LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) is the free Webzine providing current,
comprehensive articles and resources for legal professionals and law
librarians on research, information technology, digital legislation,
breaking Web news, new Web links for researchers, and
presentation/marketing issues, since 1996.
Editors: Sabrina I. Pacifici & Cindy L. Chick.
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LLRX.com Update for November 15, 1999
E-FOIA Law Increases Access for the Public and Brings Changes to
Agencies
In 1996, the Electronic Freedom of Information Act was passed to deal
with the increasing number of government records in electronic format.
Joaquin Ferrao details the E-FOIA provisions, how government agencies
comply, and what challenges lie ahead.
Guide to European Legal Databases Update 4
Mirela Roznovschi updates her popular guide to sources for European
legal research on the Web.
Notes from the Technology Trenches
Roger Skalbeck focuses on online profiling and privacy of personal
information on the Internet
In CongressLine this month, Carol Morrissey reviews Digital Legislation
Here and Abroad.
Reference from Coast to Coast: Insure.com
Looking for mandated health benefits in any state, quickly and
inexpensively? Trying to find a list of states that have adopted a Mental
Parity Act? Do you want to keep up with developments in the insurance
industry? Megan Culich Butman has just the right Web site.
The Internet Roundtable #4 A Continuing Discussion of Law Firm Marketing
On the Internet.
This month Jerry Lawson, Dennis Kennedy and Brenda Howard discuss the
basic elements of a simple law firm Web site.
Cindy Chick's presentations from Internet Librarian and Glasser Legal
Works are available in Extras:
Every Searcher Gets Them: Tools to Answer the Universal Questions, HTML
Presentation, Internet Librarian, San Diego, Nov. 8-10, 1999.
The Busy Librarian’s Guide to Keeping Current in 5 Minutes a Day,
PowerPoint
Presentation, Glasser LegalWorks, Los Angeles, Nov. 11, 1999.
To Pay or Not to Pay: News, Powerpoint Presentation, Glasser LegalWorks,
Los Angeles, Nov. 11, 1999.
Margaret Berkland's new Links in the News include: a site for those of
us troubled by PC bugs; several sites on data warehousing; a site for
primary and secondary materials for researching first amendment issues; a
searchable site of company data for the largest tech companies in the
Silicon Valley; and a searchable database of Fortune 500 Y2K programs.
On the Newsstand links to new articles on: the controversy between
corporations and Web sites regarding Webcasting; whether the digital law
school model can survive and prosper; the growing prominence of privacy
issues due to new "Web bugs" and enhanced personal data collection
activities by many corporations; AOL and the ADA law suit; the big three
in high speed Web access; the growth of Web gambling; Bill Gates' vision
of the future; new standards from W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium; and
a D.C. law firm embroiled in a fight with Dirt Data.
LLRXalerts reports on: the preliminary injunction against Disney; a big
announcement from LEXIS; Encyclopedia Britannica's second effort at
launching their Web site; the sale of a major vendor of online library
systems, and more. Remember, LLRXalerts is updated several times during
each week!
LLRXlinks includes links to several important reports on Web
accessibility, and a presentation on "Best Practices in Delivering Court
Information to the Public," by Cheryl Rae Nyberg. Refer to LLRXlinks for
such common requests as where to find the law-lib archives, how to
subscribe to Netlawyer, Internet Usage Policies and more.
LLRXfindX: Finding Law-Related Internet Resources
Now reflects address changes for the Federal Court Locator and the
Federal Web Locator. Also, try out the new multiple search engine, SurfWax.
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