| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's
Voice
Oh, Pooh!!
Displaying
her usual verve, bq explains why she disagrees with the views Wallace
Koehler presents in his article on Google Book Search. |
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| FEATURES
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Hit
Me With Your Best Doc
Document-Sharing
Services on the Web
Although
it once had a bad rap, file sharing has redeemed itself. David Mattison
separates the growing number of online file-sharing services into two
broad categories—those having the capacity for editing on top
of
storage and sharing, and those that don’t, and then
highlights some of
the best from each that are free or at least provide a free trial.
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Good
and Evil in the Garden of Digitization
Google
and Fair Use
Wallace
Koehler explains why Google Book Search does not, in his opinion, meet
the criteria laid out within the copyright and fair use doctrines.
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Online
Social Networks, Virtual Communities, Enterprises, and Information
Professionals
Part 3:
Applications and Survey Results
Mike
Reid and Christian Gray, along with Craig Honick, wrap up their third
and final article on social networking enterprise applications by
sharing the results of a survey they conducted to study how Web 2.0
tools are used in enterprises.
Featuring
additional Web-only content:
Market
Research Studies
The
Never Complete Guide to ESS
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| COLUMNS |
|
The Sidebar
The New Surge of Open Legal Information on the Internet
Carol
Ebbinghouse compares the quality of legal information now available for
free on the internet to the old, reliable, and fee-based services such
as LexisNexis and Westlaw and discusses how these new resources can
both help and hinder users.
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Webmastery
Social Networks: Another Avenue to New Books and Friends
Jennie
Starr takes another look at book recommendation engines, updating
recent changes to her fav, LibraryThing, and adding a few worthwhile
services that she overlooked before.
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42 |
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Tools
of the Trade
Waiting for a Go: Tasks for the Relaxed
Surfer boy, otherwise known as Dave Rensberger, shares
the high and low tides of being an as-needed member of the mobile work
force instead of
his former, 24/7/365-info-glutton self.
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| DEPARTMENTS
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|
Best Buys
Before you make those
hardware, software, and internet-related purchases, check out Best
Buys.
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Contacts
Find
the postal and electronic addresses, phone and fax numbers for all the
companies, products, and people mentioned in this issue.
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