Information Today back issues from December 1997:
MAID completes acquisition of Knight-Ridder Information: the Dialog Corporation must now consolidate.
Dec 01, 1997; ... On November 10, the MAID board of directors announced that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held that day, resolutions required to approve the acquisition of Knight-Ridder Information, Inc. (KRI) were approved by MAID'S shareholders, reportedly by a unanimous show of hands. The ...
Paradigms lost: this year in the information industry. (1997)
Dec 01, 1997; ... The information industry as we know it began crumbling this year. The hairline fractures we've been eyeing for the past several years widened into major cracks. Knight-Ridder Information, whose DIALOG online service has been the symbol of our industry, went to the auction block, found few ...
Desktop Data and Individual announce merger agreement.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Desktop Data, Inc. and Individual, Inc. have announced a definitive agreement to merge and form a new company, which will be called NewsEDGE Corporation. The merger brings together two pioneers of personalized news for business and financial professionals and, according to the ...
Dow Jones announces availability of its new Web-based Dow Jones Interactive service.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Dow Jones Interactive Publishing has announced that Dow Jones Interactive (http://www.djinteractive.com) is now available. Dow Jones Interactive is a customizable enterprise-wide business news and research solution that, according to the company, can meet the diverse information needs of ...
The Investext Group adds new reports from Moody's. (Moody's History & Debt Reports, collection of company reports, Moody's Financial Information Services, Investext database)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Moody's History & Debt Reports, a unique collection of company reports created by The Investext Group (http://www. investext.com) and Moody's Financial Information Services, are now available on the Investext database of investment research and brokerage reports, according to a recent ...
Elsevier Science to acquire companies from Current Science, launches BIOBASE.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Elsevier Science has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Current Science Group (CSG) to acquire several of its companies. In addition, the Elsevier Science Secondary Publishing Division has announced the launch of a new database, Elsevier BIOBASE, which is ...
BasicBIOSIS redesigned for undergraduate students.(BIOSIS publisher)
Dec 01, 1997 ... BIOSIS, the publisher of Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record, has announced that the new BasicBIOSIS file will be available through OCLC's First-Search service with both Web and online access. BasicBIOSIS, the newly redesigned life-science database, addresses the information needs ...
KRI migrates BusinessBase and ScienceBase to DIALOG Select. (Knight-Ridder Information, KR BusinessBase, KR ScienceBase)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Knight-Ridder Information (KRI) has announced its plan to introduce the next generation of both KR BusinessBase and KR ScienceBase through enhanced content on DIALOG Select (http://dialogse lect.krinfo.com). Effective December 31, industry-specific information, including ...
Subscriptions to the virtual library: imagine libraries that reinvent themselves as customers and partners.
Dec 01, 1997; ... Alexander Hamilton once observed that the "best insurance for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty." Belt and suspenders. The one-two punch. Plan A, Plan B. The other day I got a semi-panicked call from a long-time colleague and friend who ...
Thomson Financial Services to release Internet-based Thomson Direct's IB Profiler.(Product Announcement)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Thomson Financial Services (TFS) has announced that it will soon roll out its newest Internet-based product, Thomson Direct's IB Profiler (http:hwww.thom sondirect.com), a suite of TFS's financial databases covering ownership information, corporate finance and merger transactions, broker ...
NewsWorks brings new depth to Web news; the site excels with unique sources and value-added editorial features.
Dec 01, 1997; ... "You can get anything on the Internet!" Information professionals cringe when they hear this, and mutter, "No, no, it's not that way. You can't!" But, I have to admit, sometimes it seems that way (pardon the heresy). We continue to see a steady flow of new databases and ...
OCLC FirstSearch electronic collections online adds social science and humanities publishers. (contracts with new publishers)
Dec 01, 1997 ... OCLC has announced that four additional publishers -- Jossey-Bass Publishers, the Ohio State University Press, Plenum Publishing, and Sage Publications -- have agreed to contribute their journals to the OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online service. "Libraries that ...
Disclosure announces alliance with Compustat. (Standard and Poor's Compustat)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Disclosure Incorporated, a unit of Primark Corporation, has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Standard and Poor's Compustat. The alliance will enable users of Disclosure's new Global Access (http:hwww.disclosure.com/dga) application, "Piranha," to access the ...
