A recently released GAO report, Records Management: National Archives and Records Administration’s Acquisition of Major System Faces Risks, documents significant problems with the develpment of the Electronic Records Archives (ERA). The “ERA will authentically preserve and provide access to any kind of electronic record, free from dependency on any specific hardware or software.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2003
FindLaw Announces Aussie Law Firm Website Awards
The winners of the FindLaw Web Site Awards for 2003 were announced August 14. In the large firm category, the winner is Allens Arthur Robinson; in the mid-size firm category, Swaab Attorneys is the winner; and Immigration Solutions is the winner in the small firm category. Continue Reading
ACLU Hosts Online Forum on CAPPS II and Privacy
Links to resources from today’s ACLU forum, “CAPPS II: Passenger Screening and Privacy Concerns,” are as follows: press release Remarks by Laura W. Murphy, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office Fact Sheet: The Five Problems With CAPPS II: Why the Airline Passenger Profiling Proposal Should Be Abandoned Continue Reading
Copyright Wars
The Escalating Copyright Wars by Peter K. Yu, Michigan State University-DCL College of Law, to be published in the Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 32, Spring 2004: “Piracy is one of the biggest threats confronting the entertainment industry today. Every year, the industry loses billions of dollars in revenue and faces the potential loss of hundreds… Continue Reading
Browser Tools
Tools to Dress Up The Web Browser. This brief article directs readers to several useful search engine toolbars and bookmarklets. Continue Reading
Law Librarians Leverage Best of Online and Print
From the ABA Journal eReport: GOING BEYOND GOOGLE – Law Librarians Stress Legal Research by the Books. The article’s author, Hope Viner Samborn, a lawyer, is co-author of The Legal Research and Writing Handbook (Third edition, 2003). Continue Reading
RIAA Threats Effective in Deterring Music Downloads
RIAA’s Subpoena Strategy is Chilling Downloads: “The possibility of a copyright infringement suit from the Recording Industry Association of America is apparently having a chilling effect on individuals who swap online music, according to new research from the NPD Group. The market research firm said households acquiring music files online illegally reached a high of… Continue Reading
2002 ABA Annual Technology Survey
From the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center: “Over 3000 lawyers in private practice responded to the 2002 survey. The survey reports will be available for sale on August 22, 2003. You can read the methodology and executive summary below. Each of these is included in the survey report volumes. As in 2001, there are five… Continue Reading
USPTO Recognized As Top Reference Website by ALA
From the USPTO press release: “The American Library Association (ALA) recently selected the Department of Commerces United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Web site as one of the MARS Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2003. MARS is the ALAs Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the Reference and User Services Association, and represents the interests… Continue Reading
Who Has the Largest Search Index?
Press release from Overture: “Overture Services, Inc., a global leader in commercial search services on the Internet, today announced the launch of the world’s largest search index of approximately 3.2 billion documents. The index was developed by the former Web search unit of Fast Search and Transfer (FAST), which Overture acquired in April.” Continue Reading
Draft Copy of Victory Act
Here is a link to a draft of the Victory Act (89 pages, pdf), courtesy of Rich Allen, Winthrop Public Library. Rich found the link on PatriotWatch, a blog that has numerous links to related documents, most of which are hosted by advocacy groups. Many thanks Rich! For reference, see my previous related posting, Controversy… Continue Reading
Report Measures Consumer Satisfaction With Web Engines, News
Consumers Rate Online Search, Portals, and News: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: “E-businesses are getting better overall in the view of their customersbut performance varies widely from company to company, according to the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) study released today. The report, which includes measurements of search engines, portals,… Continue Reading
