Keeping current : advanced Internet strategies to meet librarian and patron needs / Steven M. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Steven M., 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Current awareness services--Information technology.

Current awareness services.

Computer network resources--Management.

Computer network resources.

World Wide Web--Computer programs.

World Wide Web.

Web search engines.

Blogs.

Library science--Computer network resources.

Library science.

Communication in library science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keeping up with the ever-growing Web, along with professional resources and information for customers, can be an overwhelming challenge for busy librarians. What if you could keep current in one hour per day or less? What if you didn't have to surf? What if the information you selected proactively arrived in your inbox? What if you had effective sorting and saving tools to capture your preferred portion of this flood of data?

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Developments in Currency; Chapter 2 - Search Engines; Chapter 3 - Web Site Monitoring Software; Chapter 4 - Weblogs; Chapter 5 - RSS Feeds; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8389-9855-0

OCLC:

122350143