Cites & Insights 8:3 available - the centenary issue

Fri, 02/15/2008 - 21:23 — Walt

Cites & Insights 8:3 (March 2008) is now available.

This is the centenary issue--#100--a nice round number that I'm a little
surprised to have achieved. Naturally, that milestone affects the issue--but not as you might expect.

The issue's long--36 pages--and PDF as usual, although all but the last section (My Back Pages, always exclusively PDF) are also available in HTML form from the home page.

This issue includes:

100 Reasons for Doing Cites & Insights - an introduction
Trends & Quick Takes - ink costs, life without software, the significance of good sound and more: six trends, ten quicker takes.
Perspective: Tracking High-Def Discs - including a prediction for the
likely winner in the format war.
Making it Work - the biggie: 19 pages devoted to aspects of making libraries better, including reading (reader's advisory, slow reading, etc.), philosophy, hassles, balance, and "Library 2.0 debased."
Interesting & Peculiar Products - flashy labels, green PCs, supercheap laptops and more: 19 items in all.
My Back Pages - 16 mini-perspectives, none of them terribly serious.