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VOLUME 20 • NUMBER 3 • April 2012
Searcher
The Magazine for Database Professionals |
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's Voice
Success and Failure 
bq waxes poetic about “Success and Failure” and how information
professionals need to keep finding what is worth doing — and doing it. |
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| COLUMNS |
 Internet Express
Resting the Eyes: Virtual Vacations on the Web
Don’t have a passport? And don’t have the money anyway for the
exorbitant airfares awaiting travelers this spring and summer? Never
fear. Irene McDermott shows readers how to view endless exotic and
breathtaking sights all the while avoiding embarrassing airport
security pat-downs, the diminishing value of the U.S. dollar overseas,
and those really long trans-Atlantic or Pacific — or even space —
flights. |
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| FEATURES |
The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire
Steve Coffman takes an historic look back at the past 30 years of
library service, from Library 2.0 and virtual reference to public
access computing and ebooks, critiquing the services that worked — at
least for a while — and those that never lived up to the hype or the
hope. |
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Reading Technology Tea Leaves: CES2012
Richard
Oppenheim made his annual pilgrimage to the Consumer Electronics Show
in January to check out the bevy of new products and now he shares what
the addition of these products can add to your business or personal
world. |
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Power to the People
Consumer Service Reviews
According to Corilee Christou, word-of-mouth is back with a vengeance
thanks to social media and the 127 million online consumers who want to
share their experiences, good and bad. In Part 2 of her five-part
series, Christou compares and contrasts three successful service review
sites: Angie’s List, Judy’s Book, and ServiceMagic.
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Current Awareness in Pharma
Part 1. Twitter and Social News
Rachel
Bates Wilfahrt, research analyst at the University of Denver, kicks off
her own four-part series on the pharmaceutical industry with the first
of two segments devoted to key current awareness resources in social
media. In this piece, she highlights Twitter, LinkedIn, Paper.li, and
Scoop.it!. |
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