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Posted on August 25, 2008
Pretty interesting!PC Magazine has released its 2008 list of The Top 100 Undiscovered Websites, with a lot of great new sites to explore. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327432,00.asp

Star in your own READ mini poster

Posted on August 21, 2008
From: American Libraries Direct, Aug. 13, 2008Jenny Levine writes: ?One of the fun projects I?ve gotten to shepherd at work is now available for you to play with?the READ Mini Poster Generator. Useful for web badges, profile pictures, and especially graphics for events such as Banned Books Week (which is coming up in September)...

Where were you in '62**

Posted on August 20, 2008
Thank you to Laura Justiss for this blast from the past:Check out the Beloit College website for the mindset of this year's entering college students, the class of 2012. http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2012.phpThe site also has Beloit's lists going back to the college classes of 2002 to 2011...

IDEA replaces EDGAR

Posted on August 20, 2008
SEC is replacing the old EDGAR database with the new interactive IDEA database. See the press release for - partial quote here:The new system is called IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications. Based on a completely new architecture being built from the ground up, it will at first supplement and then eventually replace the EDGAR system...

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FTC issues rules on prerecorded calls

Posted on August 20, 2008
From the press release on the FTC web site:FTC Issues Final Telemarketing Sales Rule Amendments Regarding Prerecorded CallsRule Will Halt Prerecorded Sales Calls Unless the Seller Obtains Consumer's PermissionThe Federal Trade Commission today announced two amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR)...

2008 Survey: Who Represents Which Companies

Posted on August 18, 2008
From law.com - Who Represents America's Biggest Companies 2008.Tip of the hat - BeSpacific.com.

Friday Fluff

Posted on August 15, 2008
This year's Bulwer-Lytton prizes for the worst writing:http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/scott.rice/blfc2008.htm

Amazon acquires Abebooks

Posted on August 14, 2008
Amazon Expands 'Traditional' Book Business With Aqusition of AbeBooks by Barbara QuintDespite all the fuss and furor about Amazon?s (www.amazon.com) push into digital book sales via its Kindle ebook reader and other content downloading routes, the tried and true sale of print books remains the core of Amazon?s book sale business?for now, at least...

Why use Twitter

Posted on August 14, 2008
When Twitter (twitter.com) first become available, I was wondering how could I use this tool? Since signing up (back in Feb), I have not touched the tool until this past July.Professional associations, newspapers, magazines, etc. are now using Twitter for short entries (entries can only be about 125 words) discussing websites, current events, what's happening at an annual conference...

David Pogue's Gadget List

Posted on August 12, 2008
If you went to AALL this year and attended the keynote speech by David Pogue, you know he is a bit of a gadget nut. He has a recent post on his New York Times blog with his Gadget List of 2008. It is funny and useful at the same time.

AALL Group on Linkedin

Posted on August 11, 2008
AALL now has a group on Linkedin. To add this group to your profile, surf to:http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=112438&sharedKey=7BDD4F2A2EEF&goback=%2Egdr_1218484659695_1

Dallas-SLA Meeting

Posted on August 11, 2008
Dallas/Ft. Worth Area SLA MeetingDate: Wednesday, Aug. 27thTime: 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.Place: DFW Airport: airport business center(Directions will be provided)Speaker: Leila Butt, Senior Editor, Risk Services, Eastern EuropeEconomist Intelligence UnitTopic: Global Forecast: Merging Markets and How China is Affecting Global GrowthPrice: No chargeAppetizers will be available...

Dues forms

Posted on August 11, 2008
I noticed that the 2008-2009 dues forms are posted at http://www.dallnet.org/application.asp.

Fake CNN emails

Posted on August 07, 2008
I've seen multiple emails in my daily spam filter report - if you have too, here's an article that explains why not to click on the link in the email.Massive faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake FlashMore than 1,000 hacked sites serving up phony update; Adobe issues warningBy Gregg KeizerAugust 6, 2008 (Computerworld) More than a thousand hacked Web sites are serving up fake Flash Player software to users duped into clicking on links in mail that's part of a massive spam attack masquerading as CNN...

