Responds to the suggestion that services provided by research libraries must adapt to changing research patterns. It is argued that research patterns need to be evaluated as well as described, and that research libraries must define their goals and relate activities to those goals as well as to current research patterns. (seven references)…

Discusses the meanings of the terms "table,""graph, "chart" and "diagram" in relation to four types of technical graphics. Describes the appropriate use of each graphics type in relation to the uses of other graphic types, and illustrates the kind of information each type most effectively represents. (KEH)

The winner of the 1994 CAUSE Award for Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence offers his view of information technology, resources, and management. Engineering principles are applied to information technology issues, such as access versus security and client/server versus mainframe systems. College/university information…

Presents 10 tips on managing Internet searches; highlights include area and level of expertise, request forms, lay terms for casual users, realistic times for retrieving results, a systematic approach, the operating platform and tools, a file of servers' and patrons' addresses, bookmarks and home pages, shortcuts, and the Internet Hunt. (AEF)

Record managers' responses (n=245) to a survey identified methods and technologies involved in management of information by acquiring a basic knowledge of information and image management systems used by business and industry with implications for curricular improvement. It was recommended that educators provide students with understanding of…

Provides a brief history of the American Society of Indexers (ASI) and assesses its position among other organizations, such as ASIS, involved with the organization of information. Topics discussed include the annual award for best monograph index; the ASI newsletter; and publicity to convey the importance of quality indexing. (LRW)

Discusses the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which was adopted as an international standard for data description, data modeling, and interchange in October 1986, and explores its evolution from its technical completion to its adoption by the international market. (four references) (LAE)

Introduces a new generalization of inner product measures which removes the aesthetic deficiencies in previous research. Discusses linear similarity measures; proves the existence theorem for acceptable ranking functions in the case of a linear measure; and defines asymptotic inner product measures. (AEF)

Explains that a corporate Web application is a corporate information system that uses World Wide Web technology to provide access to a variety of corporate information resources for internal and external users in geographically distributed locations. Top-down development is explained, and design requirements are discussed. (Author/LRW)

Describes a paraprofessional's three-year pursuit of a master's degree in information resources and library science at the University of Arizona at Tucson via distance education. Concludes that her effort and investment were well rewarded and provides her e-mail address for anyone interested in discussing the program. (PEN)

Defines reflective practice and illustrates why reflection is fundamental to learning and how it can be brought out in the company of trusted others through dialogue. Illuminates the relationships between public reflection and the common good, experience, and time as well as characterizing the skills associated with reflective practice. (Contains…

Discussion of knowledge management focuses on the program for professional education for knowledge management at the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). Considers attributes of graduates, industry trends that inform the program, the information-knowledge debate, information management, organizational culture, and learning principles and…

Uses the metaphor of the Starship Enterprise to elucidate the nature of roles in information management. The spaceship metaphor is a framework to support the identification of roles of pilot (end user), maintenance engineer (information intermediary), and designer (information systems professional). (SLD)

Includes four articles that address issues concerning content management (CM) of organizations or Web sites. Highlights include systems for managing content; computer software-based systems; the role of information architects; CM and publishing; and evaluation criteria for CM implementation via vendors, including pricing and support. (LRW)

Economic-crime investigation in Finland is in transition from hierarchically organized, sequential collaboration between authorities toward parallel, interorganizational collaboration. This article describes the tools used and developed for managing the new collaborative economic-crime-investigation process. The challenge is to find…