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ISSN 1460-7239 2nd May 2002 No.111
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IN THIS ISSUE
EDITORIAL
MY FAVOURITE TIPPLES
From David Tucker
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JOBS
Web Editor
Information Specialist
Team Librarian
TIPS ARTICLE
"International Law"
By Mike Mecham
BOOKSHELF
"The Internet Legal Guide:
Everything you need to know when doing business online"
Written by Dennis Powers
Reviewed by Paul Pedley
FEATURE ARTICLE
"Weblogs and Blogging - Part 1"
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EDITORIAL
Rates of pay for information professionals are rarely discussed at the
Free Pint Bar. However, our Jobs database has raised awareness of
remuneration for information-related vacancies, and one Bar poster
made the following observation last week:
"... what strikes me - as someone who entered the field 3.5
years ago and who has trained on the job - is how badly paid
information professionals are. Shouldn't we be pushing to raise
the status of the work?" <http://www.freepint.com/go/b17329>
A reply on the same day agreed that financial rewards are poor for
information professionals. The respondent says that we are
discouraging 'Web savvy' people from entering the information
profession, and that as a result they gravitate to computing and IT.
Not only does this damage the profession, but also the quality of
information organisation on intranets, extranets and the Internet. He
says that we are the best people to build the 'info chassis', not the
programmers:
"The profession needs to blow its trumpet about the real benefits
that an information professional can bring to a networked
environment. Further, the profession needs to set an example and
recruit info professionals for web posts when they arise ...
After all, if we don't believe in the migration of traditional
library skills to the web, then who else will?"
<http://www.freepint.com/go/b17333>
I myself did a degree in Information Science at Aberystwyth. It was
great because it straddled both information and computing. The
Information Science half was dedicated to information management,
information retrieval, etc., whilst the Computer Science half covered
basic programming, databases, SQL, etc. This has proven to be an
excellent foundation, both in my previous work at information vendors,
and here at Free Pint. Imagine how amazed I was to hear that the year
after I left they closed the course due to 'lack of demand'.
Over the last few years there have been many concerns about the future
of the information industry. I personally think we've never had so
many opportunities, but we need to acknowledge a few things ...
We shouldn't moan that graduates don't have basic reference and
database searching skills if we're not willing to communicate this to
the library schools. It doesn't matter that knowledge management is
being taught in a business school, as long as the students are also
getting a grounding from the information school in information
science.
All good information professionals have the ability to work and
communicate with other departments, functions, faculties, etc. We can
raise the status and visibility of the information industry by
utilising the skills of others whilst at the same time demonstrating
how invaluable our own skills are; those of information organisation,
retrieval, architecture, etc.
We must constantly review remuneration, both with peers and with
similar positions in different industries. We have to continually
benchmark our services and demonstrate the importance of information
awareness within all organisations. When we do this we raise our
perceived value.
So, what do you think? Is this an issue or do I have a bee in my
bonnet again? Can individuals really make a difference to the status
of the information profession? How can we attract people to become
'information professionals'? Perhaps this isn't a problem in other
countries where information is held in higher regard? Or maybe the
information industry is broadening much faster than we think?
I have posted this Editorial to the Bar, and so please post your
comments and thoughts to <http://www.freepint.com/go/b17417>.
I hope you enjoy today's Free Pint where we look at resources for
international law, Weblogs, and the usual mix of job listings,
reviews and tips. A big thank you to all our sponsors and
advertisers, and to you for your continued support of the
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MY FAVOURITE TIPPLES
From David Tucker
Questions about market research on the Web often crop up in the Free
Pint Bar. Not much is free, but these sites help with the two costed
stages a) finding an off-the-shelf, published report, or b)
commissioning a specialist consultant or company to do the research
(usually much more expensive). DIY research has been helped by the
Internet, but it's still worth knowing what's been published or
chatting to a specialist first.
* <http://www.marketresearch.com/> - An international directory of
50,000 published reports from 350 companies. Search and order by
topic, whole report or chunks.
* <http://www.marketsearch.com> - A long-established directory of
20,000 published reports, not only from MR publishers. Search by
industry code. Registration and payment required for full details
of reports.
* <http://www.bmra.org. uk/> - The UK's trade association for MR
companies. (The Market Research Society is the professionals' body.)
