Twitter Collects $100 Million in Venture Funding

Data Conversion Laboratory, Unlimited Priorities Join Forces

Summon’s New Clients Go Live

Swets Opens Beijing Office

NewsMakers

Public Libraries Step Into Job-Search Niche
In the current economic climate, job-seekers are turning to a familiar source for help: public libraries.
by Michael Baumann

Staying in the Game
by Barbara Brynko

Harris v. Blockbuster : Questioning ‘Terms of Use’
A Texas court case serves notice to websites: Take care in wording your terms of use; otherwise, it may not be enforceable.
by David Mirchin

Facebook’s Beacon Extinguished
by John Carr

Social Media: Investing in What Works
These sites continue to take off in the workplace, but not all businesses are finding them as useful as the user-generated buzz proclaims.
by Lin Grensing-Pophal

FTC Addresses Bloggers and Online Reviews
by Kurt Schiller

Employers Crack Down on Social Networking
by Kurt Schiller

Phishing Scams Edge Into Social Networks
by Kurt Schiller

Up Front With Barbara Quint
The Perils of Content Crunching
bq warns about forgetting context when looking for information.

IT Spotlight
Vitrium Adds Sales Power to PDFs
Marji McClure profiles one company that offers a tool to boost document usage analytics and information gathering.

Editorial
Good News, at Last
by Dick Kaser

Letter from the Editor

InfoToons
by Gib Robbie

International Report
Implications of Google Agreement for Europe
Our global respondent takes the Google Book settlement and its impact across the pond.
by Jim Ashling

People Line & the Executive Profile

Words at Work

Focus on Publishing
OA Journals Are Advancing
Robin Peek looks at the much-celebrated Compact of Open Access Publishing Equity and offers some insight into what it means.

Internet Waves
Social Net Working
Shirley Duglin Kennedy takes a look at the right way to approach social media.

Legal Issues
Baseball and the Search for Electronic Records
George H. Pike examines what the BALCO case means for the government’s ability to seize electronic data records.

Intellectual Property
Five Immutable Canons of Copyright
K. Matthew Dames provides the rules you need to know in the often-confusing world of copyright law.

Library Stuff Revisited
With Liberty and Free Court Documents for All
Steven M. Cohen combs the web for case law documents as more and more become available.

Database Review
Social Score Cards Give U.S. Poor Grades
Mick O’Leary drills down into reports that suggest Americans aren’t as well-off as we may think.

NewsBytes

NewsBreak Update
Hyperlocal News, Ebook Readers, and Search Engines Top the News
by Paula J. Hane

NewsMakers

Product News & Reviews
35 - Lock-and-Load Security for PCs
36 - Newstex: The Voice of Authoritative Content
38 - Safari Books Online: More Power for Digital Library
39 - Walkshed: A Walk in the Park
39 - Connotate: Letting Agents Do the Work
40 - Altus: Giving Enterprises an Edge With Video

Preholiday Industry Events
Donald T. Hawkins provides a sneak preview of the industry’s upcoming conferences.

Information Today, Inc.’s Conference Dates

Report From the Field
Really Strategies User Conference: A Publisher’s Toolbox
by Barbara Brynko

Report From the Field
Change: The Fall 2009 ASIDIC Meeting
Text and photos by Donald T. Hawkins

Let’s Get This Party Started—On the Web
by Thomas Pack

Cybersports
An Ode to Odious Ballparks
by David King

Book Review
I’m Not a Lawyer, I Just Play One at the Library
Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Second Edition)
by Lesley Ellen Harris
reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory

Meet the Editor
Hugh McKellar: Riding the KMWorld Wave
Lauree Padgett takes a look at the editors behind Information Today, Inc.’s many publications.