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As devastating as the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) would be on the local level, the legislation, which requires libraries and schools that receive federal funding for Internet access to [...]

Last June I passed the five-year mark for writing the Internet Librarian column. Given the centuries in Internet time since the column first debuted--for example, Netscape was only seven months [...]

Imagine, for a minute, that the worst Year 2000 predictions materialize, and on January 1 we arrive at our libraries to discover that our computers don't work. Is that really [...]

Internet resources for children's and young adult library services are just now coming into their own. This is not surprising: Though over one-third of all public library patrons are under [...]

The Censors Had Their Moment. . . It's been a long, cold winter: snowstorms, floods, train wrecks, and then the Telecommunications Act. When we weren't shoveling three feet of new [...]

When I put out an online call for information about grants and the internet, Theodore Allan of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Libraries responded, 'About two years ago I [...]

Not long before she died, my Grandma Jennie proudly introduced me to her own new recipe: gefilte chicken, a dish modeled on gefilte fish. It was delicious--smooth, lightly seasoned ovals [...]

Welcome to the first installment in American Libraries'new column on how librarians are using and creating resources on the internet. Perhaps some background is in order to explain who I […]

Bummed out by CIPA, e-rate, busted budgets, or patrons fighting over computers? Refresh your appreciation for the amazing electronic world with these stories in response to my online request for [...]

Full disclosure: I'm deeply involved in the project I'm going to discuss in this column. The bad news is that this involvement no doubt colors my objectivity. The good news [...]

Despite the filtering requirements added by the Children's Internet Protection Act, librarians who have previously filed for the e-rate should continue to do so (unless they're completely burned out on [...]

The response of librarians to September 11 has been the ultimate rebuke to these terrible events. There is nothing good about what happened. But you can be very proud to [...]

With respect to collection development, many of us are straddling two worlds. We still park in front of the television, highlighter in hand, to mark up the latest review magazine; [...]

The 1998 NCLIS report on public libraries and the Internet (available at www.nclis.gov/what/survey98.pdf) says 'only a third' of all public libraries have the technology necessary for graphics, sound, and video. [...]

'Acronym Soup' (Sung to 'Three Little Maids from School' from The Mikado) By Thomas Dowling (digital muckety-muck at Ohiolink and frequent poster to Web4Lib) Three-letter acronyms can be Very confusing [...]

According to the 1997 Survey of Public Libraries and the Internet, the good news is that over 70% of public libraries in the United States were connected to the Internet [...]

My editor warned me not to make this too schmaltzy, but he needn't have worried. Within minutes after I put out an online call for examples of how the Internet [...]

There's been plenty of hullabaloo lately surrounding Internet filtering software packages. These programs, designed to block access to specific Web sites, have been touted as plug 'n' play panaceas for [...]

On my list of resolutions for this new year is to read more library-oriented electronic journals. These are terrific tools for keeping our brains well-oiled and up to snuff with [...]

Several new software products have recently hit the market promising to filter the contents of the Internet to--they claim--make it palatable for 'families,' 'children,' and 'personal use.' These programs help [...]

The article presents information on the importance of personal branding for librarians. The author looks at the strategies of librarians including Andromeda Yelton, Bohyun Kim, and Ingrid Abrams for standing out among library professionals. The article also discusses techniques for children's librarians, such as dressing in bright clothing.

Offers suggestions for librarians and others about how to set up a home page on an individual Internet account. SLIP/PPP accounts and SLIP-emulator accounts; Modifying filespace; Webweaving Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files; The book `Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 7 Days,' by Laura LeMay. INSET: A few terms explained.

Focuses on resources for teaching an Internet class. Web site with training materials and for teaching virtual reference; Details of five books, including Michael T. Stephens' 'The Library Internet Trainer's Toolkit,' Rachel Singer Gordon's 'Teaching the Internet in Libraries,' and Gail Junion-Metz's 'Coaching Kids for the Internet.'

Presents information on the American Library Association Annual Conference of Muncie, Indiana Public Library's Cybermobile, a bookmobile with Internet workstations. Their commitment to Internet public access; Cybermobile demonstrating the library's creative use of wireless communications; Mobile wireless communications at other libraries.

Looks at various Internet tools for librarians. Use of HTML editors; Tagging editors; Other computer programs.

Reports on Internet Scout, a project staffed by librarians and dedicated to electronic reader's advisory services. Grant for $3 million from the National Science Foundation; Scout Report; Net Happenings; K.I.D.S. report; Scout Toolkit; Signposts; Contact points.