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THE NATIONAL ONLINE MEETINGThe National Online Meeting, now in its 16th year, takes place at the New York Hilton, from May 2-4, 1995.This key event continues to bring together an inspiring blend of information industry pioneers and practitioners from...
American companies are entering the European consumer online market in a big way. Two firms--America Online and AT&T--are teaming up with local businesses to launch new services, while Microsoft is pursuing a "go-it-alone" strategy with its much...
American companies are entering the European consumer online market in a big way. Two firms - America Online and AT&T - are teaming up with local businesses to launch new services, while Microsoft is pursuing a "go-it-alone" strategy with its much...
Cataloging Government Publications OnlineEdited by Carolyn C. SheraykoThe Haworth Press 1994$34.95 Hardback 223 pagesISBN: 1-56024-689-8Simultaneously published as volume 18, numbers 3 and 4 of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, this collection...
Now with the help of multimedia technology every primary care provider throughout the world can attend America's leading primary care lecture series in the comfort of his or her own home or office! SilverPlatter Education, in cooperation with the American...
Now with the help of multimedia technology every primary care provider throughout the world can attend America's leading primary care lecture series in the comfort of his or her own home or office!SilverPlatter Education, in cooperation with the American...
A multimedia database of folk art will test new standards developed by the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP) for accessing images and text on computer networks. The database, to be created by Project CHIO (Cultural Heritage Information Online),...
A multimedia database of folk art will test new standards developed by the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP) for accessing images and text on computer networks. The database, to be created by Project CHIO (Cultural Heritage Information Online),...
EconLit, a leading bibliographic database of worldwide economic research, is now available through FirstSearch and EPIC online reference services from OCLC. EconLit, produced by the American Economic Association, covers research topics such as economic...
EconLit, a leading bibliographic database of worldwide economic research, is now available through FirstSearch and EPIC online reference services from OCLC.EconLit, produced by the American Economic Association, covers research topics such as economic...
CD-ROM is becoming a significant force in the delivery of electronic business information, Economist Group research reveals. By 1996, over 90 percent of libraries, 80 percent of government institutions and some 70 percent of large multinational companies...
CD-ROM is becoming a significant force in the delivery of electronic business information, Economist Group research reveals. By 1996, over 90 percent of libraries, 80 percent of government institutions and some 70 percent of large multinational companies...
In a move aimed at expanding the growth and spread of privacy and security technologies, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring a federal lawsuit, filed in February, seeking to bar the government from restricting publication of cryptographic...
In a move aimed at expanding the growth and spread of privacy and security technologies, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring a federal lawsuit, filed in February, seeking to bar the government from restriction, publication of cryptographic...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., has announced an agreement with Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) Inc. in which the two companies will market new database searching technology that significantly improves information retrieval on the Internet. Under...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., has announced an agreement with Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) Inc. in which the two companies will market new database searching technology that significantly improves information retrieval on the Internet.Under...
Enteractive, Inc., an innovative multimedia publisher, has announced Earth Explorer: The Multimedia Encyclopedia of the Environment. The interactive CD-ROM title was created and developed by Enteractive with the support of the National Science Foundation...
Enteractive, Inc., an innovative multimedia publisher, has announced Earth Explorer: The Multimedia Encyclopedia of the Environment. The interactive CD-ROM title was created and developed by Enteractive with the support of the National Science Foundation...
Your amateur critic with his Broadway biases is back to tell you what to see and not to see on your visit to New York while attending National Online, insisting that you take advantage of the best that New York has to offer in entertainment at its most...
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. has gone public with the details of a three-phase survey of the true size and composition of the Internet. "Never has so much money been invested, based on so little information," said Dick Peck, O'Reilly's vice president...
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. has gone public with the details of a three-phase survey of the true size and composition of the Internet. "Never has so much money been invested, based on so little information," said Dick Peck, O'Reilly's vice president...
SilverPlatter Information and UMI have announced a cooperative publishing agreement whereby five UMI databases will be available from SilverPlatter. The databases are ABI/INFORM, Periodical Abstracts Research 11 Edition, Newspaper Abstracts, Dissertation...
