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VOLUME 20 NUMBER 8 September 2003
Information Today
The Newspaper for Users and Producers of Electronic Information Services
Featuring:  
FEATURES
World Library Congress Denounces USA PATRIOT Act
Dick Kaser, Information Today, Inc.'s vice president of content, reports from the August IFLA conference in Berlin.
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COLUMNS & NEWS

NewsBytes

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Up Front with Barbara Quint
Job Posting Wanted
bq discusses the ideal characteristics and responsibilities for a vendor librarian.
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NewsBreak Update
The Latest on Content, Search Engines, and More

by Paula J. Hane
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Focus on Publishing
Keeping Journal Competition Alive

Robin Peek explains how the lack of competition between journal publishers might hasten the move toward alternative
publishing models.
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Internet Insights
It's the Output, Stupid!
Péter Jacsó says that output is the most important—and most overlooked—aspect of the information-finding process.
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Legal Issues
Living in a Post-CIPA World
George H. Pike reviews the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Children's Internet Protection Act.
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Database Review
Publishers' Sites Evolving into Online Services

Mick O'Leary talks about Kluwer Online and Wiley InterScience, two publisher sites that double as online services.
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DEPARTMENTS 
Interview
Change Is Very Exciting [Full Text]
Richard Poynder talks with Blackwell Publishing president Bob Campbell about his company's history, contract publishing model, and place in the STM industry.
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Opinion
Sound Off for the Freedom to Read
[Full Text]
by Dick Kaser
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Letters to the Editor Page 16
InfoToons
by Gib Robbie
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Investigative Report
Elephants and Dung Trucks

Librarians will be the targets of increased public scrutiny as the difficulties of digital preservation come to light.
by Richard Poynder
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International Report
The latest news and issues from around the world
by Richard Poynder
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Product News & Reviews Page 37
People Line & the Executive Profile Page 45
Cover Notes   
Book Review
Knowledge Management and Networked Environments: Leveraging Intellectual Capital in Virtual Business Communities, edited by Alfred Beerli, Svenja Falk, and Daniel Diemers
reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory
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In Other Words
by Lauree Padgett
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CONFERENCE CIRCUIT 
ALA/CLA 2003
Despite initial fears that the SARS epidemic might cancel this joint conference, it attracted a large number of attendees and exhibitors.
by Rebecca Jones
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On the Road
A monthly look at upcoming ITI conferences
[Full Text]
by Nancy Garman
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Online in South Africa [Full Text]
This international event showcased developments in South Africa's information community.
by Marydee Ojala
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Conference Calendar
IFLA's 69th World Library and Information Congress
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Impressions of IFLA [Full Text]
Delegates from all over the world gathered to promote libraries and discuss the barriers to information access.
by Dick Kaser
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Achtung! Librarians in Action
by Dick Kaser
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Essential Reading from the 69th World Library and Information Congress
by Dick Kaser
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LinkUp @ Home 
Visit Link-Up Digital for additional Web-only content!  
Track Your Tax Dollars
by Thomas Pack
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Asking the Big Questions
by Wallys W. Conhaim
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It's All Greek to Me
by David King
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