UMI offers customizable ProQuest newspaper database. (subscribers create their own newspaper portfolios)
Dec 01, 1997 ... UMI recently announced the introduction of a new customizable database that allows subscribers to create their own portfolios of 150 leading local, regional, national, and international newspapers. The database, ProQuest Full-Text Newspapers, will also offer exclusive online access to The ...
OCLC now offers full-featured dial TCP/IP access to services.(OCLC Dial TCP/IP Access)
Dec 01, 1997 ... OCLC Dial TCP/IP Access is now available throughout the U.S. and in many countries around the world, according to an announcement from OCLC. Dial TCP/IP Access uses point-to-point protocol (PPP) and transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) to connect to OCLC services over ...
Science Web site uses innovative model.(EurekAlert! http://www.euerkalert.org)
Dec 01, 1997; ... While the pursuit of the best models to attract and keep Web surfers continues like the legendary quest for the Holy Grail, one professional society seems to be getting it right -- and even learning from its experience. EurekAlert!, a Web-based news and information ...
Database Tokyo exhibition draws throngs.(Database '97 Tokyo)
Dec 01, 1997; ... Nearly 40,000 attendees gathered at the modern Tokyo International Forum last September 17-19. Was it the Japanese counterpart to COMDEX? No. Could it really have been an information industry meeting? Yes, it was Database `97 Tokyo! Since its inception in 1989, this show has drawn huge ...
Medical search engines. (part 2)
Dec 01, 1997; ... The good news is that the already vast amount of medical information on the Internet is growing and diversifying. The bad news is that the already vast amount of medical information on the Internet is growing and diversifying. Every month on the most disorganized library in the world, it ...
It's push, Jim, but not as we know it.(push technology on the Web)(Column)
Dec 01, 1997; ... Until recently, I was confident that I knew what push was. Moreover, I believed that push was a "good thing." Then IE 4.0 and Netscape's Channel Finder were launched, and after spending the better part of 2 days trying to set up Web channels, I've come to realize that push is probably not ...
Lexis-Nexis expands its NEWS library, releases new corporate counsel product.
Dec 01, 1997 ... LEXIS-NEXIS, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc., has announced three recent business developments. It has added a new group file to its NEWS library to facilitate access of recent news, has announced additional sources for finding media professionals and health-care professionals, and has ...
Information Quest announces partnerships with publishers.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Information Quest, a Dawson company, has announced further expansion of its content base through the formation of additional strategic alliances with leading publishers of scientific, technical, medical, and business publications. Its new Web-based information search, access, and ...
InfoEdge publishes new technical dictionary.(The Gartner Group: Glossary of Information Technology Acronyms and Terms)
Dec 01, 1997 ... InfoEdge has announced that it has published a new dictionary for decision makers in the Information Age, The Gartner Group: Glossary Of Information Technology Acronyms and Terms. This new publication provides concise, ...
Job hunter's guide on CD-ROM. (BumbleBee Technologies' 'What Color Is Your Parachute,' by Nelson Bolles)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Bumble Bee Technologies has announced the release of the wellknown job hunter's guide, What Color Is Your Parachute by Nelson Bolles, on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM captures the book's 525 pages of practical advice, exercises, and career resources in an ...
Facts on File News Services introduces new Facts on File World News CD-ROM.(news reference resource for libraries)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Facts On File News Services has announced the release of its all-new Facts On File World News CD-ROM, a news reference resource created for library users. The Windows-based CD combines a 17-year full-text SGML database and specially crafted supplementary materials with a ...
National Geographic magazine captured in a CD-ROM collection from Mindscape.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Mindscape, Inc. has announced the release of The Complete National Geographic: 108 Years of National Geographic Magazine on CD-ROM, a partnership effort from National Geographic Interactive, Kodak, and Mindscape. The comprehensive CD-ROM archive includes all of National Geographic ...
CD-ROMs for the holiday season: recommended titles offer more than their online, Web-based versions.
Dec 01, 1997; ... Traditionally, I use this December column to pick the most appropriate CD-ROM titles that Information Today readers can buy as holiday gifts for loved ones and friends. Obviously, these have been educational, home reference, arts, and recreation titles, not academic and scholarly ...
