Josh Duberman and
Michael Beaudet present an exhaustive study of the issue of online privacy,
focusing on the elements such as security, e-mail, surfing, personalization,
and traditional search services from a searcher’s point of view. Sidebars
help to define “tech talk” and the role of the government in creating privacy
laws and regulations.
[Page 32]
Susan Funke looks
at the changes Web content aggregators are bringing to the Web and the
resulting demand being created for business-to-business e-content. Three
such providers are specifically highlighted: Moreover.com, ScreamingMedia,
and ISyndicate.com. [Page 49]
Doris Helfer reviews
numerous industry professionals, including Richard Rowe, Mary Ellen Bates,
Lynn Connaway, and Peter Scott, who spoke on a variety of topics, from
e-books and Web instruction to searching trends and e-commerce.
[Page
68]
bq falters on the
millennial road to “Wisdom” by taking a detour courtesy digital TV and
240 channels only to discover that sometimes “More Is Less.” [Page 6]
Chris Sherman, the
man behind About.Com, the Web searching site, and its complementary consulting
business, Searchwise, gives his perspectives of what Web users need. [Page
12]
In this month’s column,
Amelia Kassel offers a Web monitoring and clipping services round-up to
help searchers find the best choices for the least amount of money and
aggravation.
[Page 26]
If you need government
data, be it demographic, industry statistics, economic indicators, international
comparisons, or forecasts and predictions, Amy Kautzman tells you where
to go on the Web. [Page 53]
As part of the “Dangerous
Data Ahead” series, Carol Ebbinghouse tells searchers how to avoid charity
fraud and minsinformation when dealing with non-profits on the Web. [Page
58]
Irene “Don’t Call
Me a Teacher” McDermott offers reference librarians some pointers on how
to spread the Web to users through Internet instruction.
[Page 72]
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