Register to use Selectline - search for a specialist in a topic area,
by postcode etc. Links to Esomar, the international trade
association.
* <http://www.mori.com/> - One of the oldest and most famous MR and
polling companies. Website offers fascinating snippets of current
and archived survey results. Topics include society, politics,
business.
* <http://www.tnsofres.com/> - Corporate site of the UK's biggest
MR agency, for insight into MR industry news, and more snippets of
recent research findings.
David Tucker is a freelance consultant in market research and
business information consultant, commuting between London and
Scotland. Specialisation - leisure and travel, UK and Europe.
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I didn't think I'd find the question "What is .net?" (17179)
particularly interesting. However, I am intrigued by the putative
explanation, which mentions that "Napster ... uses a rich client
talking to a directory service in the cloud". Maybe the cloud is
just a smokescreen, really.
Equally baffling is how to answer the question about how badly paid
the information professions are (17329). Perhaps there's an inverse
proportion between how important politicians and journalists say a
profession is and how well they get paid. So if they keep puffing the
information professions we'll soon be as badly paid as nurses and
teachers.
Anyhow, I should cut to the quick and mention some of the postings
that have not yet received a response. They are about biotech news
information sources (17213), companies that can do business research
at short notice (17172), the educational applications of interactive
TV (17167), UK pizza wholesalers (17171), language resources for
semantic search applications (17227), a list of marketing managers
for UK IT companies (17195) and the optimum distance of information
resources from the average office worker (17178).
Other business queries have been about the company, cwcom.net
(17286), researching a UK hospital (17257), libraries that hold
Mintel Reports (17267), English language resources for researching
Finnish companies (17223) and resources in any language for
researching Luxembourg companies (17367).
There were industry related postings about ethical investments
(17385), the Timber and Brick Information Council (17268), IEC and
equivalent engineering standards (17152), the German clothing market
(17396) and the UK Motor Market (17245).
Good resources have been recommended for anyone interested in online
surveys (17324), patent research (17156), UK yellow page information
(17200), building and construction publications for various European
countries (17278), intranet policy documents (17358), lists of online
forums (17334) and locating journal articles, in this case, one
appearing in Nature (17303).
I reviewed a useful source of glossaries for translators (17253) and
a frequent contributor to Free Pint recommended a Web site on the
philosophy of Ayn Rand and an article on setting up a Web site on the
cheap (17190).
There were quite a lot of technical queries so I'll start with the
ones that have not yet been answered. They were about Quick Books
software (17255), Hemscott's Company Guru (17277), software for
giving repeat prescriptions over the Internet (17238), the library
management software, Autolib (17276), retrieving files on PCs (17401)
and inserting hyperlinks in pdf documents (17170).
Techies have also been posting messages about Gator (17221), library
management archiving systems (17373), downloading the Quicktime
viewer (17263), preventing your modem from automatically
disconnecting you (17346), printer options in IE (17382), mobile
computing software (17240), software for testing link collections
(17153), intranet in a box software (17228), validating URLs in a
database (17173) and receiving free SMS notification about emails
(17287).
Quantitative data has been sought in the form of Indian
pharmaceutical industry statistics (17196), IT expenditure in US
colleges and universities (17219), the minimum sales figures for new
products in their first five years (17177), the historical rankings
of the world's top ten mining companies (17183), UK household debt
figures from the 1950s onwards (17290) and the number of hours of
original TV programming in an, as yet, unspecified geographical
region (17258).
Miscellaneously, there have been a number of music related questions,
one about a folk song or nursery rhyme (17354) and a number about TV
advertisements (17220, 17319, 17337, 17335). And apparently there is
some data on how big Noah's Ark needed to be (17251).
Other difficult to classify queries were about Beecham's Buildings
Ltd. (17357), some chemical symbols (17232), the source of several
quotations (17384, 17204, 17266), UK aircraft maintenance checklists
(17181), lists of best selling books (17248), a free or cheap colour
chart for official UK colours (17205), dates for school holidays
around the world (17209) and the possibility of setting up an
information professionals' group in the UK West Country (17366). And
that's it for the moment!
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Bar much yet. However, there were a couple of queries, one about
computer ethics postdoctoral courses (2473) and one from a student
researching child safety online. He's looking for residents of
London, UK, to fill in a questionnaire (2477).
