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American Association of Universities: National Defense Education and Innovation Initiative (30 pages, PDF), Meeting America’s Economic and Security Issues in the 21st Century, January 2006. Related bibliography: Competitiveness, Innovation, S&E Workforce, and STEM Education – Major Reports, Books and Activities Related legislation: 4 Senators Introduce Bipartisan PACE Act To Boost U.S. Competitiveness in Science and …
IBM press release: “IBM’s intranet — known inside the company as the “w3 On Demand Workplace,” — has been selected as one of “The Year’s 10 Best Intranets” by the Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm that advises companies on human-centered product and service design. IBM is the only information technology company recognized …
In a shift from previous responses to and commentary about DOJ’s subpoena for Google’s search data, this New York Times article, In Case About Google’s Secrets, Yours Are Safe, recasts the probe with a focus on protecting corporate trade secrets, not preserving user privacy. Related commentary on Google: Imagining the Google Future – Top experts …
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, January 23, 2006: Ten Best Intranets of 2006. The full report is available for download ($), but the summary reviews highlights of the findings, including the global scope of the projects, the size of the companies implementing successful applications (averaging 80,000 employees), and trends in architectures, navigation, training and use of multimedia.
NASA: Implementing a Knowledge-Based Acquisition Framework Could Lead to Better Investment Decisions and Project Outcomes. GAO-06-218, December 21, 2005. Highlights. “A standardized, knowledge-based approach would prepare NASA to face competing budgetary priorities and better position the agency to make difficult decisions regarding the investment in and termination of projects.”
From The Center for Technology in Government (CTG), University at Albany – Sharing Justice Information: A Capability Assessment Toolkit, November 2005, by Anthony M. Cresswell, Theresa A. Pardo, Donna S. Canestraro, Sharon S. Dawes, and Dubravka Juraga (116 pages, PDF) “This toolkit is designed for justice professionals to use when considering or planning for a …
From askSam, “Search and analyze the full text of the Copyright Law of the United States of America & related laws contained in Title 17 of the United States Code.”
Earlier this month I posted New Generation E-Book Reader May Find Market Niche, and in related news, from WJS free features, A Hundred Books in Your Pocket.
Beyond Algorithms: A Librarian’s Guide to Finding Web Sites You Can Trust, by Karen G. Schneider, a librarian and writer, who is Director of Librarians’ Internet Index (LII).
The January 15, 2006 issue of LLRX.com includes the following articles: Deep Web Research Research 2006, by Marcus P. Zillman The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate, by Jonathan Band Researching Laws and Information on Nutritional and Dietary Supplements On the Web, by Joel Rothman Election Law @ Moritz, by Sara Sampson Adobe’s Macromedia Studio …
I am delighted to announce the addition of three new columns on LLRX.com, authored by leading professionals from different spheres of our community. Law librarian and blogger Connie Crosby writes about The Tao of Law Librarianship, the second installment of which is titled Do-It-Yourself Professional Development. Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys, by Frederick L. …
From Time.com, Photo Essay – Martin Luther King, In His Own words. Martin Luther King, Jr. – “I Have a Dream” – link includes access to his speech in text format, PDF, Real Video Long Excerpt of Address, Audio mp3 of Address, and Audio mp3 Stream of Address.
