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Current Cities Volume 07 Number 01
_Current Cites_
Volume 7, no. 1
January 1996
The Library
University of California, Berkeley
Edited by Teri Andrews Rinne
ISSN: 1060-2356
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/1996/cc96.7.1.html
Contributors:
Campbell Crabtree, John Ober, Margaret Phillips,
David Rez, Richard Rinehart, Teri Rinne, Roy Tennant
Electronic Publishing
Hitchcock, Steve, Leslie Carr and Wendy Hall. "A Survey
of STM Online Journals 1990-95: The Calm Before the
Storm" http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/survey/survey.html
(January 1996) -- This survey lists over 100 peer-reviewed
online journals in the areas of science, technology and
medicine. The paper is really two resources wrapped into
one. The first part is a narrative illuminating the scope
and findings of the survey, the hurdles facing and
distinctive characteristics of the current electronic
journal and a glimpse into what is predicted to be a bright
future for electronic journals in the area of science,
technology and medicine. The second part is a list of
dynamic tables that include links to all the journals
included in the survey. -- DR
Samuelson, Pamela. "The Copyright Grab" WIRED 4(1) (January 1996):135-138,
188-191. -- In a critical look at the Clinton administration's white
paper, "Intellectual Property and National Information Infrastructure,"
[[available in text form at
gopher://ntiant1.ntia.doc.gov:70/00/papers/documents/files/ipnii.txt and
in Adobe Acrobat form at http://www.uspto.gov/web/ipnii/], Sanderson, a
visiting law professor at Cornell, warns that if the legislative proposal
is adopted, traditional 'fair use' rights historically authorized by the
Constitution, will be stripped away, replaced by a controlling set of laws
which give publishers full copyright over every digital transmission. The
paper advocates making it illegal to circumvent copyright management
information and holds online providers responsible for the infractions of
their users. By selectively interpreting existing law and hurrying this
proposal into law, Congress will deliver a policy which could destroy
online privacy and emerging electronic information industries. Sanderson
suggests holding off the legislation until new markets emerge and a
complete interpretation of current law. Included are addresses for the
reader to get involved in the white paper debate. -- CJC
Networks and Networking
AmRhein, Richard. "Internet Resources for Music"
College & Research Libraries News 56(11) (December 1995)
: 760-763. -- This month, the C&RL News Internet
resources column focuses on music. The author has chosen
a representative sample of discussion lists, e-journals,
newsgroups and web sites. Particularly useful is the list
of the many gateway systems that serve as indexes to
thousands of music sites on the Internet. -- MP
Infobahn: Magazine of Internet Culture [issn 1079-4069]
[http://www.postmodern.com/] -- While it's easy to gloss
over the recent explosion in popular periodicals covering
the Internet, Infobahn deserves some consideration. This
magazine (December 1995 is the premiere issue) proposes
to avoid the "tech toy lists," best of Net lists, and
celebrity cameos that seem the stock of most others.
Infobahn, in its premiere issue offer an intelligent
discussion of "The Geopolitics of Cyberspace," a study
into how politicians are beginning to use the new medium,
and more. In the spirit that Wired used to have, one can
look here for some provocative yet accessible commentary
on the effects of the digital age on modern culture. -- RR
Junion-Metz, Gail. _K-12 Resources on the Internet: An
Instructional Guide_. Berkeley, California: Library
Solutions Press, 1996. ISBN:1-882208-14-5. -- Library
Solutions Press has published number 5 in its popular
Internet Workshop Series, this one focusing on K-12
resources. Like the other in the series, this workbook
serves a dual purpose as both a self-paced guide for
individual teachers and librarians who want to learn
about the Internet and as a model training tool for
those teaching the Internet to their students. What
makes this volume particularly valuable is the chapter
on "Making the Internet Happen" which discusses how to
get your school connected to the Internet and the
technological and educational issues associated with
this process. (The PLUS version of this workbook, for
people who train groups of K-12 professionals, comes
with Windows and Macintosh diskettes of PowerPoint
presentation slides that can either be customized to
the instructor's own need or used as is.) -- MP
Koopman, Ann and Sharon Hay. "Large-scale Application of
a Web Browser" College and Research Libraries News 57(1)
(January 1996): 12-15. -- Librarians at Indiana University-
Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) recount their
experiences building a multiplatform, multimedia,
integrated workstation using a World Wide Web browser as
an interface. Providing access to muliple Internet sites,
online catalogs, indexes/abstracts, video resources,
personal storage space and communications, this new
information system is the primary tool through which most
students are delivered information. The authors describe
the campus and library environment and the development
process for establishing the library's information system.
