Monthly archives: February, 1998
Features – Knowledge Management: Part II
Knowledge Management Part II By Nina Platt
Nina Platt , who has worked in public, academic and special libraries, spending the last 10+ years as technical services/systems librarian in law libraries, is currently working as an information management/library automation consultant. Nina also compiled and maintains the Piper State Court Directory , a directory of state appellate court decisions on the Web.
Extras – The PACER U.S. Party/Case Index: What it does and doesn’t (quite) do
The PACER U.S. Party/Case Index: What it does and doesn’t (quite) do By Roger Vicarius Skalbeck
Roger Vicarius Skalbeck is currently the Library Systems Specialist at the Washington, DC firm of Williams and Connolly. Roger worked previously in Minneapolis as a patent and trademark researcher, and he has also worked at general practice firms in Minneapolis and Chicago. Current activities include attempts to come up with creative solutions to technology-based legal research problems, from a librarians point of view.
Latest Links – Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, etc…..
(Posted February 15, 1998; Archived March 16, 1998)
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/mm_publc.htm
JCAHO accredits almost 18,000 healthcare organizations and programs. The page of the site most useful to the majority of users is Quality Check which is the searchable Directory of Accredited Organizations. Information included from a search is address, phone, accreditation rating and if available, a full performance report. There is also an annotated list links to health care web sites.
Notes from the Technology Trenches – February, 1998
Notes from the Technology Trenches By Elizabeth H. Klampert
Elizabeth H. Klampert is the Director of Library Services for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Ms. Klampert was formerly a litigator for five years, specializing in professional liability litigation. Before attending law school, she was a corporate librarian for twelve years, holding management positions in libraries in a number of large organizations, including Rainier National Bank in Seattle, Deloitte & Touche, and Merrill Lynch, both in New York. She received both her BA in English and MLS from the University of Washington in Seattle. She received her JD at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.
CongressLine – The Kyoto Protocol – a Political Maelstrom
The treaty seeks to reduce the collective emissions of industrialized countries by 5.2 % over a period of years by lowering the output of 6 greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
ResearchWire – Scooping on the ‘Net: Discovering Current Legal Developments
ResearchWire Scooping on the ‘Net: Discovering Current Legal Developments By Genie Tyburski
Genie Tyburski is the Research Librarian for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the editor of The Virtual Chase:TM A Research Site for Legal Professionals .
Features – Database Password Theft: A Lesson on Monitoring Billing & Preventing Loss
Database Password Theft: A Lesson on Monitoring Billing & Preventing Loss By Nanna K. Frye
Nanna K. Frye (J.D. & M.S.L.S.) is currently the Law Librarian for the Court of Appeal, 4th District in San Diego.
Guide on the Side – Stage Fright: Performer’s Friend or Foe?
Guide on the Side Stage Fright: Performer’s Friend or Foe? By Marie Wallace
(Posted February 1, 1998; Archived March 1, 1998)
Features – Lawyers, Libraries, and Technology
Lawyers, Libraries, and Technology By Joe Stephens Law Librarian, Oregon Supreme Court Library
Joe Stephens is a former parasitologist, teacher of symbolic logic, public reference librarian and law firm librarian. If he had it to do all over again, he would be a meteorologist.