IHS develops two new petroleum industry regulatory references.(Information Handling Services, electronic versions of API Technical Data Book and Mineral Management Service regulations)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Information Handling Services (IHS) has announced two CD-ROM-based reference sources to help the petroleum industry identify and comply with industry regulations. The first product is an electronic version of the API Technical Data Book and the second is a reference tool that contains ...
Caveat emptor - pricey, repackaged data.(Gale Research CD-ROM products)
Dec 01, 1997; ... When I think of high-quality, value-added information providers, one of the names that comes to mind is Gale Research. Sure, their products aren't cheap, but I always feel like I'm getting my money's worth. There's no substitute for the Encyclopedia of Associations or the ...
West Group releases CD-ROM versions of Am Jur 2d, RODScan, and RCRAScan.(American Jurisprudence 2d)
Dec 01, 1997 ... West Group has announced that three of its products are now available in CD-ROM format. American Jurisprudence 2d (Am Jur 2d), a 124-volume legal encyclopedia, covers state and federal law. RODScan and RCRAScan, of interest to environmental and real estate lawyers, environmental ...
Matthew Bender announces bankruptcy, Texas Family Law, and California Criminal Law CD-ROMs.(Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide, Authority Texas Family Law)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Matthew Bender & Company, a leading publisher of legal analysis and research information, has announced the release of three products on CD-ROM, the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide, the Authority Texas Family Law, and the California Criminal Law Authority. ...
International Nuclear Information System announces milestone, price reductions, and new products.
Dec 01, 1997 ... The International Nuclear Information System (INIS), operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its participating Member States and international organizations, has announced that it recently added the 2 millionth bibliographical record on the peaceful applications of ...
Underwriter Printing & Publishing Co. releases new CD-ROM for insurance industry.
Dec 01, 1997 ... The Underwriter Printing & Publishing Co. (UP&P), a longtime insurance publisher, has developed three of its most popular reference publications on one new CD-ROM database. * The Insurance Almanac, the Who, What, When and Where of Insurance: A comprehensive insurance reference ...
New CD-ROM library for Webmasters from O'Reilly.(O'Reilly & Associates' WebMaster in a Nutshell)
Dec 01, 1997 ... O'Reilly & Associates has announced a new library for Webmasters, the Deluxe Edition of Webmaster in a Nutshell. The heart of the package is a CD-ROM containing the latest editions of five popular O'Reilly titles: HTML: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition; JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, ...
NTIS brings S&T information to an engineering audience.(American Consulting Engineers Council, National Technical Information Service, NTIS Order Now Catalog)
Dec 01, 1997 ... The American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC) has announced that it has partnered with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, to make the NTIS Order Now Catalog on CD-ROM available to its members. The agreement is part of an ...
ECRI and IDEM issue European Union legal and regulatory information on CD.(Information Desk of Enterprise Mobility)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Two CD-ROMs that provide information of interest to those wishing to conduct business in the European Union have recently become available. ECRI, a nonprofit health services research agency and a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization, has issued a CD-ROM to help ...
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1998 fifth-anniversary deluxe edition debuts.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Microsoft Corp. has announced the release of the fifth-anniversary editions of Microsoft Encarta. Encarta 98 Encyclopedia and Encarta 98 Encyclopedia Deluxe Edition offer new content and interactive features. "What Encarta provides is a rich multisensory experience that draws ...
Benchmarking CD-ROM video playback: three free or inexpensive programs provide useful performance data.(Evaluation)
Dec 01, 1997; ... In the July/August installment of this column, I wrote about free or inexpensive benchmark programs that let you learn about, among other things, the capabilities of your CD-ROM drive. I also mentioned that learning the features of your drive in itself may not be sufficient for predicting ...
ITU drives development of multimedia systems.(International Telecommunication Union)
Dec 01, 1997 ... The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has initiated approval of a number of new recommendations that will have the effect of speeding the delivery of multimedia and interactive applications to desktops all around the world, according to a recent announcement from the ...
