Teaching About the Internet:

Since 1991, the Kennedy Library has offered a 10-week, 1-credit course for undergraduates, primarily focused on accessing library catalogs and full-text databases through the Internet. Utilizing lecture/demonstrations and hands-on experiences, the students are introduced to a multitude of state, regional, national and international library catalogs; journal article databases, for both citations and full-text articles; local collections of specialized materials; and full-text bibliographic and numeric sources. In addition, the capabilities of electronic mail and computer conferences are introduced. This article will discuss the framework for the course, instructional stategies, and factors which have contributed to its success.     

Looking Down the Road

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Job Searching on the Internet:

The Internet is a technology that is opening vast new doors to public librarians and patrons. Enhanced service to job hunters is one of these new doors. There are many resources on the Internet of potential use to job seekers as well as sophisticated tools for finding these resources. Offering access to job searching on the Internet will require a great deal of equipment, planning, preparation and expertise. This paper will examine the possibilities and practicalities for the public library.     

Internet Resources:

This article is aimed at the practical applications of information available on the Internet and how it creates a new role f a reference librarians as information facilitators. It focuses on the Info.umd.edu database developed by the University of Maryland and how it makes the transfer of files very easy. There are examples of how his database can be used to facilitate librarian and faculty interaction and collegiality, and how it is a resource for answers to specific questions. It contains specific examples of how the database was used in the above situations. One such example is how the author introduced the Women's Studies sections of the database to the Women's Studies faculty. They saw it as a wonderhrl resource for information as to what other faculty are doing across the country. The database has been used to enhance the image of the library on campus. Within minutes of downloading the text of the Democratic National Platform from Info, the college president's office called thanking the library for making it available to the campus. It presents the idea that the information available on the Internet is still essentially an untapped resource by many faculty and students. Librarians have the skills to become guides and mentors in the exploitation of that resource. Databases like Info.umd.edu and knowledge of them make us a valuable commodity on campus.     

Searching Down the Fisheries Information Web: An Initial Reflection

The complex web of information ranges from pure science to applied techniques to management policies. All are important, yet have varying levels of accessibility and authority. Often the apex of the peer-reviewed journal article is considered the most important level discouraging scientists and managers, especially those in developing countries, from populating the other layers of the web that may be considered grey. We are particularly interested in how information produced in developing countries fits into this information web. To do so, we focused on one topic, mangroves, using it as a means to exemplify the complexity of the web of information and reveal publication patterns. Using search tools, we identified 2000–2005 mangrove-related publications regarding Africa and India, analyzed them by author’s location and affiliation, publication format, and availability. Our preliminary analysis suggests that grey literature remains difficult to discover, the peer-reviewed journal is the most popular means of scientific communication, and open archives are just starting to have an impact on scholarly communication. The web of information would be strengthened by improving the discovery of the grey literature through greater visibility and accessibility.     

The Internet Gopher:

An overview of the Gopher distributed document delivery resource. Internet access through various ports are indicated. Usage, set-up, and reference area ideas; the benefits of the clientserver protocol; and Gopher strengths and weaknesses are discussed.     

Googled: the quest for visibility on the Internet

Small publishing‐related firms have a problem getting their services and products known to the scholarly and STM market. Getting listed on search engine results pages is difficult due to the way the most popular search engines rank sites. Galayaa has tried out Google's AdWords as a way to get noticed. Does it work? An impression of early results of the campaign is given.     

Providing and Accessing Information via the Internet:

A study of Georgetown University's Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET), while confirming the prediction that access and knowledge management will be major concerns in the library of the fume, suggests that the demands of the two desiderata will sometimes clash. This review of CPET charts the tradeoffs between maintenance and access that have marked three successive technological generations of the project, considers the implications of recent data on CPET usage, and speculates upon improvements in maintenance and access that will come with newly emerging utilities on the Internet.     

网络、游戏和网络游戏

一边是快速的增长，一边是众多的指责。网络游戏到底是一种什么形态的传媒文化？它的吸引力究竟何在？从网络和游戏这两个关键词入手来探讨网络游戏的传播优势和文化特点可以寻找到答案：网络游戏有效地嫁接了网络这一新锐媒介的优势和游戏这一重要文化的特质，从而形成了自身独特的吸引力。     

Misunderstanding the Internet

By empirically investigating the political orientations of three conservative and two progressive newspapers in Korea, this study examined the source usage of these papers regarding the US beef imports issue. Results showed that while progressive newspapers took a more negative stance in reporting US beef imports than conservative ones, both papers together used sources that are more transparent more frequently compared to less transparent sources in order to build their political perspectives. At the same time, the information from more transparent sources was generally provided by more credible source categories in terms of source affiliations. These results imply that, regardless of political stances, Korean newspapers might have followed the journalistic norms that suggest using more transparent and credible sources than less transparent and credible ones. However, the authors also stress that conservative and progressive papers would have framed the story by purposely selecting favorable informants for their respective political stances, even if they originate from more transparent and credible sources, as ways of pushing for their own viewpoints.     

Indexing the Internet

Describes some of the historical problems and technological advances that make electronic publishing so attractive as an alternative to print. But while the future may be now, it is not without complication. Indexes and the texts to which they point have traditionally been print products; many of the same problems plague both as electronic products. While many of the issues are still unclear, and many of the solutions only tentative, the pattern is unavoidable: electronic publishing is a growth industry and an expanding market; indexers need to adapt their practices to survive.     

The Internet Job Search:

To many users, the Internet is an unfriendly and unusable network of computers, but for the job hunter, it contains a multitude of important information resources. Position listings, resumewriting assistance, company profiles, and other relevant pieces of information are available to the user who can locate them. This article outlines concepts and search strategies which can be used to find this information utilizing a variety of Internet tools and resources.