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2002 The Ides of November
    Try a new web-based email client, Disable pop-ups in Mozilla, an easy way to undo, Google news, Another fun word game, and a Recipe for your leftover turkey.
   
  The Ides of October
    How to quickly add contacts to Outlook, Install Mozilla, An easy way to organize your Windows start menu, Download Mozilla, and Play a fun word game.
   
  The Ides of September
    How to find all your messages using Outlook Web Access, Open multiple browser sessions, A shortcut to re-opening recently-used documents, Avoid telemarketing phone calls by signing up at the Wisconsin No Call List, and Make a visit to the Invisible Lilbrary.
   
  The Ides of August
    Color-code your Outlook messages, Shrink the buttons on Internet Explorer, Use the Windows Task Manager to un-freeze an application, National Technical Information Service (NTIS) documents searchable at no charge, and the 1947 vocational guidance film "Your Life Work Series: The Librarian"
   
  The Ides of July
    Print your Outlook calendar, Adjust the size of text on a web page, "Dumpster dive" in your PC's recycle bin for deleted documents, "Marketing the Worth of Your Library", and a Google mirror & the 2002 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest awards.
   
  The Ides of June
    Demystifying e-mail acronyms and emoticons, Cleaning shortcuts out of your SysTray, The right way to shut down your PC, The Top Ten Most Useful Medical Web Sites, and Librarians in Music.
   
  The Ides of May
    A shortcut to add an address to your Outlook contacts, Using your browser's History to re-find web sites, Run defragmenter to keep your PC's hard drive in good working condition, Borrow audiocassettes of programs held at the 2002 PLA Conference, and meet a Jedi librarian.
   
  The Ides of April
    Create a new Outlook appointment from an e-mail message, Print just a selected passage from a web page in Internet Explorer, Create shortcut icons on your computer's Desktop for frequently-visited web pages, The "Does It Work?" web site, and A new series of waterproof books designed to be read while in the bathtub.
   
  The Ides of March
    Customizing Outlook by adding new columns to a folder's view, How to import your Netscape bookmarks into Internet Explorer, A shortcut to open any recently used document, The Librarians' Index to the Internet Tax Time 2002 web site, and The 3rd International Edible Book Festival.
   
  The Ides of February
    Keyboard shortcuts in Outlook, Tips on using your web browsers back button, Windows Drag and Resize tutorials, "A Few Good Web Sites: What's New, What's Fun, and Sites I Absolutely Couldn't Live Without", and Libraries and bookstores where you can curl up with a good cat.
   
  The Ides of January
    Move messages to folders using Outlook Web Access, How to add a personal toolbar/links toolbar to your web browser, How to customize the Windows taskbar, Library Lovers' Month, and If cats had a book group.
   
2001 The Ides of December
    Set Outlook menus to show all options, Differences between the Netscape and Internet Explorer web browsers, Customize menus in all Microsoft Office products, Internet Librarian 2001 Conference presentations on the Web, and A behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings movie from a school librarian who was an extra on the film
   
  The Ides of November
    Using the Outlook Global Address Book, Opening a link in a new web browser window, A shortcut to the Desktop, Best Free Reference Web Sites 2001, Send a fun e-greeting card from The Australian Library and Information Association
   
  The Ides of October
    Moving to Microsoft Outlook 2000, How to print parts of a framed web page, Locate lost files on your PC, The Historical New York Times Project, and And Now, 12,000 Words From Our Sponsor.
   
  The Ides of September
    Send the same e-mail message to many using blind carbon copy (Bcc), Use the reload/refresh button to make sure you're viewing the most recent version of a web page, Keyboard shortcuts in Windows, and librarians' bumper stickers.
   
  The Ides of August
    Beware spam e-greeting cards, Customizing the Netscape Personal Toolbar, Passwords, Links to choosing an ISP (Internet Service Provider), and An entertaining approach to encouraging people to return their library books on time.
   
  The Ides of July
    Chain letters, hoaxes & urban legends, How to get rid of "pop-under" ads, Using the Windows Task Manager to stop stuck applications, Get to know the invisible Web, and "Rupert Giles and Search Tools for Wisdom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
   
  The Ides of June
    Sending URLs in e-mail messages, Setting print preferences in your browser, Customizing the Windows Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar, and the "Genealogy-Patron-From-Hell"
   
  The Ides of May
    Word-wrap in e-mail messages, Secrets of the reload button revealed, Shortcuts to recently used documents, The Harry Potter Lexicon, and "Stuff Librarians Find as Bookmarks"
   
  The Ides of April
    Signature files in e-mail messages, Netscape's History list, a Disk Defragmenter for Windows NT workstations, Bibliozine: The E-magazine for Librarians, and "Cataloger's Revenge"
   
  The Ides of March
    Make sure to use correct e-mail addresses, How to print pages that refuse to print, Disk Defragmenter utility for Windows 95, "'Food for Fines' Drives: Positive PR That Works!", and Internet Bumper Stickers.
   
  The Ides of February
    The Ides-ster was out sick with a cold, so no Ides was published this month
   
  The Ides of January
    Winnefox-L and other electronic discussion lists, Cookies, Taskbar options, how to "become a 'god/goddess of library display," and "Hit Me, My Lovely: A Mystery Incorporating the Fifty Most Popular Internet Search Terms of the Past Year"
   
2000 The Ides of December
    Creating a mailing list, Enlarge the type on Web pages, Change the font size in Windows 9x/NT, WLA Conference programs on the Web, and Book-themed electronic postcards
   
  The Ides of November
    Recent computer viruses and how to handle them, "backing up" on even when the back button doesn't work, how to get to the Windows Desktop quickly, Google, and Hell's Librarians
   
  The Ides of October
    A shortcut for e-mail attachments, a Netscape Basics tutorial, how to make "screen shots" of error messages when you need tech support, PLA programs on audiocassette, and is Willard Library haunted?
   
