And, we have worked hard to improve the turnaround time and to make the HTML versions as user friendly as possible. We now promise conversion within 2 weeks, and generally beat this deadline. We cannot do much about the way HTML is presented by the browsers. None of us is convinced that today s version of a PDF or Word document will be readable by Word 2015 or Acrobat 15, or whatever versions are being offered in 15 years time. We are pleased that the program has been so successful.
Statistics dramatically show that Web versions of reports are used and read.
Ford Motor Co. We at RLIS have also shed our naive assumptions about how to conduct a publishing operation. Given our hard-earned education, we are anxious and ready to expand our publishing operations. Tracy Primich received an M.L.S. from Indiana University and has been working in academic and corporate libraries for the past 10 years. Ken Varnum completed his master s degrees in library science and Russian studies at the University of Michigan, and has 5 years work experience in intranet management and information architecture. Both are information specialists at Ford Motor Co. s research library and have extensive experience with Web publications.