The Organisation of South African Law Libraries (OSALL) is one of the sponssors and will be participating in this Conference:
NINTH Southern African Online Information Meeting
Tuesday 3rd of June to Thursday 5th of June 2008 CSIR Conference Centre
WordPerfect Meets PDF, Falls in Love
The following is from TechnoLawyer Newswire,- http://www.technolawyer.com/tlnewswire.asp April 16, 2008:
Traditionally, the software industry presented law firms with a dilemma – single-task best-of-breed programs or easier to manage but lower quality all-in-one programs. And then came the suite, which offers best-in-class programs designed to work together.
Corel’s new suite, Corel WordPerfect Office X4, seeks to take the suite where it has never ventured before with new features and programs that eliminate the need to purchase standalone programs from other companies.
California Prison Reform: Inmates, It and Health Care
California Prison Reform: Inmates, IT and Health Care
Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six days-treatment which, according to federal courts, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. IT is part of the court-ordered prescription to ensure doctors do no more harm. But prisons systems are antiquated or non-existent, and IT leaders have struggled to deploy new technology that could help.
ABAJournal.Com Needs Your Help
We are passing on the following message just recieved from the ABA Journal.
The ABA Journal has been nominated for the Internet’s most prestigious honor. And we need your help to win.
ABAJournal.com is one of five nominees for a Webby Award in the Law category. Described by the New York Times as the “Oscars of the Internet,” the Webby Awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, and received almost 10,000 entries this year. ABAJournal.com features a legal newswire updated with 25 to 50 fresh stories throughout every business day, a directory of more than 1,800 blogs written by lawyers, and archives of the magazine stretching back to 2004.
National Library Week
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 celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.
National Library Week affords a wonderful opportunity for librarians and non-librarians to both promote and reflect on the importance of libraries to our society. Here are some examples of various groups are observing National Library Week:
Six Critical Steps To Managing Electronically Stored Information
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 concerning the discovery of ESI coupled with the explosive growth of electronically stored documents are exposing organizations to new risks and costs during litigation and the subsequent discovery”
__________________________ From: Findlaw, Modern Practice Newsletter, April 11, 2008
Kaye v. Silver : Chief Judge of the State of New York Sues for Increase in Judicial Pay for all State Judges
N.Y.’s Top Judge Sues Over Judicial Pay
“N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County, April 10, 2008) – Chief Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye sued New York officials for an increase in judicial pay for all state judges, arguing that, “while New York judicial salaries have declined 27 percent in real terms since 1999,” every other state employee has gotten ‘ cumulative increases of more than 24 percent’.”.
Is Emerging 3-D Holographic Storage Poised to be the Next Great Archival Medium?
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 for release in mid-2008. With first-generation products boasting write-once, read many (WORM) characteristics, a lifespan of 50-pls years, initial disk capacities of 300 gigabytes per disk and a 20 magabyte-per-second data rate, proponents are aiming this technology at the long term archival needs of government entities, highly regulated health-care and medical organizations, and professional media and film industries
National Issues Forum: Under Pressure, How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial
Under Pressure: How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Presented by the Coalition for Justice Hosted by the American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC
Chief Judge Judith Kaye Sues New York State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike
From: New York Law Journal April 10, 2008
Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike
BY: Joel Stashenko