 

The Ides of September
    Options for adddressing e-mail, Keyboard shortcuts for Netscape, Keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Using sales techniques in your library, and "Library System Terrorizes Publishing Industry."

   
  The Ides of August
    Replying to e-mail messages correctly, opening multiple sessions of Netscape, locating any file on your PC, American Library Association annual conference programs on audiocassette, and "I am the Very Model of a Computerized Librarian".
   
  The Ides of July
     How not to send HTMLized e-mail messages, How to delete unwanted buttons from the Netscape 4.x Personal Toolbar, Clean unneeded icons off your Desktop, The If You Like... Handifile, and Finding books by color
 
   
  The Ides of June
    Size matters (in e-mail messages), Customizing the Netscape 4.x Personal Toolbar, Minimizing applications quickly, Health Web sites for the library worker, and Miss Charlotte Brown, Librarian, Goes Mad.
   
  The Ides of May
    Saving drafts of e-mail messages, Stopping animated images on Web pages, Tracking down missing files on your PC, Entrepreneurial Libraries: Bright Ideas for Today's Libraries, and The very last page on the Internet.
   
  The Ides of April
    Forwarding messages, Increasing the font size in Netsape, Cutting and pasting tips, PLA 2000 Conference programs on the Web, and an Interview with a Search Engine.
   
  The Ides of March
    Word-wrap in e-mail messages, Re-accessing recently used documents, Daylight Savings Time and bookmarks, 8 ways to celebrate National Library Week, and "Nation's Teens Disappointed By Banned Books"
   
  The Ides of February
    Your e-mail signature file, Web sites that are slooooow to load, The solution to tiny Taskbar buttons, Magazines' Web sites, and Horrible book puns
   
  The Ides of January
    Alternatives to listservs, "Unjamming" Web pages as they load, Using the scroll bar effectively, Ideas for Library Lovers Month, and the Cyrano Server Valentine generator
   
1999 The Ides of December
     E-mail folders, Changing your Web browser's start page, Windows Tip of the Day, Speechbot directory, and NORAD Tracks Santa Claus
   
  The Ides of November
     Including URLs in e-mail messages, Rogue Web sites, Create project folders on your PC's desktop, Encyclopaedia Britannica Web site, and "Library Girl"
   
  The Ides of October
     Creating attachments to e-mail messages, Optimizing the width of columns; Sample library policies for the small public library, and Reference question contest winners
   
  The Ides of September
     Netiquette refresher, Desktop shortcuts to Web sites, the Ten Commandments of Tech Support Callers, ALA Annual Conference Cassettes Web site, and "No cellphone, no pager, no e-mail, no fax"
   
  The Ides of August
    Canning spam, Personalizing the Netscape Personal Toolbar, Cleaning out Windows Tray Lint, The Your Nation Web site, and "Banswork: a New Integrated Library Application Suite"
   
  The Ides of July
     Backing-up e-mail messages, The 404 Research Lab, Windows shutdown procedures, WISDOT's Detour & Construction Information, and IFLANET Library Humour
   
  The Ides of June
     Finding e-mail addresses, Organizing bookmarks, Telnet, WILSWorld99 conference URLs, and the Patron Saint of the Internet
   
  The Ides of May
     E-mail attachments, Creating and editing bookmarks, Interrupting print jobs, WAPL Conference URLs, and Thwart not the Librarian!
   
 

The Ides of April
     Distribution lists, Multiple web browser sessions, Recycle Bin, Internet Librarian '98 conference presentations, and Great Moments in the History of Technical Services

   
 

The Ides of March
     An alternative to e-mail newsletters, Going backwards in your web browser, Sticky keys, Tax forms on the Web, and Y2K mania

   
 

The Ides of February
     HTMLized e-mail messages, Hiding browser toolbars, Fixing misbehaving mice, Keeping current with the Internet, and Dr. Carpal's Instant Computer Expert Method

   
 

The Ides of January
     Delete old messages, Multiple Netscape user profiles, Windows 95/98 in large print, Library Lovers' Month, and Conan the Librarian

   
1998

The Ides of December
     E-mail folder management, ScanDisk, Database of Award-winning Children's Literature, and Holiday gifts from CD-ROMs

   
 

The Ides of November
      URLs in E-mail, Frames, Defragging, "Virtual" Conferences, and the Dialectizer

   
 

The Ides of October
      "Blind Carbon Copy", Printing problems solved, the Windows key, Media search engines, and Modified Librarians

   
 

The Ides of September
      "Return to Sender, Address Unknown", Librarians' Index to the Internet, PC resource monitor, Web Review, and Library Science Jeopardy

   
 

The Ides of August
      E-mail bugs, Rescue disks, Power searching, BookBrowser, and Reel librarians

   
 

The Ides of July
      Sorting e-mail, Ergonomics, Windows 98 considerations, The LibrarySpot, and Library cats

   
 

The Ides of June
      E-mail address shortcuts, Mouseless surfing, Multiple user profiles, KidsClick, and The 5th Wave

   
 

The Ides of May
      Netiquette, Purple links, Closing windows, Virtual trip to PLA, and Librarian jokes

   
 

The Ides of April
      Electronic discussion groups, "Start-up" pages, Taskbar options, Information Please, and Easter eggs

   
 

The Ides of March
      Sentmail management, Error messages, Crash 101, Northern Light(s), and 101 Uses for those extra mouse pads

   
 

The Ides of February
      Virus hoaxes, a Shortcut for URLs, the Finder of lost files, Vital records, and Haiku error messages

   
 

The Ides of January
      Spam, Cookies, Nations of the World, and the Lipstick Librarian


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