Information Technology

April 24, 2009

In Challenge to Integrated Library System Industry, OCLC Extends WorldCat By Launcing New Library System

BY Philip Y. Blue, Senior Law Librarian New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

In a move that could reshape the library automation landscape, OCLC has expanded WorldCat Locals existing cataloging and discovery tools with new circulation, delivery, and acquisitions features. This new project, which OCLC calls “the first Web-scale, cooperative library management service,” will ultimately bring into WorldCat Local the full complement of functions traditionally performed by a locally installed integrated library system (ILS).

Libraries that subscribe to FirstSearch WorldCat will get, for no additional charge, the WorldCat Local quick start service: a locally branded catalog interface and simple search box that presents localized search results for print and electronic content along with the ability to search the entire WorldCat database and other resources via the Web. Further automation support would come next year.

April 10, 2009

CLLB Information Security Newsletter. April 2009 Volume 2 Number 4.

by David Badertscher

http://www.msisac.org/April 2009 Volume 2 Number 4.

From the Desk of David Badertscher

The use of credit cards to pay for goods and services is a common practice around the world. It enables business to be transacted in a convenient and cost effective manner. However, more than 100 million personally-identifiable, customer records have been breached in the US over the past two years[1]. Many of these breaches involved credit card information. Continued use of credits cards requires confidence by consumers that their transaction and credit card information are secure. The following provides information as to how the credit card industry has responded to security issues and steps you can take to protect your information.

April 7, 2009

PowerPoint Security Bug Found in Microsoft Office 2003

by David Badertscher

“A new zero-day remote code execution vulnerability has come to light, this time affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

The software giant has issued a security advisory about the potential exploit, which affects older Microsoft Office versions up through Office 2003. The current flagship Office 2007 product is not vulnerable.”

For more details see article by Jabulani Lefall, “PowerPoint Security Bug Found in Office 2003” at:

April 6, 2009

Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc.

by David Badertscher

From: Findlaw Case Summaries, Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals:

CYBERSPACE LAW, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADEMARK

Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc. , No. 06-4881

March 31, 2009

Information and Communication Technologies Development Index

by David Badertscher

The new Information and Communications Index of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) compares developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in 154 countries over a five year period from 2002 to 2007.

The Index combines 11 indicators into a single measure that can be

used as a benchmarking tool globally, regionally and at the country

March 26, 2009

CLLB Information Security Newsletter. March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3.

by David Badertscher

March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3.

Social Networking Sites: How To Stay Safe

From the Desk of David G. Badertscher

March 24, 2009

An Appeal to A Jury of Your Twittering Peers

by David Badertscher

Written by: Ira Winkler March 24, 2009. For the Internet Revolution Blog:

“The ‘CSI Effect’ is what people call juror expectations of forensic evidence that unequivocally proves the defendant guilty. Unfortunately, there is now a “Twitter Effect,” where defense attorneys hope for mistrials because jurors just can’t control themselves and have to tweet what’s going on inside courtrooms or deliberation areas….” See entire posting at:

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=515&doc_id=173990&

March 16, 2009

Legal Division Quarterly: The Winter/Spring 2009 Issue

by David Badertscher

The Legal Division Quarterly is the Newsletter of the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association:

The 2009 Winter/Spring issue of the Legal Division Quarterly is now online at:

http://units.sla.org/division/dleg/Newsletter/LDQ%20Winter%20Spring%20v16n1&2.pdf

March 16, 2009

Two Twitter Stories

by David Badertscher

Stories about popular, exciting topics, often appear almost together , sometimes on the same day. On March 13 two stories published in the InformationWeek Daily Newsletter caught our attention and we wanted to pass them on to our readers:

In “The Intruder Story: Man At His Best”, Michael Hickins writes:

“As far as I’m concerned, David Prager is a hero. I would love to meet the man with enough sangfroid (that’s French for cojones) to Tweet and to even set up a Ustream of the event, all while reflecting on the relative degree of danger in which he found himself.”

March 13, 2009

Q&A: Spanish Vietnamese Versions of Court Websites

by David Badertscher

QUESTION*

For courts who have translated their public website into the Spanish and/or Vietnamese languages:

Do you have a Spanish and/or Vietnamese version of your court public website?