Highly Recommended Internet "How-to" Guide

Roy Tennant rtennant at library.berkeley.edu
Fri May 1 19:11:08 EDT 1998


By the way, don't look for more information on this book at Neal-Schuman's
Web site under "Internet Books" (no, that makes too much sense!) -- look
under "New Books". Or, better yet, here's the direct link:

http://www.neal-schuman.com/cgi/bookdetail.cgi?id=252

Roy

On Fri, 1 May 1998 arqinfo at shore.net wrote:

> I've just read a book that helped me a lot and so wanted to pass the
> word along.  
> 
> I'm a librarian in a fairly small library, and was a bit intimidated by
> the prospect of establishing Internet access, using the Internet, and
> designing a library Website.  Then I read a book from Neal-Schuman, "The
> Complete Internet Companion for Librarians" and I felt so much more
> confident about these undertakings that I felt compelled to share it
> with the list.  This is a book written by a librarian (Allen C.
> Benson)for librarians and although it assumes a basic level of technical
> knowledge, is easy-to-understand and quite comprehensive.  
> 
> I have never seen any other book that combines so many "hot" Internet
> topics in one place. In addition to providing background info, it tells
> you what you need to do to connect to the Internet, suggests what
> hardware and software to use, explains how to use the Web and other
> Internet resources once you are up and running (including e-mail) and
> even includes the basics of designing your own Website! It was so
> convenient to find all this information in one book. I hope it helps
> some of you as much as it has helped me.
> 
> Bernadette Frances
> 



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