SilverPlatter Information and UMI have announced a cooperative publishing agreement whereby five UMI databases will be available from SilverPlatter. The databases are ABI/INFORM, Periodical Abstracts Research II Edition, Newspaper Abstracts, Dissertation...
Follett has supplemented its library automation offerings with Financing Automation Systems Today (FAST), a program providing financing options to help fully automate libraries in the near term. A Follett FAST plan provides for complete automation now,...
Follett has supplemented its library automation offerings with Financing Automation Systems Today (FAST), a program providing financing options to help fully automate libraries in the near term. A Follett FAST plan provides for complete automation now,...
Follett has supplemented its library automation offerings with Financing Automation Systems Today (FAST), a program providing financing options to help fully automate libraries in the near term. A Follett FAST plan provides for complete automation now,...
The Alexandria Library in Alexandria, Virginia, has signed an agreement to purchase Geac's ADVANCE Integrated Library System, marking another milestone in the Library's plan to provide leading-edge technology to their user population. The library has...
The Alexandria Library in Alexandria, Virginia, has signed an agreement to purchase Geac's ADVANCE Integrated Library System, marking another milestone in the Library's plan to provide leading-edge technology to their user population. The library has...
Market Analysis and Information Database, Inc. (MAID) introduced the "Premiere Edition" of Global NewsBase CD-ROM in early December last year. Best known for its high-quality full-text market information database, MAID also offers a variety of online...
Market Analysis and Information Database, Inc. (MAID) introduced the "Premiere Edition" of Global NewsBase CD-ROM in early December last year. Best known for its high-quality full-text market information database, MAID also offers a variety of online...
Current Com Ports operate up to 115.2 Kbps on PCs, terminal servers on LANs, and I/O communication subsystems used on multi-user PCs. Now Telebyte Technology introduces the Model 207 PC-LINK to allow data transmission at 115.2 Kbps over distances of...
Current Com Ports operate up to 115.2 Kbps on PCs, terminal servers on LANs, and YO communication subsystems used on multi-user PCs. Now Telebyte Technology introduces the Model 207 PCLINK to allow data transmission at 115.2 Kbps over distances of 3,500...
In an effort to increase access to human rights information, seven human rights monitoring organizations have begun to centralize their material on the Internet. Amnesty International (AI), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights in China...
In an effort to increase access to human rights information, seven human rights monitoring organizations have begun to centralize their material on the Internet. Amnesty International (AI), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights in China...
It's become a point-and-click universe. The World Wide Web is growing by leaps and bounds, helped along by fine software for browsing and accessing the Web. The best Web browser to date is the one called Netscape (nicknamed Mozilla). Check it out at...
It's become a point-and-click universe. The World Wide Web is growing by leaps and bounds, helped along by fine software for browsing and accessing the Web. The best Web browser to date is the one called Netscape (nicknamed Mozilla). Check it out at...
Information Access Company (IAC), has launched a consumer health database on CompuServe aimed at providing a complete reference service for online consumers. The service includes four authoritative health reference books and more than 500 pamphlets covering...
Information Access Company (IAC), has launched a consumer health database on CompuServe aimed at providing a complete reference service for online consumers. The service includes four authoritative health reference books and more than 500 pamphlets covering...
Here it comes - another O.J. story. But this one has a lesson. The lesson is that life and L.A. Law have started to bond in bytes, that digital reality has started to obey the conventions of digitized entertainment. Man, it's getting weird out there....
Here it comes--another O.J. story. But this one has a lesson. The lesson is that life and L.A. Law have started to bond in bytes, that digital reality has started to obey the conventions of digitized entertainment. Man, it's getting weird out the.The...
Geac Computers, Inc. now offers a new service for users of any Unix system to assist them in establishing access to the Internet through their online systems. For a $500 charge, Geac's Customer Response Center will set up TCP/IP software and the necessary...
