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Bringing Us Together / Getting Us Out, Peter D. Verheyen Nov 1998

Bringing Us Together / Getting Us Out, Peter D. Verheyen

Peter D Verheyen

The past five years have seen an explosion in the use of the Internet by book artists both as a tool for communication and as a means of publicizing their work. Not quite as rapidly, but steadily nevertheless some formerly traditional book artists have left the confines and limitations of hot type on damp paper to explore the creation of "books" which can only exist in digital form. In this presentation, I will explore how both book artists and the book arts represent themselves using digital media and what I see as some of the implications for the ways in …


An Exploratory Study Of User Searching Of The World Wide Web: A Holistic Approach, Carol Tenopir, Peiling Wang, Elizabeth Layman, David Penniman, Shawn Collins Oct 1998

An Exploratory Study Of User Searching Of The World Wide Web: A Holistic Approach, Carol Tenopir, Peiling Wang, Elizabeth Layman, David Penniman, Shawn Collins

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.


Pricing Options For End User Products In Libraries, Carol Tenopir, George Banks, Leslie Lowe Preston May 1998

Pricing Options For End User Products In Libraries, Carol Tenopir, George Banks, Leslie Lowe Preston

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.


An Exploratory Study Of User's Interaction With World Wide Web Resources: Information Skills, Cognitive Styles, Affective States, And Searching Behaviors, Carol Tenopir, Peiling Wang May 1998

An Exploratory Study Of User's Interaction With World Wide Web Resources: Information Skills, Cognitive Styles, Affective States, And Searching Behaviors, Carol Tenopir, Peiling Wang

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.


Designing The Future Of Electronic Journals With Lessons Learned From The Past: Economic And Use Patterns Of Scientific Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King Apr 1998

Designing The Future Of Electronic Journals With Lessons Learned From The Past: Economic And Use Patterns Of Scientific Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.


Mental Health Parity: 1998 National And State Perspectives, Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Ardis Hanson, Richard Coe, Ann C. Taylor Mar 1998

Mental Health Parity: 1998 National And State Perspectives, Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Ardis Hanson, Richard Coe, Ann C. Taylor

Ardis Hanson

The federal Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 requires insurers to offer the same benefits for mental disorders and substance abuse as they would for physical disorders, including any annual or lifetime limitations and restrictions placed upon such coverage. To date, twenty states across the nation have enacted parity laws for mental health and/or substance abuse benefits. This report summarizes the essential issues facing the state of Florida in the development of state mental health parity legislation, including an examination of the experiences of other states, a look at potential benefits, and a discussion of the impact of managed care …


Economic Cost Models Of Scientific Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King Mar 1998

Economic Cost Models Of Scientific Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.


Internet Infoglut And Invisible Ink: Spamdexing Search Engines With Meta Tags, Ira Nathenson Jan 1998

Internet Infoglut And Invisible Ink: Spamdexing Search Engines With Meta Tags, Ira Nathenson

Ira Steven Nathenson

This Article addresses 'spamdexing,' namely, the practice of stuffing invisible keywords into webpages in order to try to get more favorable listings with search engines. For instance, some website owners will stuff the trademarks of competitors into a webpage’s code, particularly by using 'meta tags,' indexing keywords that can be hidden in a webpage’s source code. Although meta tags are not typically viewed by users, the code can be read by search engines, with the result that webpages may be improperly boosted in search engine rankings. Such practices can confuse the public and have also spurred trademark lawsuits. But the …


Archiv Der Pharmazie, Philadelphia University Jan 1998

Archiv Der Pharmazie, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Simulation And Fpga Implementation Of A Simple Computer, Philadelphia University Jan 1998

Simulation And Fpga Implementation Of A Simple Computer, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Implementing National Guidelines And Standards: A Model For Action, Ken Haycock Jan 1998

Implementing National Guidelines And Standards: A Model For Action, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

Outlines the steps undertaken by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in coordinating the implementation of the `Information power: Building partnerships for learning' standards. Survey conducted in 1995; Restructuring in 1996; Objective of the National Association of Secondary School Principals.