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VOLUME 18 • NUMBER 9
• November 2010
Searcher
The Magazine for Database Professionals |
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's
Voice
Ten, 20, 30
When looking into the future,
bq says there are three key components to consider before making any
predictions: disruptive technologies, real needs, and delusion. |
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| COLUMNS |
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Internet
Express
Because You Purchased: Ecommerce, Recommendation Software, and the Long
Tail 
Irene McDermott takes a look at
the roles librarians and info pros play in the library version of the
long tail.
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 The Medical Digital
Selecting a Family Physician
Stephanie Ardito shares online
sites for finding and rating family physicians and also examines some
new patient care trends, such as walk-in medical services and concierge
and boutique options. |
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Publishing Trends
Ejournals: Coming of Age in the Library and Publishing Community
With ejournals driving the STM
market, turning the world of print publishers topsy-turvy, Dan Tonkery
reports how the transition from print to electronic is impacting just
about everyone in the information chain.
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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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| FEATURES |
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TED and Others Like Him
Computer
Video for and From Exciting Minds
Paul Piper highlights a
number of websites offering, at no cost, videos exploring nearly every
aspect of human knowledge, particularly those that focus on future
challenges and issues.
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U-Content
‘Make It
Snappy’— Photo-Sharing With Flickr
Searcher readers
get a sneak peek of a chapter excerpt from a to-be-published book by
Nicholas Tomaiuolo, the basis for which came from articles he wrote
about u-content for this very same savvy audience.
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Academic Library
Challenges
Miriam Drake reviewed recent
studies and did her own interviews to examine the challenges, from
multiyear budget reductions and ROI pressures to archive management and
collecting data on user needs, facing today’s academic libraries.
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Technology Trends 2010
Part 3. What Does ‘Now’
Mean Now?
Just about everything a searcher
could want is available now — that is, any time a need or desire
arises. In his continuing series on tech trends, Rich Oppenheim
presents some of the latest apps in a variety of formats for endless
uses to help you decide which meet your definition of “must have
immediately.”
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