Searching the federal budget just got easier with Vivisimo’s specialized search engine for the 1600 page+ United States Budget for Fiscal Year 2005. Vivisimo is a clustering search engine which places your search results into …
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Madison to Establish Public Wireless Network
The Department of Administration is seeking vendors to build a public wireless network for downtown Madison and the airport. According to Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, the project won’t use …
Google Works with Libraries to Expand Collection of Scanned Books
In what appears to be a major expansion of the Google Print service, Google is set to begin an ambitious project of scanning hard-to-find books from five major library collections: New York Public Library, Harvard, …
Get Help with Your Search from Google Suggest
Boogle is Beta testing a new search tool called Google Suggest which suggests queries as you type in the search box. A drop down box open beneath the search box allowing you to choose a …
Article – Bloggers Beware: Debunking Eight Copyright Myths of the Online World
Anyone with his or her own blog should take a look at LLRX’s Bloggers Beware: Debunking Eight Copyright Myths of the Online World. The author debunks eight common misconceptions about copyright as it pertains to …
National Do Not Call List for Home & Cell Phones
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 …
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 …