Monthly archives: October, 1999

Notes from the Technology Trenches – An impressive “instant information service” software tool

Notes from the Technology Trenches By Roger Skalbeck

Roger Skalbeck is the Electronic Initiatives Librarian at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., and is the Web Master of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Current work activities cover myriad aspects of electronic research resource evaluation, intranet content development, as well as research and technology training, all from a librarian’s point of view. This column reflects the personal views of the author, which are not necessarily those of his employer or any other organization. This column, of course, is 100% free of any legal advice.

Subjects: Notes from the Technology Trenches, Product Reviews, Technology Trends, Web Utilities

Latest Links – Blackstump Web Development Page…

(Published October 15, 1999; Archived November 1, 1999)

Margaret's BioBlackStump Web Development Page http://www.blackstump.com.au/webdev.htm

This Website, maintained by Peter Garriga, provides links to Web development sites. Some of the topics covered are Active Server, Active X, Animated Images, Dynamic HTML, E-Commerce, Frames, FrontPage, HTML, Java, Java Script, and XML.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Latest Links – Knowledge Management….

(Published October 1, 1999; Archived October 15, 1999)

Margaret's BioKnowledge Management http://www.brint.com/km/

This Website for businesses and business people is a resource for a large collection of knowledge management information. There is a explanation of the concept of knowledge management, articles, white papers, interviews, online forums, calendar of events, announcements, press releases, a book- store and a section of recent highlights.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Features – This Will Make Your Presentation Week

This Will Make Your Presentation Week By Michael Dahn

Published October 1, 1999

Michael Dahn is the computer services reference librarian at the Stetson University College of Law, Charles A. Dana Law Library. He is also the Webmaster for the College of Law. He regularly teaches Continuing Legal Education courses for Stetson on “Using the Internet in the Practice of Law” and has made presentations about the Internet to the NLRB and the FBI. He is also on webmaster teams for both the Southeastern Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL) and the Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section of AALL (ALL-SIS).

Subjects: Features, Presentation Skills

ResearchWire – Exposing the Invisible Web

ResearchWire Exposing the Invisible Web By Diana Botluk

Diana Botluk is a reference librarian at the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and is the author of the The Legal List: Research on the Internet . She teaches legal research at CAPCON , Catholic University Law School , and the University of Maryland . Take a class with Diana! Here’s how…

Subjects: ResearchWire, Search Strategies