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If you are interested in a community based learning experience on legal blogging, whether you are a librarian, attorney, marketing, CI or IT expert, take a look at the agenda for the upcoming BlawgThink 2005. Veteran blogger or novice, this forum offers a creative, interactive agenda, with presentations by, and conversations with, a range of …
Andrus, D. Calvin, The Wiki and the Blog: Toward a Complex Adaptive Intelligence Community. Studies in Intelligence, September 2005. “US policy-makers, war-fighters, and law-enforcers now operate in a real-time worldwide decision and implementation environment. The rapidly changing circumstances in which they operate take on lives of their own, which are difficult or impossible to anticipate …
In following recent postings on opposition to the Google Print Program by publishers and authors, see these corporate responses, from the Official Google Blog: Why we believe in Google Print: “We’ve been asked recently why we’re so determined to pursue Google Print, even though it has drawn industry opposition in the form of two lawsuits, …
Executive Summary from the Guidewire Group Market Cycle Survey, October 2005: Blogging in the Enterprise (8 pages, PDF) Key findings (140 individual survey respondents): “Corporations of all sizes across a wide array of industries are adopting blogging technologies and practices. 89% of respondents are either blogging or are planning to blog.” “Smaller companies have been …
Press release, September 26, 2005: “The Library of Congress Web site at www.loc.gov today received an ‘Outstanding Websit’ award from the Web Marketing Association. The award recognizes excellence in Web site development in a number of categories.” Specialized links from the LC site include: American Memory; the Global Gateway to World Culture and Resources; THOMAS; …
Google press release: “Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Google Inc. today announced an agreement to promote and distribute their software technologies to millions of users around the world. The agreement aims to make it easier for users to freely obtain Sun’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE), the Google Toolbar and the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, helping millions …
From the Society of American Archivists: Report of Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment (6 pages, PDF) Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Report from Mississippi
“On Monday, Sept. 19, NYTimes.com will launch a new subscription service, TimesSelect…[subscribers] will have exclusive online access to many of our most influential columnists in Op-Ed, Business, New York/Region and Sports… As part of TimesSelect, The Times is also opening up its vast archive of articles reaching back 25 years and eventually back to the …
This database provides quick instructions on how to bypass the IVR systems for dozens of major companies to obtain access to a human being from whom you may actually obtain customer service. [thanks “N”]
Press release: “Increasing numbers of law firms have begun to actively apply competitive intelligence (CI) to track competitors, even without gaining full support from the senior partners at the firm, according to a new survey of 119 firms.” [Survey is free but requires registration]
From the Wall Street Journal, a free Hurricane Katrina Crisis News Tracker (scroll to bottom of page for chronological links beginning on September 1), updated throughout the day, provides brief entries with associated links on issues that include: the disaster’s impact on all sectors of the country; personal stories of loss and recovery; local, state, …
“This blog [AALL LawLibAssist] gives members of the American Association of Law Libraries the opportunity to offer assistance to their friends and colleagues. FOR NOW, send posts to Kathie Sullivan at [email protected] and your information will be added.” American Library Association, Libraries and Hurricane Katrina and ALA Hurricane Katrina Library Updates
