| COLUMNS & NEWS | 
                      
                      
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                         Up Front with Barbara
                                Quint 
                        The Bad News Is the Good News  
bq encourages vendors to let their respective customer bases help improve their
services.   | 
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                        NewsBreak
                                  Update![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
                            News About SLA, ProQuest, Search Technologies,
                            and More  
        by Paula J. Hane   | 
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                        Internet
                                Insights 
                        Linking on Steroids ![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
Péter Jacsó highlights some of the best and worst linking practices
he's encountered.  | 
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                        Focus on
                                Publishing 
                        Internationalizing the Web  
Robin Peek wonders whether it's a good idea to have one worldwide publishing
platform.
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                        Legal Issues 
                        Search Engines and Trademarks  
George H. Pike discusses lawsuits against search engines that use trademarked
terms to match banner advertisements 
to search results.
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                        Database
                                Review  
                        A High-End Deep-Web Portal  
Mick O'Leary talks about Company Dossier, a company information portal that offers
deep LexisNexis content 
as well as data from
business-database producers.   | 
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                        | DEPARTMENTS   | 
                      
                      
                        Interview 
                            New Ovid/LWW CEO Brings a Fresh Look![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
Gary Foster discusses his company's initiatives and some industry issues.
   
  by Paula J. Hane  | 
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                        Investigative
                                Report 
                        Copyright Clearance Center Raises Transactional Fees  
The organization's 1,000-percent price increase is being questioned by its users.  
  by Stephanie C. Ardito   | 
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                        Opinion 
                          One Ringy-Dingy![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
                                                                  by Dick Kaser   | 
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                        Letter to the Editor
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                        InfoToons  
                          by Gib Robbie | 
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                        International Report 
                        News from the U.K., Finland, India, and China  
                        by Richard Poynder  | 
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                        Product
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                        | People Line & the Executive
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                        | CONFERENCE
                                CIRCUIT   | 
                      
                      
                        	Report from
                              the Field 
                        Searching and Streaming in New York ![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
A look at three Information Today, Inc. events at the New York Hilton: Enterprise
Search Summit, Web Search University, and Streaming Media East  
  by Dick Kaser  | 
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                        SIIA Codie Awards ![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
                          by Dick Kaser | 
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                        Report from the
                              Field 
                        Libraries in the Digital Age 2004  
This event addressed human information behavior, information literacy, and competencies
for digital libraries.  
  by Emil Levine and Koraljka Golub  | 
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                        Report from the
                              Field 
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The tone of this meeting was cautiously optimistic, as the established companies
and newcomers seek to understand changing customer needs and how to reach their
markets.  
  by Jean Bedord  | 
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                        Report from the
                              Field 
                        Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge  
This 1-day workshop offered sessions on publisher and library issues, digital
libraries, and metadata quality and 
interoperability.  
by Donald T. Hawkins  | 
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                        Report from the
                              Field 
                        ICSTI Public Conference  
This international event provided a forum for the exchange of information and
opinions in the field of STM communication.  
  by Jim Ashling  | 
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                        Conference Calendar  | 
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                        | Cover
                                Notes | 
                        
                      
                        	Book
                              Review 
Making First Contact on the Library Web Site  
Web Site Design with the Patron in Mind: A Step-by-Step Guide for Libraries,
by Susanna Davidsen and Everyl Yankee  
reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory  | 
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                        	In Other Words 
                        Patriotic Acts![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)  
A look inside Information Today, Inc.'s other publications  
by Lauree Padgett  | 
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                        Greece Is the Word  
                        by David King   | 
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                        Finding the Right
                              Web Host  
                            by Reid Goldsborough  | 
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