Year: 2005

From the New York Times: As part of an ambitious attempt to revive CBSNews.com with a broad array of free video news produced just for its Web site, CBS said today that it would also introduce a Web log to comment on CBS’s newscasts, both online and on air. To be written by Vaughn Ververs, …

The New York Times reports that the Internet Archive is being sued for failure to block a old version of plaintiff’s Web page on its WayBack Machine. Selections from the article: The Internet Archive was created in 1996 as the institutional memory of the online world, storing snapshots of ever-changing Web sites and collecting other …

Although they can be quite useful, fifty state survey of state statutes are notoriously difficult and labor intensive. When facing such a project, wouldn’t it be nice to know if someone has already compiled a survey for your statute? To find out, I’ve often turned to the excellent Subject Compilations of State Laws, an annual …

The Congressional Management Foundation has published a new report entitled, Communicating with Congress: How Capitol Hill is Coping with the Surge in Citizen Advocacy. The Internet and e-mail have made it easier and cheaper than ever before for citizens to communicate with their Members of Congress. In 2004, Congress received 200 million communications, four times …

There is no doubt that the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court is a hot topic of conversation this week, especially in the blawgosphere. Reuters has an interesting article about the role of bloggers in the nomination process. Web logs likely numbering in the dozens provide a way for the thoughtful and the passionate to …

The JS Online reports that House Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner on Monday proposed making fully permanent the expanded law enforcement powers granted in the 2001 USA Patriot Act. According to the article: Sensenbrenner’s proposal could be altered either by the 40-member panel or by the full House, where both liberals and conservatives have voiced objections …

This month’s The American Lawyer has an excellent article on the value of law firm librarians. Despite predictions that they would become obsolete as electronic resources replaced print materials, librarians have become more vital than before. From the article: The survey results also show that, increasingly, librarians are contributing to the bottom line. As partners …

One of the highlights of each LLAW (Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin) Newsletter is Cindy May’s Recommended Readings list. I thought that the following article from the Summer 2005 edition list looked particularly interesting. Fried, Gil and Metchick, Robert. “Camp Randall Memorial Stadium Case Study: University of Wisconsin, October 30, 1993.” Journal of Legal Aspects …

Related stories in both the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Capital Times caution bloggers about the dangers of sharing too much personal information. In particular, they warn that venting petty gripes or sharing partying and dating exploits can damage your reputation, especially to a potential employer. According to the Chronicle: You may think your …

A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that 91% of Internet users have changed their online behavior because of fears that their computer could become infected with spyware. Spyware is a type of computer program that secretly plants itself on a computer and then monitors users’ online behavior or hijacks …