IT Interview
Dialog CEO Optimistic About Opportunities
In a recent discussion, Dialog’s president and CEO Roy M. Martin Jr. talked about his company’s services, pricing, and future plans.
by Paula J. Hane — Page 1

IT Report from the Field
The KM 2001 Conference
This annual U.K. meeting, held April 3­4 in London, sought to plot a new course for knowledge management.
by Brian McKenna — Page 1

IT Report from the Field
The 15^th Annual AIIP Conference
At this event, independent information business owners had the opportunity to hear from information industry leaders and connect with peers and colleagues.
by Sheri R. Lanza — Page 18

IT Report from the Field
Seybold Seminars Boston 2001
This publishing event featured many product announcements and highlighted publishers’ strategies to adapt to constantly evolving technology.
by Robin Peek — Page 27

IT Report from the Field
NISO Forum on Library Statistics
This meeting addressed the ways in which librarians and publishers can generate a  standard model to measure libraries’ performance data and electronic publications usage.
by Judy Luther — Page 52

Are Reed Elsevier and Thomson Corp. Monopolists?
by Richard Poynder — Page 1

Former Primark CEO Acquires Economic Information and Forecasting Businesses
by Paula J. Hane — Page 3

New Resources Available on lexisONE
by Paula J. Hane — Page 8

Dialog Sets 2001 Strategy
by Barbara Quint — Page 16

Google Seeks to Restore Deja Functionality
by Richard W. Wiggins — Page 21

MIT Launches OpenCourseWare Initiative on the Web
by Richard W. Wiggins — Page 22

Quint’s Online
The Rise and Fall of Virtual Motivation
Barbara Quint believes that in order to be successful, vendors must be able to predict and accommodate customers’ needs during every aspect of the e-commerce transaction. — Page 10

Database Review
[Editor’s Note: Mick O’Leary’s column will return next month.] 

Legal Issues
The New Internet Filtering Legislation
Stephanie C. Ardito warns of the dangers in the new Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and urges readers to oppose this legislation. — Page 14

Company Announcements

• CSA to Develop Biocomplexity Database— Page 20
• Information Today, Inc. Publishes Four New Books— Page 26
• Gale Group Signs Agreement with Modern Language Association— Page 53
• Lexis-Nexis Announces Alliance with Markmonitor— Page 54
• XanEdu Teams with Hoover’s— Page 54

Internet Insights
Scirus: Elsevier’s Science Search Engine 
Péter Jacsó reviews this new product, noting that although it has its benefits it currently retrieves too many unscientific results. — Page 34

Internet Announcements

• Elsevier Science Introduces Scirus.com— Page 33
• Factiva Announces New Products, Agreements— Page 33
• LexisNexis Integrates New Content, Teams with Telebase— Page 36
• Bell & Howell Releases ERIC PlusText Database— Page 36
• West Group Unveils westlaw.com Enhancements— Page 36

Focus on Publishing
Controlling the Threat of E-Book Piracy
In the aftermath of Napster and its lessons about human nature and content, Robin Peek looks at the current "two-party" system for digital rights management solutions that aims to make e-books viable for publishers. — Page 42

Internet Publishing Announcements

• AOL Time Warner Introduces iPublish.com— Page 41
• Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader 2.1 Now Available— Page 41
• OverDrive Opens Content Reserve— Page 42
• W3C Issues XML Schema as a W3C Recommendation— Page 43
• Vignette Unveils New Content Syndication and Aggregation Applications— Page 43

The Systems Librarian
The State of the Art in Systems
Marshall Breeding reports on the latest in the field of library automation systems. — Page 46

Library Systems Announcements

• CASPR Unveils LibraryCom Version 3.2— Page 45
• SIRS Mandarin Announces Mandarin M3 OPAC Upgrade— Page 45
• CARL Releases Enhanced Version of CARLweb— Page 47
• Beta Testing on Horizon Sunrise 7.0 Underway— Page 48
• Inmagic Introduces the InfoCart Customized Consulting Product— Page 48

• Calendar — Page 51
• Book Review

Super Searchers on Health & Medicine: The Online Secrets ofTop Health & Medical Researchers, 
by Susan M. Detwiler, reviewed by Gwen Gregory — Page 53
• People Line — Page 59

• Online Directory of Services & Sources — Page 31
• Internet Directory of Services & Sources — Page 39
• Library Systems Directory of Services & Sources — Page 49
• Bookshelf — Page 57
• Classified Advertising — Page 61
• CD/DVD Directory of Services & Sources — Page 61
• Index to Advertisers