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Here are some of the latest featured jobs:
Web Editor <http://www.freepint.com/go/j1738>
Web editor for successful business information portal. Must be
fluent in a European language with strong written English.
Recruiter: Alacra, Inc
Information Specialist <http://www.freepint.com/go/j1761>
Information Analyst/Researcher for involved role with major Law
Practice. Corporate Affairs experience helpful.
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Team Librarian <http://www.freepint.com/go/j1773>
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"International Law"
By Mike Mecham
International Law has a long history but the tragic events of 11
September 2001 have brought it into sharp focus. Throughout the
media, academics, lawyers and politicians are to be found examining
many issues of international law, particularly in areas such as armed
conflict, terrorism, the rules of war, sovereignty and human rights.
This, at a time when the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia in the Hague is proceeding against Slobodan
Milosevic <http://www.un.org/icty/index.html>.
What, therefore, is international law and what areas of international
relations does it cover? Even a cursory examination shows the
coverage to be extensive. But where is the citizen to go for
information? A good textbook, though primarily for the student, might
be the 2001 edition of Antonio Cassese's 'International Law' with its
own linked website <http://www.oup.com/uk/best.textbooks/law/cassese>.
However, for the citizen at large, as well as the student, a vast
amount of information on international law and associated issues is
available through the Internet. This article offers an initial
introduction, particularly for readers not familiar with the subject.
It is inevitably selective and does not cover the full spread of
subjects, including trade, see <http://www.wto.org>, and financial
institutions, see <http://www.worldbank.org>.
Search Engines
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A good starting point is a trusted search engine such as Google
<http://www.google.com>, Northern Light
<http://www.northernlight.com>, which is useful for international
relations issues, or Yahoo! Law <http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Law>.
There are also several other legal specific search engines e.g.
Findlaw (US) <http://www.findlaw.com>; Legal Engine (US)
<http://www.legalengine.com>; World Law (Australasia)
<http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/index.html>.
Portals
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However, at least four portals offer extensive gateways into
international law:
Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
<http://www.ajil.org/resource/hom.htm>
This forms part of the website of the American Journal of
International Law. After an introductory section, the guide is
divided into different subject areas e.g. human rights, international
economic law, treaties and so on. The guide has additional value
because it not only provides extensive links through its subject
headings but also includes a narrative for each entry which helps to
more readily identify appropriate sites. This is helpful with a
slower PC as it reduces wasted time on inappropriate links. Highly
recommended.
Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet
<http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/forintlaw.html>
This website is maintained by the University of Chicago Law School. It
again has an extensive array of links with a table of contents more
detailed than that provided by the AJIL. However, there is little
narrative and links are simply identified through generic title. A
useful supplement to the AJIL guide.
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases
<http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/>
Maintained by the New York University School of Law, the website
provides access to a vast array of databases covering subjects from
taxation, copyright to environmental, international, international
trade, international criminal law and human rights. A very good
backup.
Internet Website Index
<http://home.att.net/~slomansonb/intlweb.html>
This is the most basic portal, providing a simple alphabetical/topic
index, though running through 34 pages e.g. air law, country studies.
A useful backup.
Institutional Websites
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The websites of the major institutions of international law include
the following:
United Nations <http://www.un.org/english>
This is the main UN website with links to others of importance,
primarily through its international law link <http://www.un.org/law>.
From here can be accessed treaties, law of the sea, trade law,
criminal tribunals, and a research guide to UN documents.
Particularly useful is <http://www.un.org/databases/index.html>, the
UN database, which includes Dag Hammarskjold Library online
catalogue, voting records and index to speeches.
International Court of Justice <http://www.icj-cij.org>
The ICJ, which sits at The Hague, was set up in 1945 under the UN
Charter and acts as a world court. Its website provides extensive
information on the Court, its history, purpose, members, decisions,
texts on key cases.
International Criminal Court
<http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html>
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted in
1998 by a UN conference and opened for signature. It has now received
the required 60 ratifications and will enter into force on 1 July
2002. It has been ratified by the UK but not the USA. The website is
very detailed, providing an overview, ratification status, access to
key documents, and associated bodies.
International Law Commission
<http://www.un.org/law/ilc/introfra.htm>
The ILC was established by the UN General Assembly in 1947 to promote
the progressive development of international law and its codification.
