Thanks to Library Stuff for inspiring me in my search of the great library pumpkins. The first is courtesy of Terry’s Worklog. “For those of you that don’t speak MARC, the pumpkin is a jack-o-lantern …
Month: October 2007
Westlaw WebPlus: a New, Free Legal Search Engine.
West has unveiled a new Web search engine called Westlaw WebPlus. This legally-focused search engine filters search results based on legal relevance. WebPlus is available from within Westlaw, although it may just be for law …
WI Bill Allowing Police to Access Library Surveillance Tapes Passes
Senate Bill 214, which allows law enforcement officials to have access to library surveillance video tapes without having to first obtain a court order, passed both houses of the Legislature yesterday with no opposition. The …
New Look for Amazon
Looks like Amazon is testing out a new site design. A few facts from the about page: What’s different? We concentrated on shopping, searching, saving, and buying–the four activities that customers have repeatedly told us …
West Headnote of the Day – Amusing, Profound or Otherwise Interesting
West has launched a fun new resource called Headnote of the Day in which “amusing, profound or otherwise interesting” headnotes are delivered to you by email (what, no RSS?). Headnote of the Day is a …
Gingerbread Haunted Mansion
This item came up today in one of the blogs that I read and thought it was too cool not to share – a gingerbread haunted mansion. Librarians will appreciate the “Return Your Books or …
YouTube Video Identification System Will Help Copyright Holders Identify Works
YouTube is developing a Video Identification system which will help copyright holders identify their works on YouTube. From the about page: We have worked with Google to develop one-of-a-kind technology that can recognize videos based …
New Statewide Victim Notification System
Thanks to a grant from the US Dept of Justice, Wisconsin will soon be launching a new statewide victim notification system. From the Wisconsin Radio Network: [According to Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch], the project is …
Differing Perspectives on Book Digitization
A couple interesting stories on book digitization crossed my path this week. The first is an article in EdTech about UW Madison’s involvement in the Google Book project. Google this spring began scanning 500,000 of …
Faking Dr's Note, Jury Duty Summons to Get Out of Work
There is an AP News story making the rounds about a devious little hooky-enabling product called The Excused Absence Network. For about $25, students and employees can buy excuse notes that appear to come from …