Update: According to the TVC Alert, the national cell phone directory will used to provide a wireless directory-assistance service and not sold to third parties. Cell phone owners will have to opt-in. ————————————– It appears …
Month: December 2004
Blogging at Your Library Presentation
Today I’m giving a presentation entitled, “Blogging @ Your Library: Finding, Reading, and Creating Library Blogs” to the Fox Valley Library Council. For the first half of the session, I’ll give a powerpoint presentation introducing …
HubMed – Medical Research Delivered via RSS
If you ever have to conduct medical research, you are probably already aware of PubMed, the free medical literature database from the National Library of Medicine. Now there is a new service called HubMed, an …
Blogs on the Front Page of the Wisconsin State Journal
      Today’s Wisconsin State Journal has a font page story about blogs. UW Law School blogs are featured prominently. According to the story, “At UW-Madison, the law school seems to be a leading …
Law Firm Sues for Web Site Plagiarism
From the E-LawLibrary Weblog: Brayton Purcell, a California law firm, filed a lawsuit against another law firm when it discovered that the defendant’s Web site had posted a significant amount of content from the firm’s …
Wisconsin Wetlands – New Tap the Power from LRB Library
Wisconsin wetlands is the topic of the latest Tap the Power from the Legislative Reference Bureau Library. Wisconsin’s wetlands serve many important functions, including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality protection, flood storage, and erosion …
Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service Announcements
A couple of notices regarding the Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service: It will be unavailable from December 10th, 2004 till January 3rd, 2005. With the start of the 2005-06 legislature session, all subscriptions for notification from …
Madison Named to Top Ten Digital Cities of 2004
This month, Madison, Wisconsin was awarded fourth place in the Center for Digital Government’s Top 10 Digital Cities for the 125,000-249,999 population category. The annual study examines how city governments are utilizing digital technologies to …
"Blog" Is Most Looked-Up Word of the Year
It seems that a lot of people are asking – “What’s a blog?” Recently, Merriam-Webster Inc announced the top ten Words of the Year 2004 and number one on the list was “blog” The list …
BBC Falls for Web Hoax
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a Web source is legitimate or not – even for the BBC. According to the TVC Alert: On Friday, the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical plant accident that …