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Monthly Archives: November 2003
Controversy Over Library Net Filtering Continues
Internet Filters and Public Libraries by David L. Sobel is a new report (20 pages, pdf) that examines the June 23, 2003 Supreme Court ruling on the Childrens Internet Protection Act. Continue Reading
Question of Internet Governance on the International Agenda
Plan for UN to run internet ‘will be shelved’: “An attempt by developing countries to put management of the internet under United Nations auspices is likely to be shelved at next month’s world information summit in Geneva – but the issue is now firmly on the international agenda, summit sources say…The critics argue that the… Continue Reading
Online Job Seekers and Privacy Issues
World Privacy Forum, 2003 Job Search Privacy Study (81 pages, pdf) – Job Searching in the Networked Environment: Consumer Privacy Benchmarks Continue Reading
Censorware Exemption Extended by LC
As a follow-up to my posting on October 29, LC Grants Limited Digital Copyright Exemptions, Attorney James S. Tyre of the Censorware Project posted this entry on his blog, Censorware Exemption to DMCA Anti-circumvention Provisions In Effect For Another Three Years, that includes the full text of the Register’s recommendation in support of the censorware… Continue Reading
Legal Marketing via Blogs
From Denise Howell’s blog, What Has Your Blawg Done For You, Your Clients, Your Profession, Lately? Issues addressed include: Blawgs For Professional Development Blawgs As Devoted, Low Cost, Personal PR Experts Blawgs As Conversations Continue Reading
Doctor-Patient E-Mail Communication
From The Yale Journal of Law & Technology (YJoLT): Message Deleted? Resolving Physician-Patient E-mail through Contract Law, by Michael A. McCann – “This article examines the impact of e-mail on the physician-patient relationship, and how contract law can resolve the uncertainties incumbent in this nascent form of communication.” Continue Reading
New Version of IE to Include Ad Blocker
According to News.com, Microsoft will include a a pop-up blocker in the new version of Internet Explorer for Windows XP, early next year. Continue Reading
The Future of the Book
Noted author Umberto Eco delivered a speech on 10/11/03 at the Library of Alexandria on the future of books in which he stated: “Libraries, all over the centuries, have been the most important way to keep our collective wisdom. They were and still are a sort of universal brain where we can retrieve what we… Continue Reading
Bashing Corporations on the Web Often Results in Silence
Companies largely ignore Web sites lambasting them: Many corporations choose to ignore criticism of their products and/or services on websites created to give voice to dissatisfied customers, whose comments in turn may or may not have merit. Continue Reading
Gov’t Portal Provides Benefits Data from 48 States
From FCW.com: The Labor Department today launched a new version of GovBenefits.gov that includes information on benefits programs in 20 states, taking another step toward making the Web portal a truly governmentwide source for citizens. Continue Reading
Blogs as a Library Marketing Tool
Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library’s Services, by Darlene Fichter: “Librarians have had to learn how to do a lot with just a little in order to promote awareness of their programs and services. They have seized the opportunities to market libraries in the real world via traditional media: newspapers, corporate… Continue Reading