MicroMedium Inc. makes Internet/Intranet employee training easier.(introduces Digital Trainer Professional version 4.11)(Product Announcement)
Dec 01, 1997 ... MicroMedium, Inc., a leader in human resource development software, has announced the immediate availability of v4.11 of Digital Trainer Professional. MicroMedium calls this the multimedia industry's first product to guarantee that users can begin creating their own interactive training ...
Scala develops networked multimedia tool.(Scala InfoChannel IC200 networked multmedia software)(Product Announcement)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Scala, Inc., a developer of business multimedia software and solutions, has announced the availability of Scala InfoChannel IC200, a networked multimedia software solution. InfoChannel IC200 allows corporations to create their own broadcast-quality multimedia programs and then distribute ...
GEO Publishing ships Emblaze Creator 2.5.(multimedia authoring tool)
Dec 01, 1997 ... GEO Publishing, Inc., a leading Internet software publisher, has announced that it is shipping Emblaze Creator 2.5, a multimedia authoring tool for the Internet. With this new version, GEO has made significant improvements in the product's video, audio, animation, and general graphics ...
DPEC, Inc. says multimedia-based training to double.
Dec 01, 1997 ... DPEC, Inc., a developer of courses on client/server, mainframe, and end-user topics, cites a recent study that it says bolsters its decision to develop new courses exclusively in an HTML format. The results of the annual study, conducted by OmniTech Consulting Group in cooperation with ...
Kirkbride, Parsons release biblical research CD-ROMs.(Kirkbride Bible & Technology's Thomspons Bible Study Library, Parsons Technology' Life Application Bible CD-ROM)
Dec 01, 1997 ... In separate press releases, two companies have announced new Bible-related CD-ROM products. Kirkbride Bible & Technology, Inc. has announced its newest electronic Bible-study product, the Thompson Bible Study Library on CD-ROM, which comes in a variety of editions tailored to different ...
InfoSpace and Deja News announce partnership.
Dec 01, 1997 ... InfoSpace (http://www.infospace.com), a leading directory and content aggregator on the Internet, and Deja News (http://www.dejanews.com), which operates a Web source for Internet discussion groups such as Usenet, have announced that both companies will integrate each other's services ...
ISI announces agreements with Nature, Hampden Data Services Ltd.
Dec 01, 1997 ... The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) has announced two agreements regarding its activity on the World Wide Web. The weekly journal, Nature, and ISI plan to offer links between the Web content of Nature and ISI's Web of Science. These links will be available upon introduction of ...
Tips for the savvy Internet consumer: holiday shopping suggestions for spending - and saving - via the Web.(World Wide Web)
Dec 01, 1997; ... Since this issue should be sent to your in early December, it's not too late for you to do a bit of last-minute holiday shopping. The Web makes it easy -- no jockeying for parking spaces the mall, no fighting the crowds, no worrying about getting to stores before the close. Internet ...
Kluwer, Royal Society join Blackwell's Journal Navigator service.(Kluwer Academic, The Royal Society)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Blackwell's has announced that two major publishers will join its Electronic Journal Navigator service. Kluwer Academic will supply its journals electronically through Blackwell's service, with 120 journals expected to be available in time for the new subscription year next month. The ...
ASTM standards now on IHS's Engineering Resource Center. (American Society for Testing and Materials, Information Handling Services)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Information Handling Services (IHS) recently announced the availability of all current American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards on the IHS Engineering Resource Center (http://www.ihserc.com), an Internet source of specifications, standards, and industrial catalogs that ...
Mixed bag of new Web site launches: new sites announced at Online World provide content and communication.(World Wide Web sites)
Dec 01, 1997; ... Exhibitions can be tiring experiences for a journalist -- especially those from overseas. By the time you've spent 8 hours on a plane, being kicked in the spine by some little spoiled kid whose parents pretend to be oblivious, the last things on your mind are online services and search ...
UCAID supports Internet2 members. (University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, next generation Internet use)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Leading U.S. research universities have established the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) in the continuing development of the Internet2 project, according to an announcement from the new organization. UCAID will provide a formal organization to support ...
RoweCom announces agreement with Ingram Book Group.
Dec 01, 1997 ... RoweCom, Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based magazine, journal, and book ordering systems for business and educational institutions, has announced that it has entered into a fulfillment agreement with Ingram Book Group, a large wholesale book, distributor. The agreement, in which ...
