Cybrarian's Guide to Developing Successful Internet Programs and Services (Neal-Schuman Net-Guide Series)

This cutting-edge guide is designed to help librarians who have already mastered Internet skills such as e-mail, FTP, Telnet, Gopher, and the World Wide Web (including HTML basics) learn how to be successful Internet information producers and providers. Focusing on practical applications and realistic implementations, Creating And Providing Information Products And Services On The Internet first offers advice on planning a project, including assessing equipment and software needs, staffing and training, and creating and maintaining the Internet product or service. It covers designing Internet training programs for a variety of populations, offering a useful look at creation and maintenance of distance education projects. The guide also offers information about marketing traditional library services, electronic libraries, journals, and newsletters on the Net. Throughout, case studies of actual successful projects such as Purdue University's Government Documents Project and Cleveland Public Library's Electronic Library Project are offered to demonstrate proven strategies and approaches. Appendixes list Internet services software for different computer platforms, and an annotated directory of URLs which link to selected Internet tutorials and FAQs for installing and maintaining Internet services software.