| FEATURES
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SLA
2002
Jill Ann Hurst
reviews this year's annual Special Libraries conference, themed "Putting
Knowledge to Work," highlighting what was hot (besides Los Angeles in June!)
in the sessions and on the exhibit floor, while also examining the Association's
ongoing "branding" debate.
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MLA
2002
Meanwhile, at
the Medical Library Association's annual meeting, this year in Dallas,
Chris Dobson discovered that "Big D" stands for digital document delivery,
as sci-tech and medical database services scramble to get up to speed.
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Our
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Part I of this
Barbie Keiser series will offer the best sources of information, including
portals and links, for a variety of topics, from air and water resource
data, to recycling and remediation programs, and health-related issues,
for environment-focused researchers
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Company Directories:
Past, Present, and Future
What used to be
a simple procedure—enter library, go to shelf, take out heavy directory,
open it up—now has more complicated options. Marsha Fulton, Denise Rabogliatti,
and Jan Rivers look at how electronic formats and the World Wide Web have
changed how users expect to retrieve and receive company information.
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39
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Doing
It Right:
How
Some Universities Encourage the Creation of Prime Research Web Sites
Marylaine Block
educates searchers on the growing number of top-notch Web sites being produced
and maintained by universities and university libraries.
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Tales of a
Searcher's Life: A Comedy of Errors or a Test of Patience?
Amelia Kassel
shares her frustration stemming from a combination of poor service, misinformation,
and inconsistent data at the hands of two well-known industry vendors.
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The Past in
Your Pocket: Digital Heritage Print Collections in Canada and Abroad
David Mattison
maps out the digital library landscape in Europe and Canada, primarily
looking at the content of complete works created by or in conjunction with
libraries.
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54
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A Searcher
Abroad
Wallace Koehler
points out access and safety problems searchers may encounter while visiting
foreign ports of call.
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| COLUMNS
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Searcher's
Voice
As the dog days
of summer wind down, bq reminds all info pros that their collective role
as information watchdog is a job, nay, an obligation, for all seasons.
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Web
Wise Ways
Marsha Fulton
takes over the reins of this column by testing five healthcare sites to
see how well each stacks up against her list of criteria.
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Emmerce
Tara Calishain
checks out the new URL inclusion programs, the latest revenue-generating
stream being offered by such search engines as Inktomi, AltaVista, Yahoo!,
and Ask Jeeves.
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Tools of the
Trade
Want to put an
end to annoying, invasive, ubiquitous Internet ads? So does Sheri Lanza,
who shares her level of success with several software programs designed
to wipe out pop-ups.
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| DEPARTMENTS
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Contacts
Find the postal
and electronic addresses, phone and fax numbers for all the companies,
products, and people mentioned in this issue.
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