Infoseek partners with over 50 content and commerce sites.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Infoseek Corporation has announced the first key commerce, content, and community partners that launched with its newly revamped service. The new service features "intelligent" Web channels that integrate search results with information, services, products, and communities on the Web ....
The Association of American Publishers develops identification system for digital media.
Dec 01, 1997 ... The Association of American Publishers has announced a unique partnership between itself and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) that is expected to play a key role in the development of standards for electronic information commerce. These organizations have debuted ...
Exploring the role of electronic journals.(Column)
Dec 01, 1997; ... Early applications of new technology often result in the mere transfer of content to a new format rather than in a product that has been redesigned to maximize the capabilities of the new medium. Many early CD-ROM products fell far short of delivering the capabilities of the reference ...
Reed Technology announces its Web publishing solution.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Reed Technology and Information Services recently announced that it has introduced its customizable Web Publishing Solution, which is designed specifically to enable magazine publishers to place a magazine on the Web, with both archived and current information. The solution ...
Chiliad, a new interactive modular publishing company, is launched.
Dec 01, 1997 ... The formation of a new interactive "modular publishing" company called Chiliad (pronounced kil-ee-ad, the Greek term for millennium) has been announced by its CEO, Christine Maxwell. Chiliad MAPPS, Chiliad's modular authoring and publishing process, makes it possible to create and ...
Transit Central 3.0 sets web publishing standard.
Dec 01, 1997 ... InfoAccess, Inc. has announced a new version of Transit Central, an automated, server-based Web publishing solution. Transit Central 3.0 includes all of the batch conversion power and template creation capabilities of the new HTML Transit 3.0. yet also provides the ability to create ...
Is the Web ready for 3-D? Should you be?(Column)
Dec 01, 1997; ... Pick up any major computer magazine today and you are likely to see 3-D or virtual reality mentioned somewhere on the cover. In their latest versions, Netscape and Internet Explorer have bundled 3-D graphic plug-ins with their respective browsers. Is it time to start thinking about ...
Carl Corporation debuts new interfaces, introduces desktop image delivery option.
Dec 01, 1997 ... The CARL Corporation has announced two recent developments. Three staff modules of the CARL System -- circulation, acquisitions, and serials -- are planned for release early next year. These three client modules complement CARL's graphical cataloging utility, ITS for CARL, to provide an ...
UCSD launches Pacific Rim digital library alliance.(University of California San Diego)
Dec 01, 1997 ... The University of California -- San Diego (UCSD) has announced that it has led the formation of a new consortium of 12 prestigious academic libraries in the Pacific Rim to facilitate access to scholarly research materials through various digital networks. "By entering into ...
Internet reference: just the good stuff.(Column)
Dec 01, 1997; ... "When you just got a new hammer, everything looks like a nail," according to Abraham Maslow, who died years before the Internet existed. Nevertheless, these words may well describe one extreme in the way that librarians relate to the World Wide Web. The other extreme was ...
Follett Software Company releases new Windows products for beta testing.
Dec 01, 1997 ... Follett Software Company recently announced that it has released the beta version of its widely used automation software, Circulation Plus and Catalog Plus for Windows v3.00. According to the company, this is its first release of these products on the Windows operating system. Beta ...
Infotrieve to provide document delivery services for the California State University libraries. (agreement with California State University)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Infotrieve has announced that it has signed an agreement with California State University (CSU) to provide document delivery services, via the Internet, to the CSU libraries. Following a successful pilot program, the Council of Library Directors voted to enhance CSU library services by ...
Information Seeking in Electronic Environments.
Dec 01, 1997; ... The commonplace use of computers has revolutionized the world of information. Amazing amounts of new information are available every day in electronic formats. These masses of information can only be helpful to individual information seekers if they can find it. It is important to know ...
EBSCO Publishing adds NICEM database to EBSCOhost, introduces new MAS FullTEXT Ultra.
Dec 01, 1997 ... EBSCO Publishing has made two recent announcements: The NICEM database of educational media is now available through EBSCOhost, and a new product for the K-12 market, MAS FullTEXT Ultra, has been released. The NICEM Database Educators in schools, libraries, and ...