Geac Computers, Inc. now offers a new service for users of any Unix system to assist them in establishing access to the Internet through their online systems. For a $500 charge, Geac's Customer Response Center will set up TCP/IP software and the necessary...
LegalVIEWS is not just an interesting information management software application; it's a revolution. Jurisoft's legal industry version of the popular Folio Views for Windows application, LegalVIEWS has the same look and feel as Folio Views, with a couple...
LegalVIEWS is not just an interesting information management software application; it's a revolution. Jurisoft's legal industry version of the popular Folio Views for Windows application, LegalVIEWS has the same look and feel as Folio Views, with a couple...
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest health maintenance organization, and the world renowned Mayo Clinic are teaming up to help develop a building block critical to creation of a computerized medical record. Under a grant from the National Library...
Knight-Ridder Information, formerly Dialog, is bringing out a new family of job-specific Knight-Ridder products for information end users, hoping to reach additional groups of people using new platforms for information while continuing to enhance DIALOG...
Knight-Ridder Information, formerly Dialog, is bringing out a new family of job-specific Knight-Ridder products for information end users, hoping to reach additional groups of people using new platforms for information while continuing to enhance DIALOG...
KPI has announced the availability of OpenShelf 1.0, a common interface application to KPI electronic titles. The first electronic titles, A Matter of Fact and National Directory of Helplines, both produced by Pierian Press, were also announced as available...
KPI has announced the availability of OpenShelf 1.0, a common interface application to KPI electronic titles. The first electronic titles, A Matter of Fact and National Directory of Helplines, both produced by Pierian Press, were also announced as available...
McGraw-Hill, Inc., a leader in traditional publishing, has reinforced its commitment to electronic publishing, announcing its Internet catalog. With over 8,800 products listed online and a number of CD-ROMs and electronic products slated for 1995, McGraw-Hill's...
McGraw-Hill, Inc., a leader in traditional publishing, has reinforced its commitment to electronic publishing, announcing its Internet catalog. With over 8,800 products listed online and a number of CD-ROMs and electronic products slated for 1995, McGraw-Hill's...
Animal enthusiasts of all ages will have the opportunity this spring to once again take a walk on the wild side. Mindscape, Inc., a leading consumer software publisher formerly known as The Software Toolworks, Inc., has announced shipment of The San...
Animal enthusiasts of all ages will have the opportunity this spring to once again take a walk on the wild side. Mindscape, Inc., a leading consumer software publisher formerly known as The Software Toolworks, Inc., has announced shipment of The San...
Bringing to market its first notebook computer with an integrated 5.25-inch double speed CD-ROM drive, the Computer Systems Division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) has unveiled the Satellite Pro T2150CD Series, which combines all...
Bringing to market its first notebook computer with an integrated 5.25-inch double speed CD-ROM drive, the Computer Systems Division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) has unveiled the Satellite Pro T2150CD Series, which combines ail...
Equifax National Decision Systems has launched On-CD, a CD-ROM product line designed to provide census demographics and business data for geographies as large as the U.S. and as small as a census tract. Pop-Facts On-CD and Business-facts On-CD are the...
Equifax National Decision Systems has launched On-CD, a CD-ROM product line designed to provide census demographics and business data for geographies as large as the U.S. and as small as a census tract. Pop-Facts On-CD and Business-Facts On-CD are the...
Netscape Communications Corp. has announced the release of Netscape Navigator 1.1, a significantly enhanced version of its popular Internet network navigator. The beta version of Netscape Navigator 1.1 is available immediately for downloading for educational...
Netscape Communications Corp. has announced the release of Netscape Navigator 1.1,a significantly enhanced version of its popular Internet network navigator. The beta version of Netscape Navigator 1.1 is available immediately for downloading for educational...
The Bureau of Public Affairs has launched a quarterly CD-ROM subscription that will help chart the making of U.S. foreign policy from 1990 to the present. The first edition of U.S. Foreign Affairs on CD-ROM (USFAC) provides easy access to more than...
