| FEATURES
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Emerging Markets at an Emerging SLA 2007 Conference
In
this year’s annual Special Libraries Association meeting, held in
Denver, Jan Davis was impressed by the many speakers from outside the
U.S. and by the number of foreign vendors providing more and more
high-quality international data. |
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Beyond WorldCat
Finding That Elusive Item
Deborah
Liptak offers interlibrary loan librarians tips for finding items that
aren’t part of the 1-billion-plus items now accessible via WorldCat.
Sources include organizations, translation services, private eyes,
portals, listservs, and document delivery services.
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 Crafts and the Creative Muse
You Can Do It Too
If
you’ve been bitten by the craft bug and love working with your hands,
particularly designing jewelry, then you will want to take a break from
your tool of choice to learn about these sites that fellow crafter
Laura Gordon-Murnane has found especially helpful and inspiring.
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Why You Should Care About STN Script Commands
Thomas
Wolff shows searchers how learning STN script commands can save online
time and costs, reduce errors, and improve results.
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Library Association 2.0
“Will That Be a Name Badge or a Wiki?”
Building
on the concepts from a technology brief on the subject for ALA, David
Lankes further explores the idea of collegial librarianship, defining
what the phrase “participatory librarianship” means and how it connects
to librarians and even patrons.
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's Voice
Performing on Stage
bq
shares her secrets on public speaking: what to do, what not to do, and
how to master the fear of talking to a group, large or small. |
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| COLUMNS
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Internet Express
Brain Fitness: Using the Web to Stay Sharp as We Age
It’s
been said that aging is just a state of mind. And Irene McDermott has
found a bevy of sites that will help you keep your mind sharp even if
your muscles start to sag. |
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Publishing Trends
Everything Old Is New Again: ASIDIC Spring 2007 Meeting
Iris
Hanney takes a look back at the beginnings of ASIDIC (Association of
Information and Dissemination Centers) and 4 decades of meetings while
reviewing this year’s spring gathering in Orlando.
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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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