| FEATURES |
Growing on a Shoestring
A Business Information Guide for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) — PART 1. What Everyone Needs
In this two-part series, Lark Birdsong offers help for SMBs overwhelmed
with information overload. In Part 1, she focuses on the core areas
SMBs must stay on top of on either a frequent or as-needed basis. |
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Internet Librarian 2007
What’s Up With Searching and What’s the Deal With Virtual Worlds?
Cindy Shamel, who attended IL 2007
in Monterey last October, highlights the buzz on the exhibit floor and
in the sessions, the keynote speakers, and “the big picture” themes.
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On the Road Again
Gear for a Mobile World
If
you’re an info roadie who’s also hooked—literally and figuratively—to
all aspects of high-tech communications, Richard Oppenheim will feed
your addiction with his take on the coolest devices and services on the
market.
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Think Globally, But Where to Start?
Websites and Blogs for the Green at Heart
Al
Gore can’t save the planet single-handedly, so Amy Blaine has a list of
net resources that will help us all become more eco-friendly as well as
suggestions for making the green transition less painful.
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When ‘Trust Me, It’s a Good Idea’ Won’t Cut It
Tips for Developing Effective Business Cases
Ulla
de Stricker comes to the aid of those with brilliant plans that will
lead to endless benefits to their companies if only they can convince
the top brass to invest in the money required to set those plans in
motion. |
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 Library Book Sales
Cleaning House or Cleaning Up?
Cecilia
Hogan examines what the benefits are to library book sales and shows
how a little time online checking out book appraisal sites can reap
much-needed extra cash to bolster tight library budgets.
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's Voice
Hey, OCLC! Got a Minute?
Assuming
a “What have you done for me lately?” attitude, bq addresses the
bigwigs at OCLC, making a few suggestions and requests on behalf of all
info pros in the way that only she can. |
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| COLUMNS |
The Government Online
Google and Your Government
Peggy
Garvin takes a look at how electronic access to U.S. government
information, aka e-gov, and its corresponding applications for
geographic information and analysis, dubbed g-gov, is influenced by
Google.
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Internet Express
Zooming Ahead of Cancer on the Information Superhighway
Irene McDermott shows those in need of critical resources where to go
online for the latest updates on cancer drugs and treatments, both
time-proven and experimental. |
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| DEPARTMENTS |
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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