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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's
Voice
Gaslight 
Combining her knowledge of old
movies and information
preservation, bq urges librarians
to rise to meet the archiving
challenge and to join forces to
make sure records of federal
government activity on the web
don't vanish.
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| COLUMNS |
|
 Internet
Express
The Haunted Internet: Spooky
Halloween Stuff on the
Web
From cool costume
tips to how to make your house look
haunted, Irene McDermott has dug up
some fun sites to help you enjoy a
scary Halloween.
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|
Tools of the Trade
Vista: The Early Years
Beach bum Dave Rensberger comes in
from the surf long enough to
recount how his purchase of a new
media center caused a major wipeout
before he was able to recover and
get everything humming again.
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Government Online
WorldWideScience.Org: One World,
One Search?
Peggy
Garvin reviews
WorldWideScience.org, which
provides federated searching of the
world's bibliographic and full-text
databases covering a wide range of
science and technology
disciplines.
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| DEPARTMENTS |
|
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 |
|
SLA Seattle 2008: Two
Views
Lead! Now!
Cindy Shamel reports on the annual
convention and says that while the
speaker topics were varied, the
messages of leadership and vision
were clearly emphasized from
session to session.
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Page 14 |
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SLA
Seattle 2008: Two
Views
The Greening of
SLA
Reusable water
bottles? Tote bags made from
recycled materials? Jan Davis
highlights how SLA's January 2008
initiative to "go green" was
reflected throughout the Seattle
convention and vendor hall.
|
Page 15 |
|
Universal Health
Information on the Web
Patient Education
Materials for
All!
Amy Blaine,
a former hospital reference
librarian, looks at some of the
dozens of free resources found on
the web to help the sick and shows
how to evaluate the validity of
those sources.
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Page 20 |
|
Phone Research - The
Prequel
Before
You Even Pick Up the
Phone
Research expert Risa
Sacks offers tips for what you need
to know - who to call, what to say
(and not say), and what deals you
can and can't make - before you
even reach for that telephone.
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Page 24 |
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Negotiating With
Vendors
Getting Value From
Vendor
Relationships
Armand Brevig's article centers on
three areas within content
acquisition - taking a strategic
approach, making negotiation an art
form, and actively managing vendor
relationships so libraries get the
goods they want.
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Giving
Value
A Look
at Three Leading
Vendors
Vendor reps from
three well-known services tell
Corilee Christou what librarians
need to understand when making
contractual arrangements and relate
how each organization has undergone
changes to provide better client
interaction.
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|
The
51st State: The State of
Online
Widgets and
Accountability
As
the November 4 election date looms
ever nearer, netizens are ever-more
relying on social networking and
Web 2.0 technologies to keep
updated. This piece in Laura
Gordon-Murnane's continuing series
examines how these tools can also
help facilitate transparency and
accountability by government
leaders and institutions.
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