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Legal Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource Guide International Trade in Agricultural Products: A Research Guide
Audit Report on Spyware
ISP EarthLink and privacy software company Webroot Software have published their first report on the pervasive impact of spyware, based on an audit covering the first three months of 2004, that includes scans of one million PCs. See also this PCWorld article on Spy Stoppers.
Survey Confirms Search Engine Loyalty
Press release from iProspect: “..results from a recent survey indicate that 56.7 percent of Internet users use the same search engine or directory when they are looking for information, and another 30.5 percent of Web users have a few specific search engines they use regularly. A small amount of Web users, 12.8 percent, said they …
New Non-Partisan DOJ Oversight Website
Watching Justice “is a non-partisan, watchdog website that monitors the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), offering regularly updated and comprehensive information to the public about how the DOJ administers justice in America. The DOJ plays a significant and singular role in shaping and enforcing the nation’s policies through litigation, regulation, investigation, and implementation of laws. …
Searchable Directory of White Papers on Info Security Issues
“SecurityDocs.com is a directory of information security articles, white papers, and other documents that information security professionals find useful.” The site currently links to 1710 information papers in 88 categories that include Laws and Regulations, Wireless Security, Intrusion Detection, and Computer Security 101. [Hot Links]
Library Journal’s Best Reference Sources of 2003
Best Reference Sources 2003 (reg. req’d) – Under the Section, Web Sites, the following entry: LLRX.comWeb Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research Created by Gail Partin, an associate law librarian at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law, this annotated guide is for both the beginner and hardcore researcher. If, for example, you need to find …
A Guide to Searching for Blog Content
Trends in Blog Searching, by Christina K. Pikas, a Techical Services Librarian at JHU’s Applied Physics Laboratory, provides a valuable resource on the effective use of general search engines and blog search engines.
A Novel Approach to Legal Research
From the New England School of Law, a website that law librarians will really appreciate, as it provides an option to access the library’s online searchable catalog via a list of 15 color choices that identify the binding of books or periodicals. [LibrarianInBlack.net]
Citing Unpublished Decisions One Step Closer
Tony Mauro follows-up on his April 12 article with an update on the endorsement, by the Judicial Conference of the United States, of Rule 32.1. Citation of Judicial Dispositions.
Report on GPO Sales Program
Summary of Meeting on the Future of the GPO Sales Program – March 16, 2004 (pdf, 10 pages), states, among other interesting facts, that although the GPO print sales program has been losing revenue steadily on recent years, in sharp contrast, “there are over 1 million files downloaded per day the equivalent of 27 …
White Paper on Gov’t Agency Info Sharing Post 9/11
Information Sharing for Homeland Security: Obstacles to Effective Information Sharing Still Exist Post 9/ 11, Issue Paper #1, April 2004, Prepared for Ranking Member Jim Turner, by Select Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic Staff. The report addresses seven issues, as follows: Lack of a Fully Integrated Terrorist Watch List Leaves Country Vulnerable to Attack; Federal …
Preservation of Federal Document Collections
Discussion Draft, April 12, 2004, Decision Framework for Federal Document Repositories: “…prepared by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) for the U. S. Government Printing Office. The decision framework is intended for use in creating the specifications for a system of regional repositories for tangible federal government documents. The decision framework will enable the Superintendent …