (Product News & Reviews).(Nstein Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Nstein Technologies, Inc. announced the release of Nserver Suite 3.0. This content management platform now includes expanded metadata-generation capabilities and .Nretriever, a newly launched guided navigation module. The following...

ITI publishes three new books. (Product News & Reviews).(Information Today Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Information Today, Inc. has announced the publication of Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence, by Margaret Metcalf Carr; Business Statistics on the Web, by Paula Berinstein; and the newest edition of American Trade Book Directory. ...

Snapshots International rolls out Web delivery options. (Product News & Reviews).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Snapshots International, Ltd. announced that it has enhanced its presentation and delivery options. The company has redesigned its Snapshots reports to give clients all the information they need for purchasing decisions. A new Web site...

Factiva launches product enhancements, services. (Product News & Reviews).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Factiva announced the addition of enhanced features to its Factiva Developer's Kit API. The company also announced a content agreement with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and new subscription options for The Wall Street Journal Online. ...

Dialog announces new content additions. (Product News & Reviews).(Adds World News Connection, U.S. government's news-monitoring service)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Dialog announced that it has added World News Connection (WNC), the U.S. government's news-monitoring service, to its information resources. The company also announced the addition of new content channels to DialogPRO and the integration of...

Context launches Irish reports and digests. (Product News & Reviews).(Context Ltd. adds Electronic Irish Reports and Digests case law series to Justis.com online legal research service)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Context, Ltd. announced that it has added the Electronic Irish Reports and Digests case law series to its Justis.com online legal research service. Electronic Irish Reports and Digests, also available as a Justis CD-ROM, covers more than...

FIZ Karlsruhe launches TEMA database on STN. (Product News & Reviews).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... FIZ Karlsruhe announced that it has added the TEMA bibliographic database to STN International. TEMA covers a range of German and international literature in the areas of technology and management, including mechanical engineering and plant...

ProQuest completes archive, expands database. (Product News & Reviews).(ProQuest Information and Learning)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... ProQuest Information and Learning announced that it has completed the full-page-image Washington Post archive in its ProQuest Historical Newspapers project. The company also announced that it has added PQRA: South East Asia to its ProQuest...

Ovid announces three new resources. (Product News & Reviews).(Offers centralized administrative interface, support for RefWorks, and two new training resources)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Ovid announced the release of three new offerings: a centralized administrative interface, support for RefWorks, and two new training resources. Centralized Interface Information professionals now have centralized, integrated access...

Windows to the Universe. (Link-Up@Home).
July 1, 2003... According to Navajo mythology, the Milky Way was formed by a mischievous god named Coyote. When the world was created, holy people gathered to place objects in the sky, but Coyote, annoyed at the slowness of the process, threw a bag of stars...

It's just a flesh wound: CyberSports. (Link-Up@Home).
July 1, 2003... At the Word Factory (Fun and Games Division) where I toil on an almost daily basis, women's gymnastics isn't one of the Olympic sports that stirs up a lot of passion. Basketball? Even a Dream Team beating every team in the men's Olympic...

A revolution in connectivity: perspectives. (Link-Up@Home).(Wi-Fi is discussed)
July 1, 2003... The Web landscape is undergoing yet another revolution. Creating the loudest buzz is a technology called Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), a radio system that sends high-speed Internet signals several hundred feet from a router connected to a wired...

Nstein Technologies, Inc. (People Line).(Appoints Jean-Pierre Soubliere to its board of directors)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Nstein Technologies, Inc. has announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Soubliere to its board of directors. Soubliere is the president of Andersen Soubliere, Inc. Previously, he was the president of SHL System House International & Canada....

EDGAR Online, Inc. (People Line).(Jonathan B. Bulkeley joins board of directors)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... EDGAR Online, Inc. announced that Jonathan B. Bulkeley has joined the company's board of directors and will also serve as its nonexecutive vice chairman. Currently, he is the nonexecutive chairman of QXL. Before that, he was an executive at...

