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VOLUME 20 • NUMBER 7 • September 2012
Searcher
The Magazine for Database Professionals |
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| EDITORIAL |
Searcher's Voice
Equality is Overrated 
Equality is overrated, according to bq — at
least when it comes to finding the best and
most-reliable online sources for clients
and co-workers. |
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| COLUMNS |
 Internet Express
Household Tips on the Web
From what she refers to as ‘general tidiness advice’ to products, tips,
and motivation, Irene McDermott shares a plethora of online spots to
help you keep your abode clean and safe. |
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The Medical Digital
Clincial Trials
Part 1. How Prescription Drugs Are Developed, Tested, and Approved
In
her ongoing look at clinical drug trials, Stephanie Ardito outlines the
stages involved in taking a potential prescription drug from the
development phase through testing and finally FDA approval. |
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| FEATURES |
When Is 1923 Going to Arrive and Other Complications of the U.S. Public Domain
Peter Hirtle says there is something else Sonny Bono can be partly held
responsible for besides bringing Cher into the pop culture stream:
extending the time it takes most works to make it into the public
domain. But as with anything involving domestic and foreign copyright,
the issue of public domain far is more complicated than any one act or
policy.
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Info Pros of a Feather Flock Together
AIIP 2012 Conference
Conference attendee Cynthia Shamel
sums up the best of this past May’s Association of Independent
Information Professionals (AIIP) conference in Indianapolis. She notes
that AIIP always focuses on keeping its members sharp by honing both
their info pro and business management skills. |
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Streaming Video
The Battle Is Joined
According
to Richard Oppenheim, images and videos have conquered the world. Since
resistance is futile, he levels the playing field by looking at the
arrival of digital and its many applications, including video streaming. |
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Content Curation
Quality Judgment and the Future of Media and Web Search
As Nancy Herther begins a series on curation, she provides an overview,
explaining what curation is and its roots in print and the web. Herther
also highlights a variety of curation options, discusses issues of
selection and fairness, looks at curation tools, and examines how
curation can be used as social activism.
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