LISNews: Librarian News

Onlineinc.com has a Report Card on all the major librarian portal sites. They were tough graders, not many A\'s were given out! They didn\'t grade us, though I\'m not sure we fit with the rest of the portals they review. LibraryLand, Internet Public Library Services for Librarians, and Internet Library for Librarians all got A\'s.

\"The ideal library portal will have the most thorough coverage possible in several areas of the library profession for all types of libraries.\"

The NY Times has a Nice Story on the impact of the WWW on the W. It\'s a nice look at the past, present and future of the web.

\"In a remarkably short period, the World Wide Web has touched or has promised to alter — some would say threaten — virtually every aspect of modern life.\"

Wired has a Story on how the new administration here in the USA will be handling the internet. Check out the National Academy of Sciences report -
Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and
Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content. Dubbya is likely to come down on internet free speech.

\"If you\'re a child, have a computer and know how to type, you can access anything you want on the Internet,\" Donnerstein said. \"The question is, what does this material do? What effects does it have?\"

Elizabeth Thomsen was kind enough to let us reprint her take
on the ubiquitous lists over on Amazon.com

\"Have you seen the customer-generated booklists on Amazon\'s
website?
They pop up all over the place-- for example, if you do a
search on
\"Architecture,\" in addition to the hits, you\'ll also see a
\"Listmania\"
column with several lists contributed by customers. The
customer gets
to select the items they want included in their list, and to
add their
own comments for each item. When the list is displayed,
there are links
to add the item to your shopping cart or wish list.
Anything currently
available through Amazon (including videos, toys, etc.) can
be included,
and the system automatically removes unavailable items.\"

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