IT Report from the Field
Virtual Communities in the Business World
Infonortics, Ltd.’s Third International Conference on Virtual Communities, held in London September 20–21, focused primarily on the business-to-business and e-commerce arenas.
by Ev Brenner — Page 1

IT Interview
Forecasting a Bright Future
Knight Kiplinger, president of the Kiplinger organization and editor in chief of The Kiplinger Letter, discusses the company’s recent product developments and its initiative to create a single searchable database of the entire organization’s output.
by Paula J. Hane — Page 1

IT Interview
Jay Jordan Settles In at OCLC
In a recent interview, the company’s president and CEO talks about OCLC and its products, as well as the current state of the information industry.
by Tom Hogan — Page 25

IT Report from the Field
Internet World Fall 2000 Conference
The show, held October 23–27 at New York’s Javits Center, featured numerous exhibits and, among other things, content-management solutions for information professionals.
by Jane Dysart, Stephen Abram, and Pete Stair — Page 28

OCLC Sets Its New Strategy
by Barbara Quint — Page 1

Factiva Launches Web Portal for Searchers
by Barbara Quint — Page 3

BountyQuest Introduces New Service to Help Strengthen U.S. Patent System
by Nancy Lambert — Page 6

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Tasini Case
by Paula J. Hane — Page 10

Reed Elsevier, Thomson Negotiate Two-Step Deal to Buy Harcourt General
by Paula J. Hane — Page 18

About.com Acquired by Primedia: Sin or Synergy?
by Barbara Quint — Page 22

Quint’s Online
Breaking a Few Eggs in the Process
Barbara Quint ponders the reasons why progress in the Information Age can often leave colleagues and programs in the dust. — Page 12

Database Review
Business.com Pushes Portal Envelope
Mick O’Leary takes a look at Business.com, a new business-research site that he believes will be influential in business-portal competition.  — Page 14

Company Announcements

• ingenta, Inc. Announces 19 New Publisher and Portal Partnerships— Page 23
• Swets Blackwell Acquires Munksgaard Direct— Page 27
• XanEdu, McGraw-Hill Sign New, Comprehensive Agreement— Page 58
• EUSIDIC, NFAIS to Form Global Alliance of Information Services— Page 58
• Edgar Online, Inc. to Acquire Financial Insight Systems— Page 62

Internet Insights
e-psyche: A Better Mousetrap?
Péter Jacsó analyzes the new e-psyche database to determine whether or not it’s a serious challenger to the venerable PsycINFO. — Page 32

Internet Announcements

• Hoover’s Introduces Competitive Intelligence and Media  Monitoring Service— Page 31
• COMTEX Launches Two News Solutions Applications— Page 31
• Medialink, Northern Light Unveil Advanced Media Monitoring Service— Page 34
• Thomson Financial’s Investext Database Expands Its Global  Research Coverage— Page 34

Focus on Publishing
The Sinking of the Dot-Com Fleet
Robin Peek examines the recent struggles, failed dreams, and demise of many dot-com companies, and predicts that 2001 will be the year that we get our collective sanity back.  — Page 42

Internet Publishing Announcements

• Wiley Partners with netLibrary, Lightning Source— Page 41
• ebrary Snags Key Investors for Pay-Per-Use Service— Page 41
• Adobe Introduces Network Publishing with Strategic Partners— Page 43
• News Industry Group Endorses NewsML Standard— Page 43
• SoftLock.com Unveils DRM Technology, Teams with YellowBrix— Page 44

CD/DVD Commentaries

CD/DVD Integration and Multifunctionality
Péter Jacsó reports on the dearth of CD/DVD software products, and notes that the hardware side of the industry shows more promise. — Page 47

CD/DVD Announcements

• Graham & Whiteside Unveils Updated Directories— Page 45
• APA Announces PsycINFO Changes— Page 45
• Yamaha Introduces New CD-RW Recorders— Page 46
• Country Outlook Reports Added to Bureau van Dijk’s EIU CountryData— Page 49
• Foundation Center Releases Foundation Grants to Individuals  on CD-ROM— Page 50

The Systems Librarian
Perking Up Library Applications
Marshall Breeding gives a crash course on Java and explains what it is, what it does, and how it works in the library environment. — Page 52

Library Systems Announcements

• Innovative Interfaces Announces E-Book Integration,  Millennium Implementations— Page 51
• OCLC to Distribute ILLiad Software— Page 51
• King County Library System Selects Syndetic Solutions— Page 54
• SIRS Mandarin, Inc. Releases New NetSelect Online Guide— Page 55

• Calendar — Page 61
• Book Review

Infocommerce: Internet Strategies for Database Publishers
by Russell A. Perkins; reviewed by Gwen Gregory — Page 63
• People Line — Page 67

• Index to Advertisers