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A User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty 13 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
Jonathan Band provides a comprehensive guide to the recent international adoption of the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Othe...
Student Research Resources on the Internet 11 Aug 2013 | 08:52 am
Marcus P. Zillman's new guide is a comprehensive pathfinder that identifies reliable, actionable and high value research resources and sources on the Internet that will provide students with key bench...
Rebooting Legal Research in a Digital Age 11 Aug 2013 | 08:49 am
Steven A. Lastres writes that research has always been core to the practice of law. However, the results of a recent survey Steven has authored identified a “New Normal” in today’s business climate th...
Collecting the History of Legal Technology 30 Jul 2013 | 06:16 am
Sarah Glassmeyer, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, is calling out for assistance with a project to collect our shared legal technology history before it all ends up in dumpsters!
Big Data, Little Privacy: Tracking the Usual Suspects 22 Jul 2013 | 02:19 am
In his article, Ken Strutin examines how the 21st century use of watch lists might or might not resemble the labeling of the McCarthy period, and how the experience of that era might inform an evaluat...
New Version of Voice Dream: first-rate program for reading e-books aloud 22 Jul 2013 | 02:02 am
A new incarnation of the Voice Dream text-to-speech program--for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch--hit the Apple app store recently. David Rothman says that at $9.99 is it worth every penny.
LinkedIn has growing value for lawyers 22 Jul 2013 | 01:23 am
Nicole L. Black's commentary on LinkedIn provides perspective on how it is billed as the “professional” social network, which is why lawyers dipping their toes into social media for the first time oft...
FOIA Facts: The Crazy World of FOIA Fees 22 Jul 2013 | 01:04 am
Scott Hodes discusses how the issue of FOIA fees may be the most complex area of an already confusing subject. There are multiple agencies involved in overseeing the issue and in general the money col...
‘High Contrast’ - a treat for Chrome-browser users in search of greater Web and Kindle accessibility 22 Jul 2013 | 12:13 am
David Rothman follows up on his review of the Voice Dream TTS e-book reader which can also read Web pages aloud, by highlighting the High Contrast add-on for Google's Chrome Web browser. It doesn't ju...
A to-do for the American Library Association and local and state governments: Resolutions calling for a National Digital Library Endowment 1 Jul 2013 | 05:09 am
David Rothman's proposed FAQ includes suggested wording for an ALA resolution on the National Digital Library Endowment. His focus is less on the exact language at this point and more on the basic end...
