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The new version of this manual is a handbook on online services, networking and other issues relating to cyberspace. Readers will find an edition that is almost entirely new, with the most current information noted. And, the scope of the book is broader, discussing some of the social and management issues that have surfaced with the increasing use of technology and Web access in the library.

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• Preface(p. v)
• 1 The Cybrarian's Tool Kit(p. 1)
• Internet News and Website Reviews(p. 3)
• Searching the Future(p. 10)
• Netiquette, Hoaxes, and Scams! Oh My!(p. 16)
• The New Library Demands a Closer Look at Ergonomics(p. 24)
• 2 A Network of Networks of Networks--Technical Underpinnings(p. 33)
• The Basics of LAN Technology(p. 35)
• The Basics of a Nationwide Network for the Internet(p. 42)
• Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative(p. 51)
• 3 Nothing Is Certain but the Web and Taxes(p. 59)
• Guidelines for an Excellent Website(p. 61)
• Web-Based Markup Languages: HTML, DHTML, and XML(p. 68)
• Browser Plug-Ins: Customization for Multimedia(p. 77)
• A Day in the Life ... Multimedia and Librarians in the Twenty-first Century(p. 82)
• 4 The Document as Object and Commodity(p. 89)
• Metadata 101: A Primer(p. 91)
• Unique Identifiers on the Web for Documents, Sites, and Domain Names(p. 99)
• Copyright in Cyberspace(p. 103)
• Cyber-Citing: Citing Electronic Sources(p. 113)
• 5 Puttin' It Out over the Net: Sources and Services(p. 123)
• Collecting Electronic Resources: What You Don't Know, You Can Learn(p. 125)
• Let's Put It All on the Web: Practical Information for Digital Imaging(p. 134)
• Digital Libraries(p. 145)
• In Search of the Elusive E-Journal(p. 152)
• Developing an Internet-Based Reference Service(p. 159)
• Electronic Reserves: Concepts and Models(p. 170)
• 6 The Library'd Be Fine if It Wasn't for All Those People!(p. 177)
• Providing Web Access in Libraries: A Practical Guide(p. 179)
• Kids, the Internet, and All Those Adult Anxieties(p. 190)
• The Iron Triangle of Privacy, Filtering, and Internet Use Policies(p. 197)
• Licensed to Teach(p. 206)
• You Gotta Go to School for That? Pac-Man in the Information Arcade(p. 216)
• 7 Cutting Edge or Bleeding Edge: You Make the Call(p. 219)
• Security and Authentication Issues(p. 221)
• Wireless and Ubiquitous Computing(p. 233)
• Push Technology: Something New, Something Old(p. 243)
• Virtual Reality Primer for Cybrarians(p. 252)
• Quitting the "Technology of the Month" Club(p. 261)
• 8 As the Librarian Turns(p. 269)
• On the Lighter Side: ... And a Small Child Shall Lead Them(p. 271)
• Rupert Giles, Techno-Terror, and Knowledge as the Ultimate Weapon(p. 276)
• Overcoming Image: Strategies for Librarians in the New Millennium(p. 282)
• Finding Things and Telling Stories(p. 291)
• Acronyms and Initialisms(p. 299)
• Index(p. 303)

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This broadened version of a 1997 original attempts to provide up-to-date information in new articles as well as information that could be considered timeless. Among the topics covered are networks and the Internet; markup languages for the Web; how to customize one's setup for multimedia presentations; metadata and other identifiers for Web documents; collecting electronic resources, including e-journals; and virtual reality. One section provides "cybrarians" with the knowledge needed to avoid being trapped by the "technology of the month." The final section considers lighter sides of the overall topic in such papers as a study of Rupert Giles, the librarian in TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and another on that library-lit perennial, how to deal with negative stereotypes of librarians.