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As I have stated more than once, while not a technophobe, I also am not one of those people who rushes out or waits in line for hours to get [...]

In looking at the latest issues of our various Information Today, Inc. publications for column topics, I found a recurring theme that I haven't really highlighted here yet: artificial intelligence. [...]

It's not surprising that a newsletter called Marketing Library Services {MLS) would focus on how to promote libraries. The May/June issue has two articles with ideas that go outside the [...]

This month, my column highlights two features from the May/June issue of Online Searcher. Both articles talk about safety. One addresses how to protect ourselves as more and more parts [...]

The March/April issue of EContent has two interesting articles--one a feature, one a column--that examine how the more companies go global, the more they need to keep their focus local. [...]

I always find it interesting--not to mention, for the purposes of writing this column, immensely helpful--when authors from two different Information Today, Inc. publications address the same theme at the [...]

I found articles from the November/December issues of EContent and Online Searcher that are both interesting and troubling. Each piece addresses the problem of disappearing text--whether due to political issues, [...]

The word 'crowd,' depending on the context, can have a good or not so good connotation. If you're one of the in crowd, that's good. If you're in a crowd [...]

The articles I've selected for this issue look at who or what the public listens to and why. An EContent feature probes the effect social media is having on marketing [...]

I am always interested to learn about the multitude of occupations in which information professionals can be found aiding coworkers who lack their searching expertise. Two articles from the July/August [...]

Sometimes, what you don't know can hurt, or at least hinder, your organization. A column from EContent's June issue looks at dark data--information that lurks underneath the surface and can [...]

Data visualization is a current hot topic. As most information professionals know, it has to do with finding more graphic ways of sharing information instead of just throwing numbers on [...]

My brain is so full of words to songs, I practically know a tune for any topic. Since John Denver is not only my all-time favorite singer, but someone I [...]

I have a confession. Sometimes, writing this column can be a chore because of the article choices I have. And before any frequent Information Today, Inc. author or columnist starts [...]

Yes, college and high school basketball conference play has begun, so I couldn't help making a hoops reference in the title of this issue's column that kicks off 2016. Even [...]

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a hot topic these days. Without any communication among their authors, three articles--two columns and one feature--in the November/December issue of Online Searcher examine [...]

The articles I've chosen from the October issue of Computers in Libraries (CIL) and the September/October issue of Marketing Library Services (MLS) share a common theme: helping patrons. One is [...]

Getting as much information as you can is usually a good plan no matter what you are aiming to do. Sometimes, it's about experimenting with how end users prefer to [...]

There is a balance--or should be--between what we consume and what we sustain in all aspects of our daily lives. But that is often not the case. The articles I [...]

For this midsummer column, I'm sharing articles from two magazines I don't usually highlight here: EContent (June issue) and Streaming Media (May/ June). These publications tend to be more technical [...]

When I hear the word 'lockout,' what comes to mind are labor disputes, including those involving Teamsters and pro sports teams. However, two articles in the Searcher's Voice section of [...]

I'm not sure who coined the phrase or how long it's been around, but I know that sometime in the olden days before 'online' was 'born,' a book was called [...]

From the March/April issue of Marketing Library Services (MLS) come two interesting and instructive articles about the power of books in designing outreach programs. While the target audiences for each [...]

Articles from the January/February issues of Online Searcher and The Information Advisor's Guide to Internet Research offer up some interesting food for thought. One provides a recipe of sorts for [...]

My first column of 2015 takes a closer look at the word 'library.' As my guide, I'm using the last 2014 issue--November/December--of MLS: Marketing Library Services. I found two articles [...]

Perhaps it was Kathy Dempsey's destiny that as the first New Year's baby in 1965 to voice her arrival in Trenton, N.J., she would become a heralding voice for libraries […]

Google, be it the noun or verb form, has not only permeated all areas of the internet but our daily conversations as well. How often do we say to someone, [...]

We all know the internet has made many activities easier and faster. The problem is, for every positive pursuit the internet has helped to enhance, there are nefarious actions that [...]

All you gumshoe wannabes out there might find this column right up your (dark) alley. Two articles from the July/ August issues of Marketing Library Services (MLS) and The Information [...]

For those of you who have read this column on a regular basis over the years, you've probably gleaned a few insights into what makes me tick. You may recall […]

It's November, and there's plenty going on in our world, in our nation, and even in our own backyards. So articles from the November/December issues of Computers in Libraries,The CyberSkeptic's […]

As I write this, the spotlight just shifted from the world's top athletes competing in the 29th Olympics in Beijing (where the big questions were if the U.S. team of […]

Is it just me or does there seem to be less give and take in the workplace and in our day-to-day lives than there used to be? Compromise seems to […]

Monday was the perfect beach day. I could feel it the minute that I stepped outside to get the newspaper. I was tempted to take the day off from work […]

No, this isn't going to be a Sopranos-esque column. Personally, I never saw the attraction in that show. If I want to see blood, guts, and broken bones, I'd start […]

I may be a smart aleck, but I am not a gardener. So, when March ends and April rolls around, it's always a surprise what might pop up in my […]

Intelligence isn't just about being brainy. You can be street-smart with little formal education. You can be too smart for your own good. You can be a member of Mensa […]

I love the word 'serendipity.' It's fun to say and I like the concept of it: Finding something unexpectedly or by chance. Usually, serendipity has a positive connotation, but in […]

While procrastinating about writing my column (a favorite pastime) by channel surfing (another favorite pastime), I happened to find the new PBS series on TV pioneers. So, in honor of […]

The internet offers a bevy of services. But as two articles from the January issues of Computers in Libraries and Searcher (along with one from the January/February issue of ONLINE) […]

The article discusses that seminar featured disturbing videos of Tea Party rallies showing President Obama's head on an image of a gorilla as attendees chanted hate-filled rhetoric. It mentions that the Debbie Vermaat, who agreed to answer questions about media bias. Debbie was born in Georgia in 1955 and grew up in Gainesville, just outside Forsyth County.

OK, the titles that I'm about to recommend from Information Today, Inc.'s book department are all nonfiction (if you're looking for some good mystery and suspense thrillers, check out ITI's […]

The word 'chart' can be a noun or a verb, but it can also have a variety of meanings, depending on its usage. It can record information, it can be […]

No matter which baseball teams end up making it into the division playoffs and World Series, you know that at some critical, game-on-the-line point, one play will end up in […]

Sometimes when I write this column, I have to stretch my creativity to come up with a theme that links all the selected articles together. Looking at the September issues […]

Does anybody out there remember a TV commercial from the early 1970s that featured a little boy coming home from school to find his dad eating a box of Cracker […]

I started one of my lifelong addictions during a summer vacation after I had major surgery. Since ear surgery made swimming a dull activity, I started watching soap operas. In […]

A Broadway musical with someone who has 'oomph' oozing out of every pore is guaranteed to liven up a winter day. Bebe Neuwirth--perhaps best known from her Cheers character Lilith, […]

OK, so it's now the second month of the year. For most of us, this means any resolutions we dared to make last month are now toast (and they're probably […]

Some of you may remember Fernando, Billy Crystal's over-the-top character on Saturday Night Live. Crystal's apparently ageless Fernando was famous for saying, 'It's not how you feel, it's how you […]