The Many Facets of Managing Electronic Resources. The author discusses “back-end management tools for library staff,” and “front-end management” products and applications to facilitate effective delivery of services to users. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2004
More on Terror Warning and Almanacs
On December 30, I posted on Gov’t Warning Issued About Terrorists and Almanacs. As a follow-up, see In Defense of Almanacs and Almanac carries lot of weight in warning – FBI’s recent alert has editor bemused: In both the articles noted above Kevin Seabrooke, a senior editor for The World Almanac and Book of Facts,… Continue Reading
E-Commerce Websites Modify Privacy Policies
Companies Alter Privacy Policies: “As online marketing matures, many companies are finding privacy policies that once seemed acceptable as constricting as clothing that has been outgrown and, like a too-tight suit, must be altered.” Continue Reading
Site Auctions Property Seized by Police
As I previously posted December 9, hundreds of cities and localities around the country are turning to the web to auction unclaimed property using eBay. The New York Times reported on January 4 that New York City has chosen to auction a vast array of items from its property rooms using an online auction site… Continue Reading
Blogging on Legal Citations for Blogs
The BlogBook is a “guide to legal blogging” that hosts an ongoing discussion of style, ethics and technical issues associated with blawgs, launched late November 2003. The site’s design resembles that of the Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation, and its three authors are attorneys who are also writers and marketing experts. An article about… Continue Reading
Interview With Symantec CEO on Viruses, Cybercrime, and Threats to the Net
SYMANTEC CORP. – On the record: This extensive and interesting interview with Symantec Corp’s CEO John Thompson, whose company is well known for enterprise wide and home PC web security applications such as Norton Anti-Virus, discusses the politics of IT infrastructure security issues (he is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council), cybercrime, ID… Continue Reading
Interview With 9/11 Commission Chair
QUESTIONS FOR TOM KEAN – Want to Know a Secret? See also my other postings on the work of and major challenges encountered by the 9/11 Commission to meet the May 2004 deadline for issuing their report. Continue Reading
Search Engine Software Offers Researchers New Features in 2004, But Google Still Leads the Pack
From AP, news on search engine alternatives to the ubiquitous Google, with features of interest to researchers. See Vivisimo and Grokker. See also this BBC article, “Technology analyst Bill Thompson wonders why he cannot stay away from Google, even though he has his doubts about it.”[Link] Continue Reading
For Californians, No More Watching TV or Videos While Driving
From the Sacramento Bee, via Slashdot, news of legislation that took effect on January 1, 2004, to “prohibit any person from driving a motor vehicle if a video monitor or a video screen, or any other, similar means of visually displaying a video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located… Continue Reading
