Neal-Schuman Complete Internet Companion for Librarians (Neal-Schuman Netguide Series)

An Internet resource prepared for librarians. This edition contains updated coverage of everything librarians need to know to keep up-to-date with the enormous changes taking place in both the world's biggest computer network and libraries. The text covers the entire spectrum of library-related topics from Internet basics to digital library design, intranets, extranets, metadata, computer security, information architecture, filters, copyright, operations, domain name registration, the Linux, e-books, and more. The features of this new edition include: the ""Multimedia Experience"" - how to provide your customers with what they want - everything from digital images to Web-based databases with video and sound clips; ""Electronic Publisher"" - how to build and maintain your library home page and implement Web-based search engines and databases; ""Communication Systems"" - the nitty gritty details you need to troubleshoot email, mailing lists, and Usenet News; and ""Virtually Yours for Free"" - where to find free search and indexing systems, Web space, metatag generators, statistical services, and more.