IT Feature
What’s Ahead for 2001?
Thirteen information industry movers and shakers offer their predictions for the year ahead.
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IT Report from the Field
Internet Librarian 2000
The fourth annual conference, held November 5–9 in Monterey, California, covered the issues and challenges facing information professionals in the digital age.
by Paula J. Hane — Page 1

IT Interview
ABC-CLIO Stresses Customer-Based Products
Company chairman and CEO Ron Boehm discusses some of ABC-CLIO’s recent product developments, its newest alliances, and the state of the industry. 
by Paula J. Hane — Page 12

Moreover Fills the News Gap, Inks Deal with Inktomi
by Tim Tripp — Page 1

Northern Light Officially Launches SinglePoint
by Paula J. Hane — Page 19

Elsevier Science Previews New Web-Based Science Search Engine
by Paula J. Hane — Page 20

Infomart and Dialog Get Divorced
by Paula J. Hane — Page 22

Factiva Adds Financial Times Content
by Barbara Quint — Page 48

Core360 Applies Intelligent Agents to Traditional Business Data
by Barbara Quint — Page 48

Quint’s Online
No Shuffleboard in the Lifeboats, Please
Barbara Quint, in response to a letter about her November 2000 column, discusses her stand on the online-copyright issue. — Page 8

Database Review
FirstGov Arrives on Fast Track
Mick O’Leary assesses FirstGov, a new government portal whose quick development resulted in a few cut corners. — Page 17

Company Announcements

• Jane Kelly Mystery to Be Published on Factiva InfoPro Alliance Portal— Page 16
• Feldman Wins 2000 Excellence In Writing Award— Page 21
• Primedia Names Tim Andrews CEO of Intertec Publishing and Event Unit— Page 47
• Infotrieve Expands Content with CatchWord Agreement, Announces E-Delivery Partnerships— Page 58
• Dialog Names New President and CEO— Page 58

Internet Insights
Jacsó’s Cheers and Jeers for 2000
Péter Jacsó submits his list of last year’s respectable—and not so respectable—Web services and databases. — Page 24

Internet Waves
A Trendmeister’s Technology Forecast
Shirl Kennedy reports on those techno-fads that come and go, and offers a few predictions as well. — Page 26

Internet Announcements

• Primedia’s IndustryClick Introduces TelecomClick— Page 23
• Biblio Tech Launches Information Industry Directory Portal Service— Page 23
• CAS Launches ChemPort Reference-Linking Service— Page 25
• MarketResearch.com Announces Web Site Enhancements, Business Agreements— Page 27
• Book Sense, Inc. Launches E-Commerce Book Site — Page 28

Focus on Publishing
How the Web Is Being Won
Robin Peek discusses some of the new Adobe Systems products and tells us that we can expect to see a lot more of Adobe PDF in the future. — Page 34

Internet Publishing Announcements

• SoftLock.com Changes Name, Announces New Developments— Page 31
• netLibrary, Houghton Mifflin to Launch Digital Textbook Initiative— Page 31
• Microsoft Unveils New Version of FrontPage— Page 34
• Stanford Selects TEAMS Solution for Digital Library Initiative— Page 35
• Arbortext Introduces Epic 4.1— Page 35

CD/DVD Announcements

• Discmatic Unveils Enhanced ONYX CD Duplicator— Page 37
• Pioneer Announces Industry’s First Combination DVD-Recordable/Re-Recordable Drive— Page 37
• Iomega Unveils Predator External CD-RW Drive— Page 38
• Yamaha Introduces New High-Speed 16x CD-R Media— Page 38
• MediaFORM, SwiftCD.com Announce Strategic Alliance— Page 38

The Systems Librarian
Taking OPACs to the Limit
Terry Ballard thought his library’s OPAC was as good as it could be—until he attended a conference and learned how to improve it even more. — Page 42

Library Systems Announcements

• DRA to Integrate netLibrary E-Books with Library Automation Systems— Page 41
• TLC Unveils Library•Solution 2.1.1, Announces Philippines Implementation— Page 41
• Follett Launches Version 4.2 of Its Mac and Windows Software— Page 43
• Endeavor Announces Free ScienceDirect Web Access for Voyager Customers, New Voyager Implementation— Page 43
• SIRS Mandarin Announces Product Implementations, Advisory Board Meeting— Page 44

• Calendar — Page 47
• Book Review

Super Searchers on Wall Street: Top Investment Professionals Share Their Online Research Secrets
by Amelia Kassel; reviewed by Gwen Gregory — Page 49
• People Line — Page 61

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