In consideration of our international readership, the following summaries of this month's feature articles are provided first in English, then in French and Spanish.
Building Intelligence into your Intranet
by Michael NanfitoThe explosion of Intranet usage presents information professionals with a challenging opportunity--developing the corporate Intranet. Where do you begin? Who's assistance do you enlist? The successful project requires hard work, a positive attitude, and relies on teamwork. Properly designed Intranets are an economical means of integrating people, processes, and information. Librarians are well-positioned to deliver this medium by providing effective organizational design, purpose, and utility to Intranet development.
A Conversation with Bill Gates
Known as the visionary behind the PC revolution and the concept of "information at your fingertips," Bill Gates, co-founder and CEO of Microsoft, has a long history of involvement with libraries. SLA is delighted that Mr. Gates will be the keynote speaker at this year's annual conference in Seattle. Where does he go for information, knowledge, insights, and ideas? How does he see Microsoft fitting in over the next ten years? What keeps Bill Gates awake at night? Questions like these and more are all addressed here in an exclusive conversation with Bill Gates.Hello DALI: Training the End-user of a Digital Image Archive.
by David Cappoli, Suzanne Oatey, and Laura Vinales-SimpkinsLearning new technologies is always a challenging task. The information professionals at the Los Angeles Times library rose to the challenge and conducted training sessions for end-users of their digital image archive. With substantial preparation, planning, and group sessions, the venture proved successful, and the librarians entered their own learning curve as well. Overall, their training efforts left them with a positive experience and the end-users were excited to have access to the library's image archives from their desktops.
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