Knovel Corp. (People Line).(Mark Sauter is new director of North American sales)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Knovel Corp. has announced that Mark Sauter is its new director of North American sales. He will explore new opportunities in the academic and consortia market. Most recently, Sauter was Elsevier Science's senior director of North American...

Ex Libris, Ltd. (People Line).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Ex Libris, Ltd. announced that Matti Shem Tov will be its new president and CEO. Most recently, Shem Tov was president of Surecomp, a software development company for the banking industry. Shem Tov holds a bachelor's degree in...

Classical.com. (People Line).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Classical.com announced that Bela Hatvany and Ron Rietdyk, two founders of SilverPlatter Information, Inc., have joined its board. Hatvany was also a founder of Computer Library Services, Inc. Rietdyk has been appointed as...

NewsBank, Inc. (People Line).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... NewsBank, Inc. announced that Peter Simon has joined its management team as vice president of product management. He will oversee several products and develop strategic initiatives for company growth. Prior to this, Simon developed content...

Columbia University Information Services. (People Line).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Columbia University Information Services announced that President Bush nominated Judith L. Klavans to the President's Information and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). Klavans is one of 25 nominees to PITAC, which represents IT people in...

The executive profile.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Since February 2003, Wendy Beecham has led LexisNexis' enterprise and academic library division, which encompasses a variety of corporate and academic professionals such as librarians and information specialists, journalists, strategists, and...

Driving on the Internet. (Cover Notes).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... The User's View of the Internet by Harry Bruce Lanham Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002 ISBN: 0-810804365 221 pages $55 As information professionals, we use the Internet every day. We contemplate what the Internet will do in the future and how it...

In other words. (Cover Notes).
July 1, 2003... It's summertime, and while the living might be easy (at least according to Gershwin's Porgy and Bess), if you're a TV buff, it means there's going to be a lot of reruns on. Well, reruns and baseball. While I can watch episodes from my favorite...

Building & Running a Successful Research Business: A Guide for the Independent Information Professional. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... By Mary Ellen Bates Edited by Reva Basch This is the handbook every aspiring independent information professional needs to launch, manage, and build a research business. Organized into four sections, "Getting Started," "Running the...

Net Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Edited by Marylaine Block The Internet is a mixed blessing for libraries and librarians. Today, the Net is challenging the librarian's ability to select, threatening the survival of the book, necessitating continuous retraining, presenting...

Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast--At Little or No Cost. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... By Paula Berinstein Foreword by Charles Cotton Statistics are a critical component of business and marketing plans, press releases, surveys, economic analyses, presentations, proposals, and more-yet good statistics are notoriously hard...

The Accidental Webmaster. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... By Julie M. Still Here is a lifeline for the individual who has not been trained as a Webmaster, but who-whether by choice or under duress-has become one nonetheless. While most Webmastering books focus on programming and related technical...

Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... By Margaret Metcalf Carr Edited by Reva Basch Foreword by Jan Herring Companies operating in today's unpredictable roller-coaster economy have increasingly turned to Competitive Intelligence (CI) as an effective means of building...

Software for Indexing. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Edited by Sandi Schroeder In this thorough and objective review of the software products used in indexing, professional indexers share their favorite features, tips, and techniques. Starting with a chapter on dedicated indexing programs,...

Super Searchers on Madison Avenue: Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals Share Their Online Research Strategies. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... By Grace Avellana Villamora Edited by Reva Basch Research professionals in the advertising and marketing game are a rare breed. Working in one of the business world's true pressure cookers, these super searchers find and analyze the...

The Accidental Systems Librarian. (New Titles for the Information Professional).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... By Rachel Singer Gordon Foreword by Kathy Dempsey The Accidental Systems Librarian takes the approach that anyone with a solid foundation in the practices and principles of librarianship and a willingness to confront changing...