A wiki was used as part of a blended learning approach to promote collaborative learning among students in a first year university statistics class. One group of students analysed a data set and communicated the results by jointly writing a practice report using a wiki. A second group analysed the same data but communicated the results in a…

Profiles the corporate strategies of three sectors of the information industry and the trend toward consolidation in electronic publishing. Three companies' acquisitions are examined in detail using qualitative data from information industry columns and interpreting it on the basis of game theory. (EM)

Because of information law's inability to keep up with rapid changes in information technology and impreciseness of the law, copyrighting of databases poses unique problems. Interpretation of fair use doctrine, privately owned computer "downloading," impact of federal electronic filing, and questions concerning information businesses…

This book discusses and develops similar strategies for a variety of new media, primarily focusing on those that are emerging by way of the Internet. It also evaluates whether these new technologies are helpful in satisfying user need. Chapter One explores the tension created by an emotional versus rational relationship with technology. It…

This paper discusses the work of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) working group. The first section provides background on ISBDs and the revision process. Reasons for the current need for an ISBD working group are summarized in the second section, including the…

Relates how a 16,000 circulation daily newspaper publishes on the Web. Discusses lessons learned about audience, content, design, interactivity, and making money. Muses about the effect new media will have on print. (PA)

Considers how the same First Amendment protections that govern print journalism apply to electronic practitioners. Discusses how the number of broadcast and online journalism classes at the nation's high schools demonstrate steady growth, according to a survey conducted in the fall of 2001 for the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.…

Describes the Public Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS), a computer conference that deals with all computer systems that libraries make available to patrons. Areas discussed include how to subscribe to PACS, message distribution and retrieval capabilities, subscriber lists, documentation, generic list server capabilities, and other…

Provides a historical review of copymarking, a conceptual description of various types of copymarks, and a taxonomy of copymarks used in electronic conversion systems. Issues raised by the development of document interchange standards and conversion systems are reviewed, and implications for future research on documents and document processing are…

Summarizes the two phases in the preparation of an electronic version of the "New Oxford English Dictionary" and discusses possible uses of machine-readable dictionaries. (seven references) (MES)

Provides an overview of this special issue that addresses the possibilities and implications of electronic publishing and information dissemination as key components of effective education. Highlights include the theory and framework of electronic publishing; differences between electronic text and print; development of new educational materials;…

Discusses the World Wide Web, its importance for marketing, its advantages, non-commercial promotions on the Web, how businesses use the Web, the Web market, resistance to Internet commercialization, getting on the Web, creating Web pages, rising above the noise, and some of the Web's problems and limitations. (SR)

Discusses the need for distribution systems for the off-site delivery of hypermedia documents. Examines the possibility of using public-access wide-area networking systems (WANS). Examines recent developments in WANS technology and explores how new electronic publishing tools for these networks can assist in the distribution of hypermedia. (SR)

Discusses issues encountered in converting a booklet to electronic format. (SR)

Describes the new Fractal Transform technology, a method of compressing digital images to represent images as seen by the mind's eye. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for compressed image formats are discussed in relationship to Fractal Transform, and it is compared with Discrete Cosine Transform. Thirteen figures…