Volume 37, Number 2 - March/April 2013
EDITORIALFrontLines Page 4 We're rethinking almost every aspect of the information world and information work. By Marydee Ojala Searcher's Voice Page 33 Barbara Quint wants to know what new services and products info pros would like to have at their disposal now and in the future. By Barbara Quint DEPARTMENTSPage 8 Search Engine Update New Search Features, Developments, and Content By Greg R. Notess Page 60 Conference Corral Association for Library and Information Science Education FEATURESPage 10 Searching for News Online: Challenging Traditional Methods News researchers compare how the traditional news aggregators stack up against digital news sources, both for locating historical newspaper articles and tracking current news, and explore the new skill sets needed. By Linda Sabelhaus, Michelle Cawley Page 16 Bringing Transparency to Private Company Research: PrivCo and InfoArmy Two new databases, InfoArmy and Privco, concentrate on private company information and are dedicated to uncovering otherwise unreported information, thus combating the dearth of data about non-public companies. By Barbie E. Keiser Page 22 Google Books opened up librarians' eyes to the possibility of mass scanning to make library materials available in digital form. HathiTrust and the Digital Public Library of America demonstrate the feasibility of digital libraries. By Paul S. Piper Page 28 Datamyne: Mining for Trade Data Datamyne is a new product that tracks international trade data, which reports the movement of goods in and out of a country's ports, usually by ship. This review finds Datamyne to be very useful. By Ruth A. Pagell Using LinkedIn for Human Resources, Competitive Intelligence research LinkedIn can help researchers find information about companies, about potential employees, and about personal sources for corporate or topic intelligence. By Nancy Fawley Page 51 Waiting for Weighted Navigation Library discovery services can have a difficult time surfacing government documents. The navigation, filtering, and effectiveness of preliminary federated and/or harvesting search tools often don't overcome the swamping effect. By David Stern Page 56 Dueling over Open Source CRM  Open source software will slash and parry its way into customer relationship management systems. As a growing force in the enterprise and in libraries, open source is well on its way to supplanting commercial software. By Stephen E. Arnold Page 38  Abby Clobridge explains why 2012 was a watershed year for the open access movement, examining events that unfolded, current OA issues, and resulting challenges. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT - What is Open Access? By Abby Clobridge Page 44 Archiving Web Content James Careless interviews three experts who work with information repositories about how to reliably preserve web content. By James Careless Page 47 As it becomes more fraught with issues of governance and development, Nancy Herther looks at how the internet can remain a worldwide entrepreneurial hub while ensuring impartial international oversight and protection of privacy and data. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT - Who Governs the Internet Now? By Nancy K. Herther COLUMNSThe Dollar Sign Page 71 Getting Paid: Researching Wages and Salaries Knowing the going wage and salary rates is important for individuals, policy wonks, human resources, and other researchers. By Marydee Ojala Online Spotlight Page 80 Information Alchemy Consider the library as platform, with information alchemy creating insights and shared expertise. By Mary Ellen Bates InfoLit Land Page 68 Teaching Information Cultures In academia, students and faculty live in parallel universes when it comes to research and recognizing quality sources. By William Badke Control-Shift Page 74 Free Tools for Webmasters In times of budget cutbacks, it's good to know about free tools for analytics, web fonts, code libraries, images, and icons. By Jeff Wisniewski On the Net Page 62 Leveraging Multimedia in Web Search Now that cameras are embedded in many devices, what are best practices for searching images, video, and other multimedia sources? By Greg R. Notess EBook Buzz Page 65 Ebook Access: Business Models for Subscription Services Publishers of ebooks employ various subscription models that affect acquisition and access. By Sue Polanka Hard Copy Page 77 Recommended Reading on Distance Education, Enterprise Search, and WordPress By Deborah Lynne Wiley Internet Express Page 35 Nothin' But Net - Basketball on the Web Feel inadequate when March Madness tips off? Irene McDermott provides you with a college basketball primer so you will talk like a pro around the water cooler during the NCAA men's and women's tournaments. By Irene E. McDermott |