The long list of lessons learned which includes such sage
advice as "design for long-term flexibility, assuming
changes in technology will be the norm" or "graphics are
not necessarily better than text" or "patron education was
and continues to be paramount" should prove to be
invaluable for any information professional participating
in similar projects at their own institutions. -- MP
McClements, Nancy and Cheryl Becker. "Writing Web Page
Standards" College & Research Libraries News 57(1) (January
1996): 16-17. -- This is a short, practical article that
describes how the library at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison established content, design and technical guidelines
for the many units on its campus creating Web pages. With the
primary goal of encouraging standardization, the guidelines
[http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/tech/Web_standards.html]
are designed to be used by staff members with varying levels
of expertise. -- MP
Singleton, Andrew. "Wired on the Web" BYTE 21(1) (January
1996):77-80. -- Although masquerading as yet another Java
hype article, one soon remembers that this is BYTE. Here you
get to see an actual applet, as well hear about some of the
technical details lacking in many other articles on the
subject. Includes informative diagrams. -- RT
Stuart, Lynn M. and Dena Holiman Hutto. "Internet Resources
for Health Policy" College & Research Libraries News 57(1)
(January 1996): 19-22. -- This month's C&RL News feature on
Internet resources focuses on online sources in the health
sciences. The article provides a list of useful gateway
sites then lists the significant resources produced by each
of the following contributors to the U.S. health care policy:
government, academia, medical associations and the health
care industry. All of the sources listed are World Wide Web
sites. -- MP
"The Year of the Internet" Newsweek (December 25, 1995/
January 1, 1996) -- In this end of year special issue,
Newsweek proves the impact the Internet has had on news
organizations this year by devoting a sizeable chunk of
editorial real estate to discussing it. Besides profiling
their pick of the fifty people who "matter most" on the
Internet (it's debatable whether they picked the right
fifty, but certainly some earned their slot), they discuss
Wall Street's love affair with Internet stocks, profile
Netscape, and begin the whole thing with a piece entitled
"This Changes Everything". Hang on to your hats, as the
final sentence of the intro piece quotes John Barlow: "If
this year seemed like a big one for the Net, wait till
the next one. You ain't seen nothing yet." -- RT
Optical Disc Technology
Bennett, Hugh. "Hewlett-Packard 4020i SureStore CD-Writer:
CD-R for the Mainstream Buyer?" CD-ROM Professional 9(1)
(January 1996):78-92. -- Many industry pundits deem H-P's
CD-Writer 4020i as the Holy Grail for the CD-R industry:
a product so attractive, so inexpensive (only $1049), and
easy to use that it will be universally adopted as a
necessary peripheral for the desktop computer. Bennett
provides a lengthy and informative overview of this new
product, explaining how it "addresses and expands the needs
and desires of individuals, small- and medium-sized
business PC users, and hobbyists for an appropriate method
for file distribution, inexpensive archiving, personal
audio compact disc creation, and multimedia storage..."
-- TR
General
"Information Technology Security" National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration
(August 1995) -- A short, concise and informative
pamphlet that serves as a wonderful reference for
defining, in detail, the jargon surrounding electronic
technology security. Included is a terrific list of
resources such as the Computer Security Resource
Clearinghouse: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/. -- DR
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