IT Commentary
911: A Summons to the Information Community
by Dick Kaser — Page 1

IT Feature
The Open Source Movement
This software offers an alternative to proprietary versions and is being adopted by a growing number of librarians and information professionals.
by Richard Poynder — Page 1

IT NewsBreak Feature
ebrary Announces Partnership with McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing
by Paula J. Hane — Page 60

Reed Elsevier Sells Bowker to CSA, ITI
by Paula J. Hane — Page 1

Information Professionals Respond Following Terrorist Attacks
by Paula J. Hane — Page 3

CAS Announces New Features and Improvements at Recent ACS Meeting
by Robert E. Buntrock — Page 22

BioMed Central Launches 12 New Author-Initiated Research E-Journals
by Barbara Quint — Page 24

Teoma—A New Contender Targets Google
by Richard W. Wiggins — Page 28

Information Science Abstracts Now Enhanced on Dialog and SilverPlatter
by Paula J. Hane — Page 32

Quint’s Online
The Market for Virtue in the Virtual
Barbara Quint proposes ways to ensure the reliability and quality of Web sites, products, and services. — Page 8

Hiring Line
How to Recession-Proof Your Career
Richard Ream discusses the current unpredictability of the corporate world and lists ways to prepare for and cope with a possible job loss. — Page 14

Database Review
Factiva Builds an Integration Paradigm
Mick O'Leary describes how this Dow Jones/Reuters venture proposes to put external premium content on an equal footing with internal information. — Page 16

Legal Issues
Understanding and Surviving Tasini
George H. Pike explains what the Supreme Court did and did not say in its ruling on the Tasini case and gives his short-term and long-term assessments of its impact on the industry, authors, and librarians. — Page 18

Company Announcements

• SIRSI Completes DRA Acquisition— Page 6
• Information Today, Inc. Unveils Two New Books— Page 23
• Thomson Reports Status of Employees and Business Operations Impacted by World Trade Center Crisis— Page 26
• Cahners Mourns the Loss of Two Employees— Page 27
• Gale Group Acquires European Research and Development Database— Page 30

Internet Insights
The Reasons Behind Bowker's Sale
Péter Jacsó discusses the mistakes he says led to the company's decline and eventual sale by Reed Elsevier. — Page 36

Bowker Responds
Bowker executive vice president and general manager Michael Cairns addresses Péter Jacsó's Internet Insights column. — Page 38

Internet Waves
Forget Surfing, Let's Go Fishing!
Shirley Kennedy claims that acceptance of the Internet as an information utility has led to less idle browsing and more purposed use. — Page 42

Internet Announcements

• Inmagic Announces Web Content Cataloging— Page 35
• Chemical Abstracts Service Launches CAS Science Spotlight— Page 35
• H.W. Wilson Announces Distribution Partnerships— Page 39
• Documentum Introduces eContent Services for Portals— Page 40
• ScienceDirect Offers Free MEDLINE Access to Customers— Page 40

Focus on Publishing
Life After the Web Folly
Robin Peek examines the Web landscape after the recent plunge in fortunes, and notes that Web publishing now knows what traditional publishing always knew: This is a tough and competitive business. — Page 46

IT NewsBreak
ingenta Institute to Report Research Study Results
by Paula J. Hane— Page 47

Internet Publishing Announcements

• Adobe Releases Acrobat Approval 5.0— Page 45
• RosettaBooks Publishes First Self-Destructing E-Book— Page 45
• Scholarly Digital Editions Announces XML Publication System— Page 48
• ContentGuard to Focus on Digital Rights Licensing— Page 48
• Open eBook Forum Updates Industry Specification— Page 49

The Systems Librarian
IntelliMagic to Deliver Competitive Intelligence
Marshall Breeding reports on Inmagic's brand-new product, which provides a set of tools for discovering, acquiring, managing, and disseminating competitive intelligence information. — Page 52

Library Systems Announcements

• Surpass Software Unveils Version 3.0 of Surpass Central and Surpass Safari— Page 51
• VTLS, Inc. Introduces Chameleon Gateway XBS, Announces Virtua Implementations— Page 51
• Gaylord Unveils GALAXY WebPAC 2.0, Implements Polaris in Mississippi Library— Page 54
• Endeavor Launches ENCompass 1.1, Discusses Unicode Implementation, Announces ENCompass Installations— Page 54
• Brodart Automation Acquires Media Minder Product Line— Page 55

• Calendar — Page 57
• Book Review

Caught in a Web: Intellectual Property in Cyberspace,
edited by Richard Poynder, reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory — Page 62
• People Line — Page 61

• Online Directory of Services & Sources — Page 33
• Internet Directory of Services & Sources — Page 43
• Library Systems Directory of Services & Sources — Page 55
• Bookshelf — Pages 58-59
• Internet Librarian 2001 Conference Preview  — Pages 63-66
• Classified Advertising — Page 68
• CD/DVD Directory of Services & Sources — Page 69
• Index to Advertisers