CASPR, Inc. has announced "cross-platform" licensing options and lower bundled prices for its LibraryWorks integrated library system. According to CASPR, it is the first company to offer concurrent versions of its integrated library system on both Microsoft...
CASPR, Inc. has announced "cross-platform" licensing options and lower bundled prices for its LibraryWorks integrated library system. According to CASPR, it is the first company to offer concurrent versions of its integrated library system on both Microsoft...
IEE/INSPEC has announced new combination and network subscription pricing for Electronics Letters Online (ELO), as well as significant enhancements to the look and use of this electronic journal.The 1995 subscription price for ELO is $810, and for the...
IEE/INSPEC has announced new combination and network subscription pricing for Electronics Letters Online (ELO), as well as significant enhancements to the look and use of this electronic journal. The 1995 subscription price for ELO is $810, and for...
The omnipresent 10th anniversary logo of the Intermedia '95 International Conference & Exposition on Multimedia and CD-ROM kept reminding us of how fast time flies. Actually, the CD-ROM industry was born 11 years ago. I remember the awe in 1985 when...
The omnipresent 10th anniversary logo of the Intermedia '95 International Conference Exposition on Multimedia and CD-ROM kept reminding us of how fast time flies. Actually, the CD-ROM industry was born 11 years ago. I remember the awe in 1985 when Brower...
The OCLC Users Council met January 23-25 to discuss The NII, the Internet, and OCLC: The Next Generation. It was the second of three 1994/95 Users Council meetings dealing with the theme "OCLC and Libraries: Strategies for the Next Generation of Electronic...
The OCLC Users Council met January 23-25 to discuss The NII, the Internet, and OCLC: The Next Generation. It was the second of three 1994/95 Users Council meetings dealing with the theme "OCLC and Libraries: Strategies for the Next Generation of Electronic...
PALINET recently launched a pilot project that will capture monograph tables of contents electronically for use by libraries in augmenting online catalogs. PAL/MONO-TOC, as the pilot is called, will initially involve between 12 and 15 libraries in and...
PALINET recently launched a pilot project that will capture monograph tables of contents electronically for use by libraries in augmenting online catalogs.PAL/MONO-TOC, as the pilot is called, ill initially involve between 12 and 15 libraries in and...
Peterson's Guides, Inc., a primary provider of educational information in the U.S., has established Peterson's Education Center on the Internet. The center creates a unique gateway to a wide range of information about educational institutions, programs,...
Peterson's Guides, Inc., a primary provider of educational information in the U.S., has established Peterson's Education Center on the Internet. The center creates a unique gateway to a wide range of information about educational institutions, programs,...
The new Mann Gateway at Cornell University opened a major interchange on the information autobahn in February.Through the Mann Gateway, Internet surfers may point-and-click through the 400 databases waiting to be tapped, siphoned, or otherwise explored....
The new Mann Gateway at Cornell University opened a major interchange on the information autobahn in February. Through the Mann Gateway, Internet surfers may point-and-click through the 400 databases waiting to be tapped, siphoned, or otherwise explored....
A new Windows-based online business intelligence service called Profound promises to deliver comprehensive business information directly to executives desks, conveniently and inexpensively Using Adobe's industry-standard PDF format, Profound delivers...
A new Windows-based online business intelligence service called Profound promises to deliver comprehensive business information directly to executives' desks, conveniently and inexpensively. Using Adobe's industry-standard PDF format, Profound delivers...
Acquisitions used to be fairly simple - you bought books, and chose periodicals in paper or microform. But now many titles are offered in "new & improved" electronic formats. Has technology really improved these products? What's worth purchasing...
Acquisitions used to be fairly simple--you bought books, and chose periodicals in paper or microform. But now many titles are offered in "new & improved" electronic formats. Has technology really improved these products? What's worth purchasing online...
A report released by the Bauman Foundation proposes answers to the question, What information do people really want from the federal government? It calls on the federal government to place information on the emerging National Information Infrastructure...
A report released by the Bauman Foundation proposes answers to the question, What information do people really want from the federal government? It calls on the federal government to place information on the emerging National Information Infrastructure...
