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Using EISIL in Private Law Firms, by Krista Lindhard The Government Domain: Federal Resources for Information Professionals, by Peggy Garvin Monitoring Congress: A Revolution in Access, by Paul Jenks Metforix@Health – Free Online Resources for Public Library Users: New Jersey, by Lois C. Ambash After Hours: Chocolate in the Kitchen, by Kathy Biehl
CIA – The World Factbook, 2005– “Country information has been updated as of 21 April, 2005”
“The Public Papers of the Presidents contain most of the President’s public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included for the presidencies of Herbert Hoover …
From Federal Computer Week, this article reviews the challenges faced by federal depository librarians as they seek to ensure continued public access to a range of government documents in the face of budget cuts, the increasing migration of print publications to electronic format, and administrative directives which have resulted in mixed signals about future directions …
Part One of the April 24 issue of LLRX: Blogs…Got Content! (ppt), by Sabrina I. Pacifici Gumshoe Librarian 2 – More Sites and Services From Around the Corner and Around the World ((ppt), by Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici So your firm’s got a website. Great. But is it stuck in 1997? or 10 …
John Horrigan, Director of Research at the Internet and American Life Project, posted a comment worth noting, in response to the fracas about Rep. DeLay’s statements about Justice Kennedy. Mr. Horrigan stated: “If Justice Kennedy does indeed go online to conduct research for his job, he has lots of company. On a typical day, 20% …
DeLay Outlines Strategy Against Federal Judges: “Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, sharply criticized Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court on Tuesday and said the House Judiciary Committee would explore what the authors of the Constitution intended when they said federal judges hold their post on the basis of good behavior.” Related …
Report to Congress: Organizations Complementing Federal Agency Information Dissemination Programs, April 15, 2005 (23 pages, PDF): “This report discusses Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal Depository Libraries (FDLs), Federally funded CTCs, public libraries, and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) research rooms. The report describes on-line government information and services available to users of these programs, …
From the Federal Judiciary Newsroom today: “Implementation of the federal judiciary’s Case Management and Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system continues in appellate, district and bankruptcy courts across the country. The new system provides courts with the option to have case file documents in electronic form, and to accept filings over the Internet. Details.
The current Yahoo! News site has been transformed with this beta that sports a more sophisticated and user-friendly design, layout, and navigation features, using well placed content tabs, as well as more prominent display and organization of sources and time stamp for respective topical news stories. RSS feeds and custom user queries are supported. See …
Law Library Subscriptions: Paper or Electronic?, by Lucy Rieger, New Jersey Law Journal, April 12, 2005.
The Wise Use of ‘Intelligence’, Leigh Jones, The National Law Journal, 04-12-2005.