It meets annually and is composed of 34 members elected as
independents by the General Assembly for five year terms. Most of
ILC's work involves preparation of drafts on topics of international
law. The website provides full access to key documentation and the
working of the ILC.
Human Rights
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The question of human rights is now a central concern of international
relations and international law. Websites abound and those below again
offer a good introduction:
Human Rights Internet <http://www.hri.ca/welcome.cfm>
Based in Ottawa, the HRI aims to offer human rights activists and
organisations in particular, but also governments and international
agencies, an information resource on human rights issues and the role
of civil society. The website includes access to full text reports on
various topics, including international law. It also offers a range
of subscription databases. One of its most useful (free) tools is the
Human Rights Internet Directory <http://www.hri.ca/coldfusion/cfidir>,
a researchable database of human rights websites recorded by site
context, features, geographical focus, key words and more.
Council of Europe Human Rights Web <http://www.humanrights.coe.int>
This website provides public access to information about the Human
Rights activities of the Council of Europe. It includes the European
Court of Human Rights, case law, activities, the texts of conventions.
Amnesty International <http://www.amnesty.org>
This award winning website needs no introduction. The premier NGO in
the field. Website includes news, copies of reports and links to
other websites.
Human Rights Watch <http://www.hrw.org>
The largest human rights organisation based in the United States, with
worldwide links and offices in other countries, including London. Its
website again offers a huge resource, including country briefings,
specific country reports and the full text of its World Report
(currently 2002).
Interights <http://www.interights.org>
The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, is
an international human rights law centre established in 1982. It aims
to support and promote the development of legal protection for human
rights and freedoms worldwide. Its website includes databases on
Commonwealth and international case law. Also available is a lengthy
and detailed analysis on 'Responding to September 11: The Framework of
International Law' by the Legal Director of Interights, Helen Duffy.
Human Rights Library
<http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.html>
A website maintained by the University of Minnesota to give access to
over 7,000 human rights documents on subjects ranging from treaties
and UN documents to bibliographies and research guides, together with
links to 3,600 other sites.
Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
<http://shr.aaas.org/dhr>
The Directory provides descriptions and links to hundreds of human
rights organizations worldwide on the Internet, organized by site
name, topical focus, and geographical focus. It is maintained by the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Specific key documents with direct access are:
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
<http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html>,
the European Convention of Human Rights in English
<http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/BasicTexts.htm>
and the UK Human Rights Act 1998
<http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980042.htm>.
Journals
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There has been a proliferation of, primarily U.S., Law School
Journals. Many have their own websites with contents lists, though
few have online texts. Useful general websites for identifying law
journals include:
Law Journals on the World Wide Web
<http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/urllists/law-jour.htm>, maintained by the
Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, it lists journals which
have some substantive full text content online.
Electronic Law Journals <http://ials.sas.ac.uk/links/Serials.htm> is a
comprehensive list maintained by the Institute of Advanced Legal
Studies. It indicates whether the links provide full-text, abstracts,
contents or homepage.
Law Reviews <http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/lawrev.htm> is a website
maintained by the Jurist Legal Education network listing a vast range
of law review journals.
The best single site for full text access is the European Journal of
International Law <http://www.ejil.org>. It has complete access for
Vols 1 (1990) to 9 (1998) and abstracts and selected full-text
articles from 1999 onwards.
The excellent American Journal of International Law
<http://www.asil.org/abtajo.htm> has an index of the issues from 1997
onwards and selected articles online from each issue. Full text is
available through Lexis Professional subscription. The Stanford
Journal of International Law <http://www.law.stanford.edu/sjil> has
full contents pages going back to Vol 26, (1990), and the American
University International Law Review
<http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/ilr/home.htm> has useful abstracts
for all issues. But Emory International Law Review offers full-text
online <http://www.law.emory.edu/EILR/eilrhome.htm>.
Other sources
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There are a range of other websites containing useful information and
material:
Avalon Project <http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm> at
the Yale Law school giving access to a vast array of documents in law,
history and diplomacy from the 18th to the 21st centuries e.g. the
Monroe Doctrine, Balfour Declaration, UN Charter and so on. It has
them sorted by year, by major collection (e.g. U.S. multilateral
treaties from 1864-1999), bibliography and a search facility.
Excellent site which also includes a human rights archive.
International Law Dictionary and Directory
<http://august1.com/pubs/dict/index.shtml>
This includes definitions of words and phrases; descriptions and
acronyms of international organisations with links; country links; and
online legal guides, resources, materials and search engines.
