Information Technology

March 16, 2009

Two Twitter Stories

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?

March 12, 2009

From the Americqan Libraries Direct

by David Badertscher

American Libraries Direct is the e-newsletter of the American Library Association (ALA),

March 11, 2009.

Highlights:

March 4, 2009

Linkedin Recommendations: Five Ways to Make the Most of Them

by David Badertscher

BY:Lynch, C.G. CIO , February 19, 2009.

Excerpt:

“As potential employers or recruiters peruse your work experience on LinkedIn, recommendations from past and present colleagues can be one of the most helpful features to help communicate your value. Here’s five tips for doing the most good for yourself with LinkedIn recommendations.”

March 4, 2009

The Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship: A Symposium in Honor of Bob Oakley

by David Badertscher

The Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship:

A Symposium in Honor of Bob Oakley July 25, 2009 Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown Law Library About The Future of Today’s Scholarship: A Symposium in Honor of Bob Oakley

The time to debate the role of blogs in legal scholarship has passed. As we approach the end of the first decade of the 21st century, one of our oldest and most conservative disciplines has clearly embraced the era of electronic publishing. Blogging has indeed transformed legal scholarship. Now it’s time to move the dialogue forward.

March 3, 2009

Internet Poised For Significant Changes in 2009 Says Dr. Vint Cerf

by David Badertscher

The Internet in 2009 is undergoing the most significant set of changes of its entire history, ccording to one of the men who helped create it, Dr. Vint Cerf. At the official opening of the Internet Society’s (ISOC) new offices in Geneva, on 26 February, Dr Cerf explained that

technical developments in the Internet’s addressing system and the introduction of internationalised domain names are significant milestones.

Such statements carry weight, coming from the man who, in 1972, was one of the inventors of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), two critical technologies that remain at the heart of the Internet today. In addition to his technical

March 3, 2009

Ribert Richards Updates Legal Information Systems & Legal Informatics Resources

by David Badertscher

Legal Information Systems & Legal Informatics Resources, http://home.comcast.net/~richards1000/LegalInformationSystemsBibliography.htm , has been updated with new content. This site aggregates resources of interest to those conducting research on legal information systems. Materials listed include the following:

• Articles, Preprints, Journals, Blogs, and Indexes • Conferences and Conference Proceedings • Dissertations & Theses • Departments, Research Centers, Research Projects, and Organizations • Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access • Metadata, Knowledge Representation, and Systems Design • Preservation • Digital Libraries & Institutional Repositories • CALR & Publishers • Knowledge Management • Court Technology • Law Practice Technology
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Richard can be contacted at richards1000@comcast.net .

February 25, 2009

New, Powerful, State-Of-The-Art Learning Technology Coming to the American Association of Law Libraries

by David Badertscher

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is proud to announce it is adopting a new, powerful, state-of-the-art learning technology, which will provide a new learning gateway to all AALL members.

The new Ed2Go @AALLNET site will provide members with:

Online access to the AALL Annual Meeting program recordings, as well as archived Webinars, audio recordings, and video recordings

February 24, 2009

CLLB Information Security Newsletter. February 2009 Volume 2 Number 2.

by David Badertscher

February 2009 Volume 2 Number 2.

CLLB Information Security Newsletter

Monthly Cyber Security Tips NEWSLETTER

February 23, 2009

Q&A: Electronic Signatures*

by David Badertscher

QUESTION:

Does any one use electronic signatures for documents? We conduct video arraignments with detention facilities around our county and this would be most helpful and much more efficient. Any information you can provide will be appreciated.

RESPONSE: