Day archives: November 21st, 2009

UT Libraries' Human Rights Documentation Initiative

“The UT Libraries’ Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) is committed to the long-term preservation of fragile and vulnerable records of human rights struggles worldwide, the promotion and secure usage of human rights archival materials, and the advancement of human rights research and advocacy around the world. The HRDI website highlights the following types of materials: …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Libraries

ABA Releases Report on Best Practices in Employing Lawyers with Disabilities

News release: “Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 22,295,000 Americans with disabilities are of working age; however, only 36.9 percent were employed, compared to the 79.7 percent of the non-disabled. Acknowledging this disparity, the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disabilities hosted the “Second ABA National Conference on the Employment …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research

Google Announces Automatic Captions in YouTube

Official Google Blog, Ken Harrenstien, Software Engineer: “Since the original launch of captions in our products, we’ve been happy to see growth in the number of captioned videos on our services, which now number in the hundreds of thousands. This suggests that more and more people are becoming aware of how useful captions can be. …

Subjects: Search Engines

Federal Regulators Issue Final Model Privacy Notice Form

News release: “Eight federal regulatory agencies today released a final model privacy notice form that will make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about consumers. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), institutions must notify consumers of their information-sharing practices and inform consumers of their right to opt out …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy