| FEATURES
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Catching
(and Keeping!) E-Patrons![[Full Text]](../ft.gif)
How can you attract
patrons to your Web site and keep them coming back for more? This article
outlines ways you can lure people to your site—and what features you can
easily provide to get them hooked on it.
by Jeanne Holba Puacz
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Page 12 |
How We Stay
Ahead of Our Web Users
When this author was
asked to build an online "clearinghouse of information," he based its development
on that staple of librarianship: intermediation. By listening to what users
wanted and keeping a step ahead of their expectations, the Land Centre's
creators proved that a library by any other name can still compete!
by Philip Hall
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Page 16 |
Distant and
Distributed Learners Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
When it came to providing
the necessary online resources for distant and distributed learners, this
academic librarian wondered: Is there a real difference between them anymore?
She describes how many universities' use of Web-based applications has
blurred the distinction—turning them into two sides of the same coin.
by Brette Barclay
Barron
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Page 24 |
From
Workbook to Web: Building an Information Literacy OASIS
You can lead a student
to information, but you cannot make him think—or can you? This author explains
a Web-based information literacy program. Computer-generated questions
and instant grading forced students to pass quizzes before the computer
automatically reported their final scores to administrators.
by Jeff Rosen and
Gina M. Castro
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Page 30 |
| COLUMNS
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The
View from the Top Left Corner
A Serious Look at Systems Security
by Michael Schuyler
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Page 36 |
Online
Treasures
Meeting Expectations
by Janet L. Balas
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Page 46 |
Digital
Librarianship
Working with, Not Against, Web-Savvy
Users
by Péter Jacsó
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Page 50 |
Coming
Full Circle
Maintaining Services That Tomorrow's
Patrons Will Expect
by Andrew K. Pace
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Page 52 |
| DEPARTMENTS
|
Editor's
Notes
Today, Customers
Reign
by Kathy Dempsey
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Page 6 |
| Newsline |
Page 8 |
Newsline Reports
New Laws, New Tools, New Needs: Making
Sense of Things at IL 2001
by Elisabeth Winter
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Page 10 |
| People &
Places |
Page 56 |
| SPECIAL
SECTIONS
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| CIL 2002 Conference Preview |
Page 41 |
| How to Contribute
to CIL 2002 |
Page 55 |
| ADVERTISING
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| Library
Tech Connection [PDF]
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Page 67 |
| Index
to Advertisers
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Page 70 |
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