Category «Internet»

Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen defy court order and move to Dark Web

Via Torrent Freak: “A few days ago several large online repositories of free books and academic articles were pulled offline. Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen had their domain names taken away after Elsevier beat them in court. However, the site’s operators are not planning to cease their activities and are continuing their operations through alternative domains …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Digital Rights, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Executive Order – Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to enhance cybersecurity awareness and protections at all levels of Government, business, and society, to protect privacy, to ensure public safety and economic and national security, and to empower Americans to take …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Government, E-Mail, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

President Obama’s new Cybersecurity National Action Plan

“What is the President’s Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP)? It’s the capstone of more than seven years of effort from this administration that takes near-term actions and puts in place a long-term strategy to ensure the federal government, the private sector, and American citizens can take better control of our digital security. The President’s plan …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Economy, Education, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

Prominent Authors Join Amicus Brief in Google Book Scanning Case

Via FindLaw via WSJ Law Blog – “Several famous authors filed a brief with the Supreme Court, asking it to hear a lawsuit over Google digital book library. Malcolm Gladwell, Margaret Atwood, Yann Martel, Steven Sondheim and others lent their names to the brief, contending Google is guilty of “massive copyright infringement…One of the writers’ …

Subjects: Copyright, Digital Rights, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

Google Search Education Online

“Improve your Google search skills with our Power Searching and Advanced Power Searching online courses. Learn tips and tricks to become a fast and effective fact-finder with Power Searching with Google. Deepen your understanding of solving complex research problems using advanced Google search techniques with Advanced Power Searching with Google. Join a growing global community …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

OPM to issue new requirements for personnel background investigations by contractors

Via Nextgov: “Contractors that conduct background investigations for the federal government will have to report information security incidents to the Office of Personnel Management within half an hour, are required to use smartcards as a second layer of security when logging on to agency networks and must agree to let OPM inspect their systems at …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

SCAMPI database – search guide to military operations and history data

“The Joint Forces Staff College Ike Skelton Library is a specialized military library, focusing on research in joint and multinational operations, military history and naval science, operational warfare, and operations other than war. Library staff members regularly scan the weekly news magazines, monthly and bimonthly journals such as Military Review, Armed Forces Journal, and quarterly …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Report Explores the Use of Social Tools to Improve Interagency Collaboration

IBM Center for Business of Government – “This report is intended for an audience beyond the U.S. Intelligence Community—senior managers in government, their advisors and students of government performance who are interested in the progress of collaboration in a difficult environment. This week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a new report …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Independent Voices – historic online searchable alternative press database

“Independent Voices chronicles the transformative decades of the 60s, 70s and 80s through the lens of an independent alternative press. Consolidated for the first time, Independent Voices provides over 1,000 titles from the special collections of dozens of libraries. Independent Voices provides easy access to the powerful voices of feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Copyright, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Amazon Prime Members Have Digital Access to Washington Post for Free – 6 months

“Amazon today announced that Prime members can now enjoy six months of free unlimited access to The Washington Post National Digital Edition, a subscription usually retailing for $9.99 per month. After the first six months of access to world-class national and international news, Prime members can continue to enjoy unlimited digital access with a discounted …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management