Proposes a new technique for teaching search strategies on CD-ROM databases, using common novice errors to illustrate basic search techniques. By incorporating examples of search errors, such as use of search terms that are too narrow or broad, or failure to utilize thesaurus terms, database users may more readily comprehend why searches are…

Recommends that school librarians and media specialists make known the importance of school libraries and media centers and the work they do. Suggests increasing librarian visibility in schools, writing articles, and attending and presenting at conferences and conventions for teachers and administrators. A sidebar contains suggestions for article…

Discusses three philosophical positions taken by librarians regarding Holocaust denial literature in library collections: inclusion, exclusion, and inclusion with labeling as inaccurate. Concludes that librarians should not undertake the role of arbiters of truth but should responsibly and intelligently build collections that provide access to…

Presents an annotated selection of recent scholarly and general reference works under the subject headings of religion and mythology, literature, architecture, dance, film and television, women's studies, political science, and history, as well as new editions and supplements. (LRW)

Considers the possibility of a bibliographic management tool that combines file storage with a Napster-like communications protocol, called docster. Explains Napster and discusses copyright issues, interlibrary loans, infrastructure, security concerns, the library's role, and online publishing. (LRW)

Describes the FLIP IT framework for developing collaborative resource-based activities by outlining the interrelationships of the specific skills and information that will be needed. Discusses the role of teachers and librarians in the process and provides a sample worksheet. (LRW)

Asserts that the Internet plays a vital role in providing college library users equal access to government information, and that government depositories must promote their collections, especially what is available on the Internet. Provides a partial bibliography of Internet information for U.S. government publications. (CW)

Considers issues related to information equality from a theory-driven empirical perspective. Highlights include a case study of UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act); issues for libraries, including licensing; issues for software developers; social constraints in a dynamic social environment with changing situational contexts; and…

Presents a summary review of 25 years of the literature on user instruction and information literacy. Notes how developments and technology during the last 10 years have affected user instruction and have led to the emergence of information literacy. Demonstrates how the field of user instruction has expanded. Includes bibliographies. (Author/AEF)

A British government project funded open learning in public libraries. Early provision of open learning packs expanded into uses of information technology. The project demonstrated that supporting adult learning is a core service of the public library. (SK)

Describes Project LIS (library information systems), a student-originated and student-developed metasite of URLs that points to information about integrated online library systems (IOLS) vendors, electronic journal titles and specific e-journal articles addressing IOLS topics of interest, and general information sources that might be accessed by…

This chronological bibliography of writings (1967-1999) by A.J. Meadows, astronomer, historian of science, and information scientist, is restricted to papers and book reviews on library and information science, publishing and scientific communication. It excludes works on the history of science and astronomy. It aims at completeness, though some…

Discusses the current status of information technology development in Kenya, especially as it affects higher education. Topics include management and funding of public universities; efforts to survive in the face of decreasing resources; Internet connectivity; telecommunications; network infrastructure; and information technology in university…

Describes use of a follow-up study and newspaper scanning techniques to collect data to review and revise the Library and Information Science curriculum at the University of Zululand (South Africa). Includes a case study of graduates that investigated whether their training was adequate and a scan of job advertisements. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the need for Spanish language materials as a result of the growth of the Hispanic population, and describes issues faced by one children's book publisher. Topics include how books are selected for translation; Spanish only versus bilingual editions; selecting translators; standard Spanish versus regional Spanish; and information for…