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VOLUME
17 • NUMBER 6 • June 2009
Searcher
The Magazine for Database
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| FEATURES |
 All
(Almost) on the Internet
Freely
Available Science Information Resources on the Web 
Librarians
facing budget cutbacks should check out these science resources
available on the internet—and usually for free—recommended by Barry
Brown, science librarian, and Paul Piper, reference librarian, who say
the depth of information, from journal articles to gray literature, on
the open web these days is quite impressive.
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Survival Lessons for Libraries
Corporate
Libraries—A Soft Analysis and a Warning
Toby Pearlstein
and James Matarazzo continue their series with case studies of
corporate library reductions and closures, offering advice on how to
minimize your chances of experiencing either situation firsthand.
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Financial
Information Literacy Services at Your Library
Find out about Smart
investing@your library, a pilot project launched in 2007 by a network
of 25 libraries. It now makes financial information available to more
than 8 million patrons nationwide through social networking tools such
as YouTube and Second Life.
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The
Art of the Deal
Negotiating
in Times of Economic Stress
In the third
installment of their ongoing series, Jill Grogg and Beth Ashmore look
at how the current economic climate is affecting the information
professional’s ability to better negotiate for products and services.
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's
Voice
Stormy
Seas and Piracy
Surf’s up. Waaaay
up. But bq says by asking the right questions to the right people, info
pros can stay afloat during—and after—this bout of rough weather. |
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| COLUMNS |
Internet Express
Free Tools for Job
Seekers
Like most libraries,
Irene McDermott’s has seen a surge of new visitors seeking job
assistance. She tells readers what places on the web provide a variety
of tools, from basic computer and email tutorials to how to store files
and write and submit resumes, that will help empower patrons and
hopefully get them back to work.
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Tools
of the Trade
The
Perils of Federal Publishing and the Benefits of SaaS Project
Management Services
Or, How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the Audit
Cue the Dragnet
theme. Erik Arnold received a “request” he could not refuse from a U.S.
government agency for an audit of his work performed since 2007.
Luckily, accommodating this request was made much easier by three SaaS
project management tools he’s been using: BaseCamp, Zoho, and Google
Sites. Now if the federal government will just learn how to make its
information as easily trackable.
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Both
Sides Now
Thinking
About Culture and Language: The European Library and Europeana
Susanne Bjørner, our
foreign correspondent who is in the process of learning Spanish, takes
a look at Europeana, a digital repository of Europe’s art treasures
which incorporates 22 languages on its site, and The European Library,
which has relaunched with more multilingual facilities. But Bjører
wonders: Is all this language development necessary?
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