Internet Law Library
<http://www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/89.htm>
A product of Pritchard Law Webs provides links to documents and
journals probably covered elsewhere but a useful backup.
Legal Essays on the Web
<http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/essays/schol.htm>
Another website maintained by the Faculty of Law at the University of
Cambridge, it gives access to a large number of academic essays
arranged according to subject e.g. administrative law, human rights,
international law and so on.
United States
-------------
If researching the United States there are a number of key websites:
US Government <http://www.firstgov.gov>.
The official Government website with full and extensive links to all
parts of the Administration.
US State Department
<http://usinfo.state.gov/products/washfile.htm>
Another valuable website from an important Department in relation to
international law and international relations.
Basic Facts About the USA <http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts>
Maintained by the State Department and includes basic documents and
writings, famous speeches, historical materials.
Famous Speeches and Documents
<http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030162/Common/Handouts/handouts.html#Potus>
Maintained by the University of Iowa and a good backup to other web
sites listed.
US Basic Readings in Democracy
<http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/demo.htm>
Access to full documents, including speeches and landmark law cases,
from the Declaration of Independence to today. Divided according to
subject e.g. creating government, slavery, international, cold war and
so on.
US Congress <http://thomas.loc.gov>
An excellent website giving full access to the legislative process -
Congressional record, committee reports, bill texts, archive material
and an explanation on how the system works.
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East London School of Law <http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/index.htm> as
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"Weblogs and Blogging - Part 1"
By Laurel A. Clyde
In just one month, January 2002, some 41,000 people created
new weblogs using Blogger
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50443,00.html>
- and Blogger <http://www.blogger.com/> is only one of the weblog
development tools now available. Depending on your point of view,
weblogs are either one of the most important Internet phenomena of
recent years, or possibly the silliest. On the one hand, it is claimed
that weblogs are empowering because "anyone" can create one to share
their thoughts and ideas with the world. On the other hand, it is also
claimed that weblogs add considerably to the already large amount of
"vapid" content on the Web, making it harder to find valuable material
<http://www.blogger.com/news_archive.pyra?which=2002_02_01_news_archive.xml>.
There is a sense in which both perspectives are true: there are some
well-maintained, high-quality weblogs that provide a valuable service,
but there are also many weblogs that serve no apparent purpose apart
from providing the owner with an online public space. Sheer numbers,
though, suggest that weblogs cannot be ignored.
It is an interesting thought that more or less the same arguments were
advanced for and against the Web itself not too long ago, as are now
being advanced for and against weblogs. The Web made it possible for
millions of people to develop Internet content and to communicate
their ideas via a home page. Software developers produced tools that
would enable them to do this more easily, and the result was an
incremental increase in the number of Web pages. Despite the large
number of questionable Web sites, the Web has become more and more
important as a medium of publishing and communication, and search
engines and directories have emerged that help people to find
information amongst the billions of Web pages. Weblogs are very much a
part of the Web, and likely to follow the development path that the
Web itself has taken.
This article will first discuss the question, "What is a weblog?", and
then describe types of weblogs. Following this is a section dealing
with how weblogs are created, with reference to popular weblog
creation software and services. Some examples of quality weblogs are
described and an overview is provided of weblogs in the field of
library and information science. Some lists and directories of
weblogs, and search engines for weblogs, are identified. The article
concludes with a brief discussion of what weblogs might do for you.
What is a Weblog?
-----------------
Peter Scott <http://library.usask.ca/~scottp/il2001/definitions.html>,
weblog expert at the University of Saskatchewan Library (Canada), has
developed a widely-accepted definition of a "blog" or "weblog": it is,
he says, "A Web page containing brief, chronologically arranged items
of information". At this point, though, agreement about weblogs ends.
Some commentators insist that a weblog is a "personal Web page"
<http://www.edventure.com/conversation/article.cfm?Counter=7444662>.
However, institutions (including libraries) have created what they
themselves describe as weblogs (see "Library and Information Science
Weblogs" below for examples). Some commentators insist that a weblog
has to be created with weblog software. However, many of the sites
created without weblog software are to all intents and purposes
indistinguishable from weblogs - and many of them appear in the
directories of weblogs such as the one created by Yahoo! at
<http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Communications/Writing/
Journals_and_Diaries/Online_Journals_and_Diaries/Web_Logs/>
or the list of Icelandic weblogs created by Salvor Gissurardottir at
<http://www.ismennt.is/vefir/ari/annalar/bloggarar.htm>. Dennis G.
