Publications

Current Ongoing Publications

"This Month's CyberSelection," a critical monthly feature on a noteworthy Internet site, service or technology, appearing in The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research newsletter, January/February 2003 - continuing.
See a sample CyberSelection at http://cyberskeptic.pbwiki.com/

"Both Sides Now," an occasional column in Searcher magazine, commenting on information issues from an American-in-Europe perspective. Individual titles below.

"Online Resources for Academic Libraries: A Buying Guide." CHOICE (annual, appearing in the August issue, 2003-continuing). Available online to subscribers of Choice Reviews Online.

 

2007

Both Sides Now: "Do You Speak Google?" Searcher (forthcoming)

"Complutense University of Madrid: Different Language, Similar Experience," Sidebar to Grogg, Jill. E. and Beth Ashmore, "Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies," Searcher (vol.15, no.4) April 2007. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr07/Grogg_Ashmore.shtml

Both Sides Now: "The Frankfurt Book Fair," Searcher (vol.15, no.1) January 2007.

 

2006

Both Sides Now: "News, the BBC, and Creating the Future," Searcher (vol.14, no.10) November/December 2006.

"Google Library Project Expands to Spain." Information Today, Inc. Newsbreak (October 9, 2006). http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=18352

Both Sides Now: "Building a European Digital Library: A Challenge in the Culture Wars," Searcher (vol.14, no.3) March 2006.

 

2005

Both Sides Now: "Fables for Technologists by Hans Christian Andersen," Searcher (vol.13, no.9) October 2005.

Both Sides Now: "Too Good to Miss: International Forums at the London Online Conference," Searcher (vol.13, no.5) May 2005.

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 9: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: Interview with Melvin S. Day. Searcher (vol. 13, no. 4) April 2005. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr05/ardito_bjorner.shtml

Both Sides Now: "Parallel Lives and Miracles: Computing Abroad," Searcher (vol.13, no.2) February 2005.

Both Sides Now: "Where Do You Get Your News?" Searcher (vol. 13, no.21) January 2005.

 

2004

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before The Internet, Part 8: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: BRS—An Interview with Jan Egeland. Searcher (vol. 12, no. 10) November/December 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/nov04/ardito_bjorner.shtml

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before The Internet, Part 7: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: BRS—An Interview with Jan Egeland. Searcher (vol. 12, no. 7) July/August 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul04/ardito_bjorner.shtml

Review of  A History of Online Information Services, 1963-1976, by Charles P. Bourne and Trudi Bellardo Hahn, and "Selected Milestones." In AIIP Connections (Spring 2004), pp. 13-15.

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 6: Mead Data Central and the Genesis of Nexis. Searcher (vol. 12, no. 4) April 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr04/ardito_bjorner.shtml

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 5: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: Richard Giering. Searcher (vol. 12, no.1) January 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jan04/ardito_bjorner.shtml

 

2003

"Lights Come Down on the Longest Running Online Show in New York." Information Today, Inc. Newsbreak (December 22, 2003). http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=16556

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 4: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: Roger Summit. Searcher (vol. 11, no.9) October 2003. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct03/SummitWeb.shtml

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 3: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: Carlos Cuadra. Searcher (vol. 11, no.9) October 2003. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct03/CuadraWeb.shtml

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 2: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories. Searcher (vol. 11, no.7) July-August  2003. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul03/ardito_bjorner.shtml

"17th Annual AIIP Conference." Information Today (July 2003). http://www.infotoday.com/it/jul03/bjorner.shtml

(with Stephanie C. Ardito) Online Before the Internet, Part 1: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories. Searcher (vol. 11, no.6) June 2003. http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun03/ardito_bjorner.shtml

 

2002

(with Stephanie Ardito) "Legal Issues: Retrospective Publishing Contracts After Tasini." Information Today (May 2002) pp.24-26.

 

2001

"Ebooks: The 'e' is (also) for 'evolution.'" The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research (April 2001) pp.6-7.

 

2000

(with Stephanie Ardito) "Writing About 'Online' Online: Using the Internet for Collaboration." American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Conference. November 14, 2000.

"The Way of the Web." [five-year anniversary editorial] The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research (November/December 2000) p.4

"Diacritical Issues on the Web." The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research (March 2000) p.6.

 

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