A monthly review of current articles in print and electronic format dealing with information technology selected and annotated by a team of librarians and library staff. Also included is a weekly article about the Internet from an online site. If you sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day, you might want to follow their tips for making it a healthier 8 hours. Library Foundation is dedicated to partnering with public libraries to bring access to computers, the Internet, and digital information for patrons in low-income communities in the United States and Canada. The GroupLens project seeks to alleviate the problem of information overload by applying collaborative filtering techniques to Usenet news and other Internet resources.
Collaborative filters help people make choices based on the opinions of other people.
Information Infrastructure Project, Harvard University a collaborative activity of the Center for Business and Government and the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Center for Law and Information Technology at Harvard Law School. The Internet-Enabled Virtual Public Library by Susan Stearns. From the Computers in Library Conference, Feb. 1996. Librarians and Educators Online, a consulting company specializing in the growing technology and information needs of libraries, schools, and other educational institutions. Covers web search databases and plans future articles on Internet services for patrons with special needs, training staff and the public to use the Internet successfully, and how to evaluate library Internet services.