Jerz <http://www.uwec.edu/Academic/Curric/jerzdg/writing/index.html>
lists the great Arts & Letters Daily <http://www.aldaily.com/> as a
weblog, for example, yet its establishment pre-dated the development
of specialist weblog software and it is not maintained using such
software - though it is updated daily as its name implies and
information is presented chronologically.
A weblog can take the form of a diary, a news service (or summaries of
and links to current news items on a topic), a collection of links to
other Web sites, a series of book reviews, reports of activity on a
project, the journal of an expedition, a diary of a family holiday
written for the folks back home, a photographic record of life with a
new puppy, or the random thoughts of a publicity-obsessed egomaniac.
Or any one of a number of other forms. Professional photographers
create weblogs to show off their photographs (as do the proud parents
of new babies). Musicians create weblogs with embedded sound files of
their work. The weblog of an American library school student ("She can
be taught") describes her progress through her MLIS assignments
<http://geocities.com/thelibraryproject/weblog.html>.
Most weblogs display material for the current month or the current
week, with older material being archived on the site for browsing
and/or searching. Some weblogs have other useful features - for
example, links to similar weblogs, or links to the most important
Internet resources in the field of coverage of the weblog, or a way to
make contact with other people who read the weblog, or access to
software and services.
Creating and maintaining a weblog is called "blogging". If you have a
weblog, or contribute to a weblog, you are a "blogger". Bloggers may
form "online communities"
<http://irights.editthispage.com/discuss/msgReader$115> whose members
read, comment on, and create links to, each other's weblogs. While not
many weblogs manage to create active communities that survive over
time, it seems that one can still become a "blogaholic" through
overly-enthusiastic blogging. If you think you might be in danger of
succumbing to this malady, you can take an "Are You a Blogaholic?"
test online at <http://wannabe.catharsis.org/bin/quiz.cgi?quiz=one>
where you will answer questions such as "Do you feel like there is
something missing from your life if you don't blog for a day?".
Some of the most interesting weblogs are created as cooperative or
group projects. In this case, the weblog "owner" can give "posting
rights" to other people, and their "posts" may or may not (depending
on the "rights" assigned by the owner) be reviewed before they are
"published" to the Web page. Some weblogs are set up in such a way
that only the owner or the owner and certain other people have posting
rights, but anyone else can add comments to the posts. An example of a
cooperative weblog is ComLib <http://www.iasl-slo.org/comlib.html>,
created in the spring of this year by students in the "Computers and
Libraries" course <http://www.hi.is/~anne/candl.html> at the
University of Iceland <http://www.hi.is/>. ComLib carried news about
web sites related to the use of information technology in libraries.
All of the students in the class posted messages to the weblog, but it
was not set up to allow comments from people outside the ComLib Team.
Another cooperative weblog is the Illinois Library Association's ILA
RTSF Technology Users Group Web Logger - The Forum
<http://www.techusers.blogspot.com/> which aims to provide community
Web space for the group.
Creating a Weblog
-----------------
The majority of weblogs are now created using software or
services designed specifically for this purpose. Some of the software
is free - and some of the organizations that provide weblog software
will also provide free server space to house a weblog so that it is
publicly accessible on the Internet. There are also commercial
versions of some of the free software; these commercial versions often
provide more features. Some weblog software is available only as
commercial software. Alternatively, bloggers can create and maintain
their weblog using free software or a free weblog service, but use FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) to load the resulting weblog to their own Web
site.
The software that defined the weblog phenomenon was Blogger
("push-button publishing for the people") <http://www.blogger.com/>,
made available by Pyra Labs in 1999
<http://www.webreview.com/2001/03_09/strategists/index02.shtml>. "It
is not often you can say a website has changed the face of the Web,
and had an impact far beyond the confines of its own domain. But, for
many, Blogger is such a site", said Neil McIntosh in The Guardian on
31 January 2002
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,641742,00.html>.