Reuters NewMedia Inc. has secured the international, non-exclusive rights to distribute content from Cahners Publishing Company, which is the largest publisher of specialized business and consumer magazines in the U.S.Reuters will distribute a subset...
Reuters NewMedia Inc. has secured the international, non-exclusive rights to distribute content from Cahners Publishing Company, which is the largest publisher of specialized business and consumer magazines in the U.S. Reuters will distribute a subset...
Most of us are thrilled by the plummeting CD-ROM prices day by day. The low-end single-speed drives that used to cost about $200 a year ago are now available for $89, and by the time the ink dries on this column the price will be $79. The high end, quadruple-speed...
Most of us are thrilled by the plummeting CD-ROM prices day by day. The low-end single-speed drives that used to cost about $200 a year ago are now available for $89, and by the time the ink dries on this column the price will be $79. The high end, quadruple-speed...
Imagine sitting at your desktop computer and having over 40 million books and resource documents just a click away. That's exactly what Huntsville, Alabama's, SIRSI Corporation has delivered with its new line of library access software, WebCat.When used...
Imagine sitting at your desktop computer and having over 40 million books and resource documents just a click away. That's exactly what Huntsville, Alabama's, SIRSI Corporation has delivered with its new line of library access software, WebCat. When...
Ten members of the special libraries profession have been selected by the Special Libraries Association to be honored for their contributions to the association and the profession.The awards and their recipients are:Fellows of the Special Libraries Association,...
Standard & Poor's Compustat, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc. has released its expanded S&P Stock Reports in the Windows format and made S&P GLOBAL Vantage available on PC Plus for Windows.Delivered monthly, S&P Stock Reports for Windows...
Standard & Poor's Compustat, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc. has released its expanded S&P Stock Reports in the Windows format and made S&P GLOBAL Vantage available on PC Plus for Windows. Delivered monthly, S&P Stock Reports for Windows...
Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., is making its flagship corporate information source - Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives - available on compact disc (CD). The S&P Register CD easily allows...
Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw- Hill, Inc., is making its flagship corporate information source--Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors an Executives--available on compact disc(CD).The S&P Register CD easily allows...
Since last month's article about the Internet and publishing convergence (Information Today, March 1995, p. 12), CompuServe, one of the participants on the Electronic Publishing XIII program at the National Online Meeting, has acquired Spry, Inc., developer...
Since last month's article about the Internet and publishing convergence (Information Today, March 1995, p. 12), CompuServe, one of the participants on the Electronic Publishing XIII program at the National Online Meeting, has acquired Spry, Inc., developer...
A partnership between Time Warner Electronic Publishing (TWEP) and Learn Technologies, Inc. (LTI), in conjunction with Warner Books Multimedia Corp., a subsidiary of Warner Books, Inc., has been announced by Andrew Lerner, director of TWEP, and Luyen...
A partnership between Time Warner Electronic Publishing (TWEP) and Learn Technologies, Inc. (LTI), in conjunction with Warner Books Multimedia Corp.. a subsidiary of Warner Books, Inc., has been announced by Andrew Lerner, director of TWEP, and Luyen...
UMI has announced the creation of Computer Abstracts, a new database designed to offer library patrons information on evaluating and analyzing computer hardware, software, computer companies, and other related topics. "More and more people are planning...
UMI has announced the creation of Computer Abstracts, a new database designed to offer library patrons information on evaluating and analyzing computer hardware, software, computer companies, and other related topics."More and more people are planning...
The graduate students in the College of Library and Information Services at the University of Maryland at College Park now have a real-life opportunity to practice their information skills. In a new program, the LIS students are paired with small business...
Librarians were invited to rate DOS and Windows-based integrated online library automation system (IOLS) software. The ratings are shown on the following charts. The categories surveyed were: * Documentation - the written and online documentation for...
Librarians were invited to rate DOS and Windows-based integrated online library automation system (IOLS) software. The ratings are shown on the following charts.The categories surveyed were:* Documentation--the written and online documentation for the...