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Putting XML to Work in the Library: Tools for Improving Access and ManagementThe authors, hoping to stimulate interest in XML (Extensible Markup Language) and explain its value to the library community, offer a fine introduction to the topic. The opening chapter defines XML as "a system for electronically tagging or marking up documents in order to label, organize, and categorize their content" and then goes on to... | | | | The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, and the Quest for BalanceGeorge Eliot’s Middlemarch, deemed by many the finest English-language novel of the nineteenth century, is rooted in a particular time and place. The time is the late 1820s and early 1830s and the place England—a country going through a profound change. Superstition was giving way to science, quackery to scientific medicine,... |
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The Ultimate Digital Library: Where the New Information Players MeetIhave literally been writing this book in my head for five years, and I must admit to leaping at the chance to create it when ALA Editions first approached me. The topic—simply described as “libraries and vendors”— represents such an undercurrent to how I think about libraries and librarianship that the first outline spilled... | | Metadata in PracticeIT IS BOTH an exciting and frustrating time to be working in the world of metadata. Exciting because so many new communities are discovering the usefulness of metadata at the same time as librarians seriously consider the limitations of our traditional notions of the functions of libraries. New metadata formats seem to erupt like dandelions on a... | | Usability Testing for Library Websites: A Hands-On GuidePeople acquire information from many sources other than libraries. For example, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Amazon .com sell and distribute books, videos, and CDs and compete for the time and attention of our library’s customers. Barnes & Noble also provides children’s programming and Internet-related classes for families.... |
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| | Asian Flavors Diabetes Cookbook: Simple, Fresh Meals Perfect for Every Day
The Asian Flavors Diabetes Cookbook is the first book that takes the naturally healthy recipes and meals of Asian cuisine and crafts them specifically for people with diabetes. Authored by Corinne Trang, who was dubbed by The Washington Post "the Julia Child of Asian cuisine," this unique collection of recipes will ... | | |
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