New Group on Linkedin: SLA-TX

Posted on August 05, 2008
If you are a member of the Texas Chapter of SLA, there is now a Linkedin Group for the members.To join the group, click on the link below:http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/159906/3D1BE16E0F92

FCC rules against Comcast

Posted on August 01, 2008
Seen on PCWorld.com:FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P ThrottlingGrant Gross, IDG News ServiceFriday, August 01, 2008 9:10 AM PDTThe U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ordered Comcast to stop interfering with peer-to-peer traffic on its broadband network, with officials there saying the cable provider was "invasive" in its network traffic management...

Ed Foster, GripeLog author

Posted on July 29, 2008
I've been reading Ed Foster's columns at the GripeLog since it was in paper edition in InfoWorld. I first noticed his work when he discussed why the proposed UCITA act was a very bad idea, and discussed it so ordinary people could understand why it was a bad idea...

Is it reading or not?

Posted on July 28, 2008
Seen in the New York Times:Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?The New York TimesBy MOTOKO RICHPublished: July 27, 2008Rich writes the first of a series of articles discussing how the Internet and other technological/social forces are changing people's reading habits...

New Search Engine: Cuil

Posted on July 28, 2008
As you might have heard, there is a new search engine in town: Cuil (pronounced Cool)http://www.cuil.com/Cuil, created by an ex-Google employee, claims a larger index than Google. Read Danny Sullivan report on this new engine:http://searchengineland.com/080728-000100...

Law Librarians on Ning

Posted on July 28, 2008
There is a new social networking site for law librarians...http://lawlibraries.ning.com/On this site you can post your profile, start discussions, "meet" your fellow librarians, post events, etc.Presently there are over 260 members. To join go to http://www...

The Virtual Chase is closing

Posted on July 24, 2008
Genie Tyburski will be closing The Virtual Chase after twelve years to return to full time library management. See her entry for July 24. The entire web site is slated to go offline by May 2009 or sooner.Good-bye, and thanks for all the research tips.

SlideRocket: New Presentation Tool

Posted on July 23, 2008
I just saw this new application: SlideRocket. It allows you to build presentations via the web. What is unique about it is that you can collaborate with others on the same presentation. Multi-level security is available.And, the neat feature: metrics...

Report on the changing newspaper

Posted on July 22, 2008
I saw this in an entry on BeSpacific.com today. Journalism.org has a report on how newspapers have changed in the past three years. Excerpt:The Changing NewsroomJuly 21, 2008Meet the American daily newspaper of 2008.It has fewer pages than three years ago, the paper stock is thinner, and the stories are shorter...

Linkedin Maintenance

Posted on July 21, 2008
Backup your Linkedin Profile!I've learned that sometimes your Linkedin Profile could be deleted or corrupted. The following advice should help you in saving your profile:http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/07/17/linkedin-maintenance-do-this-right-now-or-else/

Computer Recycling Law

Posted on July 21, 2008
Texas' takeback law for computer equipment goes into effect on Sept. 1, 2008.For more information:www.texastakeback.comIt will be interesting to see if this law will be amended to cover the televisions that cannot make the switch from analog to digital television on Feb...

AALL: Critical Technology Tools

Posted on July 18, 2008
If you did not make the session on Critical Technology Tools, the content is available athttp://del.icio.us/tag/AALL2008-TechTools/ and later the presentation will be on LLRX.com. For the presentation, the speakers utilized Captivate and Camtasia applications...

Information on AALL

Posted on July 18, 2008
For Program Handoutshttp://programmaterials.aallnet.org/download_step1.aspTo see photos from AALLhttp://flickr.com/groups/842314@N22/

CI Presentation at AALL

Posted on July 18, 2008
Last year, Greg Lambert, Library Manager at King & Spalding in Houston came to Dallas to speak to DALL members about Competitive Intelligence research.Greg, Mark Gediman (Best Best & Krieger) and Kathlyn Schmeyer (White & Case) co-presented on Monday at the annual meeting on "The Nuts and Bolts of Competitive Intelligence--Information Gathering"...

New Law Blog

Posted on July 18, 2008
Check out the new law blog:3 Geeks and a Law Bloghttp://geeklawblog.blogspot.com/Contributors:Greg Lambert, Library & Records Manager at King & SpaldingLisa Salazer, Internet Marketing at Fulbright & Jaworski and LawyerToby Brown, Knowledge Management at Fulbright & JaworskiAll are from Houston, TX...

Starbucks Closures Hit Dallas

Posted on July 18, 2008
Starbucks released today the list of stores it will be closing. There are a few in the Dallas area.http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/USStoreClosureInfo.pdf

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