"Blogger offers you instant communication power by letting you post
your thoughts to the Web whenever the urge strikes", promises the
Blogger home page <http://www.blogger.com/>. While Blogger enables the
user to create and update a fairly sophisticated Web site, the process
is not quite as simple as has been suggested by "Jonno"
<http://www.jonno.com/> (as quoted by Tim Archer)
<http://www.tradequeerthings.com/online.html>. Jonno says, "Before
Blogger came along, you had to know a fair amount of Web publishing
technology in order to have an online presence ... but Blogger has made
having a Web presence as easy as typing an email".
Blogger has certainly simplified the process of Web site creation, but
its documentation and procedures do assume at least a basic level of
knowledge of FTP, Web site structures, and technical terms. For those
who want to go beyond the basic weblog templates, a knowledge of HTML
is necessary. However, hundreds of thousands of people have used
Blogger successfully to create weblogs. It is available for free
through the Blogger Web site, and a version of the software called
Blogger Pro extends the capabilities of the basic system. The Blogger
Web site provides advice, documentation, and a means of contacting
other Blogger users, as well as links to interesting weblogs created
with Blogger.
While Blogger may be better known nowadays, Pitas is generally
considered to be the original creator of easy-to-use weblog software
<http://www.pitas.com/>. The Pitas software was available early in
1999, several months before Blogger. More realistic than most, the
Pitas home page promises that the process of weblog creation will be
"quick and fun, well, mostly quick". Users can create their own pages
on the Pitas site, and they can have their own domain name, for
example anneclyde.pitas.com. A selection of page templates is
provided, or users can build their own page outlines. Other people can
be given posting privileges without being given access to the entire
weblog. Although there is a "Member Pages" button on the Pitas home
page, it leads only to a list of the 50 most recent Pitas weblog
entries, not to a list of all the weblogs on the Pitas system.
An example of commercial software for the creation and maintenance of
weblogs is Radio from UserLand Software <http://www.userland.com/>.
When it first appeared in 2000, Radio was seen as a program for
managing MP3 music files and sharing playlists on the Web. Today,
however, it competes with various free and paid tools like Pitas and
Blogger as a foundation for weblogs. The UserLand home page says
Radio is "An easy-to-use weblog tool that runs on your desktop, so
it's fast, and ready to go when you are. Radio UserLand automatically
builds your site, organizes and archives your posts, and publishes
your content - without any knowledge of HTML, FTP, or graphic design".
All the user has to do, says the home page, is "install Radio and
begin publishing, in minutes, not days". While for Dan Shafer
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001285/stories/2002/01/11/myFirstReviewOfRadio8.html>,
"Radio 8 is the Web's Typewriter", for others it is not perceived to
be quite so simple. It is not that Radio is difficult; it isn't.
However, the user does need to be prepared to make some input and some
effort. Version 8.0 of Radio (for Macintosh and Windows) is available
for 39.95 US dollars. The price includes hosting (up to 10MB) and
software updates for one year. A thirty-day free trial is available.
The "Weblog Madness" Web site
<http://www.larkfarm.com/wlm/roll_your_own.htm> has a list of weblog
software and tools under the heading "Roll Your Own". Weblog creation
programs and sites listed here include Blog
<http://cyberian.tripod.com/Blog.htm>, GrokSoup
<http://www.groksoup.com/>, and SlashCode <http://slashcode.com/>.
"Weblog Madness" also lists a number of "add on" tools that have been
written by users to extend the facilities provided by Blogger and
other services. These tools include additional templates, calendars,
and a Bloglet to email update notices to regular readers of a weblog.
While you are waiting for part two, you might like to check out two
good weblogs: Library Stuff <http://www.librarystuff.net/> and Privacy
Digest <http://PrivacyDigest.com/>.
Part 2 of this article will be published in Free Pint No.112.
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Dr L. Anne Clyde <http://www.hi.is/~anne/> is Professor in the Faculty
of Social Science at the University of Iceland <http://www.hi.is/>
where she specialises in online searching and Internet applications.
An Australian, she has worked in Canada, Namibia and other countries
as well as in Iceland. Her books include - School Libraries and the
Electronic Community - (1997), - Managing InfoTech in School Library
Media Centers - (1999), and - An Introduction to the Internet
- (2001). She is Webmaster of the award-winning School Libraries
Online site <http://www.iasl-slo.org/> and she maintains a page about
weblogs on her teaching Web site at <http://www.hi.is/~anne/weblogs.html>.
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