IT Interview
A Ton of Patents Behind Him
Aurigin Systems CEO Kevin Rivette discusses his company's origins, products, and competitors.
by Richard Poynder — Page 1

IT Report from the Field
KMWorld 2001 Conference
This recent event at the Santa Clara (California) Convention Center featured great keynote speeches and a lively, involved crowd.
by John Eichorn — Page 1

IT Report from the Field
Internet Research 2.0 Conference
This conference showcased findings about the Internet from researchers who represent a wide range of academic disciplines.
by Wallys W. Conhaim — Page 24

IT Report from the Field
Frankfurt Book Fair and IBLC Symposium
This enormous event and its ancillary meeting provided attendees with much food for thought.
by Donald T. Hawkins — Page 54

OCLC Offers to Purchase netLibrary's Assets
by Paula J. Hane — Page 1

EIU, EcoWin to Create New International Economic and Financial Database
by Barbie E. Keiser  — Page 3

Entopia Launches Company, New Productivity Tool for Enterprise Knowledge Workers
by Paula J. Hane — Page 8

Information Today, Inc. Acquires ONLINE Magazine
by Reva Basch — Page 21

Dialog Rolls Out New Connect-Time Pricing
by Barbara Quint — Page 45

LexisNexis Applies iPhrase Natural Language Search Software to Key Directory Files
by Barbara Quint — Page 46

A Second Tasini? National Geographic Loses to Freelance Photographers
by Barbara Quint — Page 52

Quint’s Online
Lessons to Be Learned: Listening and Loyalty
Barbara Quint advises e-commerce Web sites to listen to customers' feedback and to take steps that will ensure their loyalty. — Page 10

Database Review
Harris Business Profiler Joins Database Roster
Mick O'Leary takes a look at this new U.S.-company database, which he feels offers a good blend of company selection, information, and price. — Page 16

Legal Issues
Better Watch What You Write
George H. Pike examines some of the issues raised by a defamation court case involving Dow Jones and an Australian businessman, and notes that some recent court rulings have shown that worldwide access to information can create worldwide headaches for the information industry. — Page 19

Company Announcements

• ITI Releases Super Searchers Go to the Source— Page 6
• Swets Blackwell Announces Consortium Agreement— Page 49
• CCH to Take Legal Action Against PIABA— Page 52

Internet Insights
Rating the Metasearch Engines
Péter Jacsó focuses on several metasearch engines and explains why these resources deserve more attention than they're currently getting. — Page 28

Internet Waves
Security Technology and Other Issues
Shirley Kennedy reviews the latest in cyber-security and offers some helpful tips about how to set up a comfortable, productive home office. — Page 34

Internet Announcements

• Dialog Enhances DialogSelect, Intranet Toolkit Products; Adds Australian Content— Page 27
• ABC-CLIO Announces Links with JSTOR— Page 27
• ATOFINA Chemicals Selects NewsEdge to Increase Its Customer Offerings— Page 32
• EBSCO Publishing Announces New Products, Linking Initiatives— Page 32
• Gale Adopts SFX OpenURL Standard— Page 33 

Focus on Publishing
Machine Learning's Editorial Board Divided
Robin Peek discusses how two-thirds of a journal's editorial board resigned to support an alternative peer-reviewed journal that offers a new vision of the journal 
publication process. — Page 38

Internet Publishing Announcements

• Zinio Systems to Offer Digital Magazine-Publishing Service— Page 37
• XMLCities Unveils 'Non-Intrusive' XML Publishing Package— Page 37
• FileNET, Arbortext Team to Develop Cross-Media Publishing Solution— Page 39
• Website Pros to Acquire NetObjects, Inc.— Page 39
• California Digital Library, bepress Announce Partnership— Page 39

The Systems Librarian
Demise of the WINGS ILL System
Marshall Breeding discusses this interlibrary loan solution, created by Pigasus Software, Inc., and its subsequent sale to Auto-Graphics. — Page 42

Library Systems Announcements

• Sagebrush Corp. Releases Athena 9.1 Update in Beta— Page 41
• Innovative Interfaces Announces Ownership Transition— Page 41
• CASPR Unveils LibraryCom Version 3.5— Page 43
• Follett Software Brings Online Collection Access to Novell NetWare v5.1 Users— Page 43
• Gaylord Launches Metasearching with Polaris 2.0, Announces Polaris Implementation— Page 44

• Calendar — Page 47
• Book Review

The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See,
by Chris Sherman and Gary Price, reviewed by Gwen M. Gregory — Page 49
• People Line — Page 53

• People Line — Pages 53
• Bookshelf — Pages 58-59
• Classified Advertising — Pages 56
• Index to Advertisers
• Information Today Directory of Services & Sources — Page 57

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