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USAToday.com follow’s up on news about the FBI dropping demands for Connecticut library patron records with this article on the expansive post 9/11 use of National Security Letters to obtain private data from a range of organizations.
Virtual Reference in the Age of Pop-Up Blockers, Firewalls, and Service Pack 2, by Pascal Lupien. “There is a virtual minefield of technology obstacles when implementing virtual reference. Many VR software programs do not work well with certain browsers and operating systemsor with slower Internet connections. This is particularly true of co-browsing, one of the …
From the Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section of AALL, this Revised Marketing Toolkit (June 27, 2006), includes content in the following categories: Mission Statement, Competencies for Head Law Librarian, Commonly Asked Questions and Answers, Bibliography, and Statistics Handbook.
Press release: “A free workshop [June 30, 2006 – Jefferson Room National Archives Building 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC, 20408]sponsored by the National Archives Information Security Oversight Office that is aimed at informing the researcher public and the media of their rights in obtaining the maximum information by requesting a declassification review of classified …
AP reports that Dr. King’s collection of writings and books will be given to his alma mater, Morehouse College, after their purchase by a group of distinguished community leaders, thus ensuring availability to the public in years to come.
DOT Law Library Newsletters, from Summer 2001 through Winter 2005, available in PDF and HTML versions [Michael Ravnitzky] See also: DOT Library’s Online Catalog which “contains over 80,000 bibliographic records, with more being added each day. There are three Search Types available: Simple Search, Browse Search, and Power Search.” Online Digital Special Collections
New York Times: Library Phone Answerers Survive the Internet
Press release: House Appropriations Committee Directs NIH to Ensure Tax-Funded Medical Research is Freely Available in Agencys Online Archive Related references and sources: Proposal to Expand Free Electronic Access to All Research Funded By NIH Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req’d), House Committee Would Require Open Access to NIH-Backed Research : “A little-noticed provision in …
News Division Program for the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference 2006, June 10 – 15, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland. Links to selected presentations and handouts
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Reconsidering Our Communications Laws: Ensuring Competition and Innovation, June 14, 2006. Links to member statements and testimony [HTML] FTC press release on testimony: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that as the Committee considers legislation to amend the Communications Act, it should preserve the FTC’s existing authority …
Press release: “Americans prize public library service in the Internet Age, a new research report released today by the nonpartisan public opinion research organization Public Agenda concludes. As local communities and states contend with tight budget constraints for public services, the public sees libraries as potential solutions to many communities’ most pressing problems, from universal …
From John P. Joergensen, Rutgers University School of Law – Camden Law Library, news about the launch of a searchable online collection of U.S. Congressional documents, hearings and prints that are being scanned from their holdings. This is an ongoing project, and the collection will expand over time. In addition, see also the New Jersey …
