BY: Ruest, Danielle and Nelson Ruest. ‘Windows Vista Virtulization: What You Need to Get Started,” Informationweek.com News. (March 10, 2008).
“Running Vista in a virtual machine gives users access to all of the operating system’s features while avoiding hardware and application-compatibility obstacles. Here’s a primer to get you started, with a link to a free, downloadable e-book.”
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William S. Hein & Co., Inc. & the American Association of Law Libraries are Looking for Proposal Ideas for the AALL Publications Series
Do you have an idea for a new publication? The AALL Publications Committee, together with William S. Hein & Co., Inc. welcomes proposals relating to law librarianship for additions to the AALL Publications Series. Publications within the series vary widely in their subject matter, covering traditional technical services, information technology, advances in technology with respect to library functions, and subject-specific manuals, bibliographies, and research guides. To review titles currently available within the series, visit AALL’s web site at http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_series.asp. Instructions on how to submit a proposal can be found at http://www.aallnet.org/committee/publications/proposal.htm.
Susanne Pierce Dyer, Reference/Devilopment Librarian, Bernard E. Witkin Alemeda County Law Library in Oakland, California has sent the following information and announcement regarding the tenth anniversary of the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium:
“How quickly a decade flies by! As we look back to the first Witkin lecture in May of 1998, it is hard to believe that our tenth anniversary event is coming soon. Now called the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium, it is co-sponsored the Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library and the Witkin Legal Institute.”
“This year’s topic is “Taking your Practice to New Heights with Effective Management Techniques and Cutting Edge Technologies.” We are very grateful for the assistance of members of the State Bar of California Section on Law Practice Management and Technology for their assistance in organizing the program and recruiting speakers.”
CLLB Information Scurity Newsletter
March 2008 Volume 1, Issue 2
Annual Maintenance For Computers
BY TAMAR RAUM*
March is Women’s History Month, and a wealth of historical, social, political, and cultural knowledge is available on the internet. The following internet page of the NWHP (National Women’s History Project) highlights notable achievements of outstanding women.
The following was posted on the LAW.COM: Legal Blog Watch on March 3, 2008 by Carolyn Elefant:
“Everyone in the blawgosphere knows that David Lat is Above the Law. Everyone, that is, except Facebook, which apparently has its own laws that even a blogger of Lat’s stature can’t transcend. Facebook recently banished David Lat from its site, without explanation, according to Daniel Solove at Concurring Opinions. Fortunately, the suspension didn’t last long — as of this afternoon, Lat reports that Facebook responded to Lat’s appeal and reinstated his account.
Lat’s sudden suspension has triggered a discussion among legal bloggers over what type of process is due customers of Facebook prior to ejection from the site. This isn’t the first time that a user’s expulsion from a Web site has generated controversy. Last year, a Second Life user challenged the site’s suspension of his account, with the judge invalidating the Terms of Service as an unconscionable contract of adhesion. But given Lat’s status as an A-list law blogger, his experience has attracted more discussion from the legal blogosphere.
The March issue of WSLL @ Your Service has been published at http://wsll.state.wi.us/newsletter/0803.html In this issue:
* What’s New: New Volunteer @ WSLL; Economic Stimulus Checks – A Heads Up * This Just In… : New & Updated library materials * Click To It! Legal Research @ Your Fingertips: finding law journal articles using the WSLL Catalog * The Story of a Great Classic: finding legal classics using HeinOnline * Tech Tip in Brief: “I Guess I Should Have Known That” – A Variety of Quick Tech Tips * Odds & Endings: St. Patrick’s Day 2008; Other March Notables
The following was contributed by Bill Graham*
The Internet Society played a significant role in the second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Rio de Janeiro in December, 2007. ISOC hosted an Open Forum on ISOC’s work and worked with partners to organize or participate in nine other sessions, including the Opening and Closing Panels of the IGF itself.
Planning has now begun for the 2008 IGF, which will be held in Hyderabad, India from 3-6 December. ISOC Board of Trustees members, ISOC staff members, and a large number of ISOC members participated in the IGF Open Consultations held in Geneva on 26 February 2008. The meeting was convened in the United Nations headquarters and was attended by
February Content Release
This month’s content release includes the following NEW content:
12 years added to the Congressional Record Bound
