SharePoint Blogging with Permission

Posted by admin | Internet | Tuesday 24 January 2012 8:08 pm

Lorette S.J. Weldon continues to share her guides on how librarians in various sectors can effectively leverage SharePoint within the enterprise, in groups, and with individuals outside the organization. She refers to her 2010 survey, “How is SharePoint used in Libraries?” that found 16 out of 54 participants used SharePoint’s site features, such as the blog. Lorette provides insights and associated documentation on this application’s limitations, features, and operational structure.

Resource: LLRX.com – Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms

“Stolen” LinkedIn Profiles and the Misappropriation of Ideas

Posted by admin | Internet | Sunday 22 January 2012 4:22 pm

Within the context of the decline of the law tort of “hot news” misappropriation, Professor Annemarie Bridy discusses a recent Pennsylvania case in which the parties are fighting over ownership of a LinkedIn account containing the plaintiff’s profile and her professional connections. The defendant, the former employer, asserted a state law counterclaim for misappropriation of ideas.

Resource: LLRX.com – Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms

National Digital Library System – Early Childhood Education and Family Literacy

Posted by admin | Internet | Tuesday 17 January 2012 12:09 am

David H. Rothman’s latest commentary on the DPLA states his position clearly: Priority One of a national digital library system should be early childhood education, bolstered by family literacy. Other areas also count, but early childhood education is dearest to him and among those especially likely to give the taxpayers the most for their investment. We could use tablet computers and good old-fashioned tutoring and mentoring from librarians, educators, and volunteers to help the disadvantaged–parents as well as children.

Resource: LLRX.com – Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms

Deep Web Research 2012

Posted by admin | Internet | Monday 16 January 2012 8:26 pm

Marcus P. Zillman’s extensive research over the years into the “invisible” or “deep” web indicates that it covers somewhere in the vicinity of 1 trillion plus pages of information located throughout the Internet in various files and formats that current search engines either cannot locate, or have difficulty accessing. The current search engines find hundreds of billions of pages at the time of this publication. His guide provides extensive and targeted resources to facilitate both a better understanding of the history of deep web research as well to effectively and productively search for and locate these often undiscovered but critical documents.

Resource: LLRX.com – Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2012 – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation

Posted by admin | Internet | Monday 16 January 2012 4:13 pm

This guide by Marcus A. Zillman is focused on the latest and most competent resources for knowledge discovery available through the Internet from a wide range of open source authors and sponsors. These sites are sustained by academics, publishers, professional organizations, corporations, governments and NGOs. With the constant addition of new and pertinent information to the Web, a critical key is to find and leverage the relevant and reliable knowledge discovery resources and sites both in the visible and invisible World Wide Web. The selected knowledge discovery resources and sites compiled by Marcus provide a wealth of knowledge and information discovery sources to facilitate your research goals.

Resource: LLRX.com – Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms

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