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Via LLRX.com – Hurricane Sandy and the national digital library issue: Could we have stopped or slowed down global warming? – David H. Rothman’s commentary maintains it is imperative that civic matters, including those that resulted in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, not become lost opportunities to find and share information, and to make best …
EFF: “Each year, Google receives thousands of demands from governments around the world seeking information about its users. People who use any of the search engine giants free online services such as Gmail, YouTube, Google+ or Blogger leave digital footprints behind, and information relating to their accounts is increasingly sought out by law …
“According to a recent report from Google, the company received 20,938 requests for user data in the first half of 2012, up from 18,257 requests in the second half of 2011. The United States accounted for 7,969 requests in the 2012 report. And of these requests, Google provided user data to the US government in …
Via LLRX – Litigation, trial and pre-trail iPad apps for lawyers: One of the most popular and rapidly growing categories of apps for lawyers are those developed for litigation, during trials and during the pretrial discovery phase. In this article, attorney, legal blogger and legal tech expert Nicole Black recommends more than a dozen affordable, …
“How do the digital footprints of Internet and cellphone users affect privacy, and what impact does this have on freedom of expression? These questions lie at the heart of a new study released by UNESCO this week…This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or …
“Browsers can be regarded as a kind of autonomous zone inside the operating systems of modern computers. A browser is a window to the online world, installed on each and every computer, powered with the ability to install and run additional apps on its territory. Of course, it grants access to a plethora of web-based …
A range of presentations from the conference, Transformational Power of Internet Librarians: Promise & Prospect have been posted by InfoToday. A sample of the program links follow: Über Analytics – Customizing Google Analytics to track multiple library platforms, M Ryan Hess, Web Services Coordinator, DePaul University Super Searcher Secrets, Mary Ellen Bates Competitive & Business …
De Zwart, Melissa , Lindsay, David F., Henderson, Michael and Phillips, Michael, Randoms vs Weirdos: Teen Use of Social Networking Sites and Perceptions of Legal Risk (2011). (2011) 36(3) Alternative Law Journal 153.; Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 44. Available at SSRN This article reports on research to identify the …
Telecommunications data retention – an overview, October 24, 2012: “By drawing on information related to similar proposals introduced in the United Kingdom (UK) in June 2012, this Background Note outlines the types of communications data generated by use of the Internet, email and phones, why law enforcement agencies want it retained, and what existing access …
“Begun in 1990, The Campus Computing Project™ is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher education. Our projects the annual Campus Computing Survey, the national surveys of presidents, provosts, and other senior campus officials conducted in collaboration with Inside Higher Ed, and other research activities draw on …
Via LLRX.com, Employment Resources on the Internet – Web research guru Marcus P. Zillman’s guide is a comprehensive listing of employment resources available on the Internet. Zillman identifies links, search engines and resume writing sources from across many professional sectors which will help you discover, review, leverage and incorporate actionable information into a successful job …
How Teens Do Research in the Digital World – A survey of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers finds that teens research habits are changing in the digital age, November 2, 2012 “Three-quarters of AP and NWP teachers say that the internet and digital search tools have had a mostly positive impact on their …
