| FEATURES |
Feature
Project Gutenberg Progresses ![[Full Text]](https://www.infotoday.com/pics/ft.gif)
This resource, developed in 1971, has experienced its share of progress and growing
pains.
by Paula J. Hane |
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| COLUMNS & NEWS |
NewsBytes |
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Up Front with Barbara
Quint
New Players, New Partners
bq encourages traditional online players to develop blog services that could
open up new revenue sources and help generate Web information tools.
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NewsBreak
Update
The Latest on Search, Content, and More
by Paula J. Hane |
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7
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Focus on Publishing
The Free-Access
Debate Flourishes
Robin Peek describes a new position that seeks to represent a middle ground between
commercial publishers and open-access supporters.
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17
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Internet Insights
The COUNTER Project
Péter Jacsó explains how this initiative's Level I specification
offers a way to measure libraries' use of digital sources.
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Legal Issues
You Can't Do That,
It's Patented
George H. Pike talks about the increasing number of questionable patent claims
that cover Internet technologies and techniques.
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Database Review
Gale Virtual Reference Library Supersizes Reference
E-Books
Mick O'Leary says that this high-quality resource offers a large selection of
books in
a large range of subjects.
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| DEPARTMENTS |
Opinion
Green Eggs and Spam
by Dick Kaser |
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Letters to the Editor |
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InfoToons
by Gib Robbie |
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Investigative
Report
Vicious Circle
Although patents have recently attained an
unprecedented popularity, there are some problems
in the industry.
by Richard Poynder |
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International Report
The latest information industry news from China, the U.K.,
and Ethiopia
by Richard Poynder |
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People Line & the
Executive Profile |
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| Product
News & Reviews |
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| CONFERENCE
CIRCUIT |
Report from the Field
EUSIDIC Spring
Meeting 2004
This event, whose theme was "The Future of Scientific Publishing," covered open
access, linking, and intermediaries.
by Jim Ashling |
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On the Road
Working the Workshops
The latest news about Information Today, Inc.'s
conferences
by Nancy Garman |
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Report from the
Field
The ASIDIC Spring
2004 Meeting
This gathering addressed the significant opportunities and challenges of public/private
partnerships.
by Donald T. Hawkins |
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Conference Calendar |
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Computers
in Libraries 2004 |
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Report from the Field
Computers in Libraries 2004
Many of this event's sessions and discussions addressed technology's unintended
consequences.
by Shirley Duglin Kennedy |
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A Roundup of
Other CIL Sessions
by Shirley Duglin Kennedy |
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| 2004
Publishers' Conferences |
Report from the Field
Hear! Hear! for the Publishers
A report on some common themes and impressions from the recent conferences of
publishers and other content and software
information suppliers
by Dick Kaser |
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Does More Usage
of Journal Articles Mean More Value?
by Dick Kaser |
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Sticky Comments
from the Publishers' Meetings
by Dick Kaser |
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| Cover
Notes |
Book Review
What Is Information, Anyway?
Understanding Information Systems: What They Do and Why We Need Them, by Lee
Ratzan
reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory |
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In Other Words
The Rating Game
A look inside Information Today, Inc.'s other publications
by Lauree Padgett |
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| LinkUp
@ Home |
| Visit Link-Up
Digital for additional Web-only content! |
Specialized Encyclopedias
for In-Depth Information
by Thomas Pack |
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CyberSports
Green with Envy
by David King |
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Perspectives
Where Buyer Meets Seller
by Wallys W. Conhaim |
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