National Library Week is being observed April 13-19, 2008 with the theme, “join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to…
SIX CRITICAL STEPS TO MANAGING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION “(Mark Diamond) – Litigation always, has been, and will continue to be, a reality of doing business. What is changing, however, is discovery and its focus on electronically stored information (often abbreviated ESI). Recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure…
Writing in the April/May 2008 issue of State Tech: Technology Insights for Leaders in State and Local Government, Michele Hope concludes by writing: “Only time and a few real-world installations will tell.” Here are some excerpts from Michele’s article: FROM THE INTRODUCTION: “The first commercial holographic storage products are slated…
The following is a listing of articles which appear in the most recent issue of LLRX at the time of this posting. See http://www.llrx.com: The Personal Information Trainer, by Stuart Basefsky http://www.llrx.com/features/personalinfotrainer.htm Criminal Law Resources: Fingerprint Evidence Challenges, by Ken Strutin http://www.llrx.com/features/fingerprintevidence.htm The Social Networking Titans: Facebook and MySpace, by…
Call for Participation Deadline Extended to April 22, 2008 A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends August 4-5, 2008 Denver, CO Conference website: http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance Sponsored by BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) and RUSA (Reference and User Services Association), an ALA Division Rumors of the “death of reference” have been greatly…
American Libraries Direct is e-newsletter of the American Library Association. Here is the Table of Contests for the April 4, 2008 issue: TABLE OF CONTENTS U.S. & World News ALA News Booklist Online D.C. Update Division News Round Table News Awards Seen Online Tech Talk Actions & Answers Poll Calendar…
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2008 is Joseph Thomas. Joseph is Head of Technical Services at the Kresge Library, University of Notre Dame Law School. His many contributions…
Net Neutrality: Why the Internet Can’t Remain Free * “Most users want a free Internet, but that’s not going to be possible by 2010, Gary Beach argues. Without a major investment by those who own the pipes, the likes of Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, Internet traffic will come to resemble…
From Global Knowledge eNews April 1, 2008 “In today’s business world, deep technical or specialized knowledge is not enough – especially for those moving up the corporate ladder. IT professionals [and those in other professions, including librarians] must complement this knowledge with business acumen – or general knowledge of the…
The Litigation Manual: Jury Trials Edited By Weyman I. Lundquist and Alyson Pytte The Litigation Manual has been valued as much for its refreshing style as its practical, how-to approach. This addition to The Litigation Manual library focuses on jury trials. The book takes you step-by-step through the stages of…