IT Report from the Field
SLA 2002 Annual Conference
This sprawling meeting featured a large number of sessions on diverse topics and included a special town meeting to discuss a possible rebranding and name change for SLA.
by Shirley Duglin Kennedy — 1

IT Reports from the Field
InfoToday 2002
This annual Information Today, Inc.-sponsored event features three conferences within a conference: National Online, KnowledgeNets, and E-Libraries.
by Paula J. Hane — 1

IT Report from the Field
On Conferences, Cabbies, and KM
by Hugh McKellar — 37

IT Report from the Field
E-Libraries Comes into Its Own
by Elisabeth Winter and Gail Dykstra — 38

IT Report from the Field
InfoToday 2002—The Exhibits
by Gail Dykstra — 39

IT Report from the Field
Libraries in the Digital Age 2002
This event offered perspectives from researchers in the fields of information seeking, information retrieval, relevance, and digital services.
by Emil Levine — 18
 

NewsBreaks

Gale Group Announces Huge Digitization Project
by Barbara Quint — 1

Judges Find CIPA Unconstitutional
by Elisabeth Winter — 3

WhizBang! Labs Closes Its Doors
by Marydee Ojala — 13

Inmagic Adds Content Extraction, Classification Tools
by Richard W. Wiggins — 40

CAS Abstracts Finally Available Through Dialog
by Barbara Quint — 42

Patent Express Copy Service Is Discontinued
by Nancy Lambert — 43

QuestionPoint Marks New Era in Virtual Reference
by Barbara Quint — 50

Blackwell Publishing in Dynasty-Style Dispute
by Richard Poynder — 52

Creative Commons Nurtures the Public Domain
by Wallys W. Conhaim — 52
 

Online Columns & News

Quint's Online
The Digital Library of the Future
Barbara Quint takes a look at the new CrossRef Search and QuestionPoint services and explains how businesses that might be threatened by these models might adapt to co-exist with them. — Page 8

Database Review
Epinions Creates Top Product Community
Mick O'Leary believes that this product-review site successfully combines high-quality content with an intelligent business model. — Page 14

Legal Issues
Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Lack of Attribution
Stephanie C. Ardito examines some recent high-profile cases of information misuse, discusses the ethical challenges, and provides some suggestions for information professionals. — Page 16

Company Announcements

• Survey of Publishing Industry Sheds Light on Content Management — Page 44
• West Group Partners with Factiva, Acquires The Harrison Co. — Page 44
• Ingenta Institute Launches International Site Licensing and Consortia Study — Page 44
• Swets Blackwell Completes Distribution Agreement for Axiom Database — Page 46
• ITI Relaunches EMedia, Offers KMWorld to Knowledge Management Subscribers — Page 46

Internet Insights
PLCMC—A Very Public Library
Péter Jacsó describes one institution's Web site and suggests that it would be a good example for others to follow. — Page 22

Internet Announcements

• Infotrieve Unveils e-DocLink Service — Page 21
• STN Releases STN Easy for Intranets — Page 21
• ISI Launches ISI Proceedings 2.0 — Page 21
• LexisNexis Adds New Features to lexis.com — Page 23
• RefWorks Introduces New Functions — Page 23

Focus on Publishing
Preparing for the Web Service Experience
Robin Peek looks at the information design issues that publishers would face in implementing Web services and discusses IBM's newly introduced Web Services
Experience Language (WSXL). — Page 28

Internet Publishing Announcements

• Arbortext Announces Epic Editor 4.3— Page 27
• Stellent, Inc. Unveils Content Categorizer 6.0— Page 27
• U.K.-Based Legal Publisher Chooses XyEnterprise's New Content@ Software — Page  27
• FT.com Goes Live with eMeta's eRights Technology — Page 29
• Ipedo Introduces New XML Resources — Page 29

The Systems Librarian
The Challenges of Converting to Digital Video
Marshall Breeding explains the benefits of digital video and says it's now much easier for libraries to get involved with this technology. — Page 32

Library Systems Announcements

• Inmagic Unveils BiblioTech PRO 2.4 — Page 31
• CASPR Launches iLibraries, LibraryWire— Page 31
• epixtech Releases New Version of Horizon Sunrise — Page 31
• Endeavor Announces New Releases, Partnerships — Page 33
• Sagebrush Introduces PatronPorter for Spectrum, Releases Self-Checkout Program — Page 34

• Calendar — Page 37
• Book Review

The Information Professional's Guide to Career Development Online,
by Sarah L. Nesbeitt and Rachel Singer Gordon, reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory — Page 41
• People Line — Page 51
• InfoToons

by Gib Robbie — Page 54

• Bookshelf — Page 48-49
• Information Today Directory of Services & Sources — Page 53
• Online • Internet • CD/DVD • Library Systems
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