Day archives: January 17th, 2000

Reference from Coast to Coast – Converters

Welcome to Reference From Coast to Coast: Sources and Strategies, a monthly column written by the KMZ librarians. Headquartered in Chicago, Katten Muchin Zavis has reference librarians in Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles. There are eight professional librarians who are assisted by a great support staff. The KMZ librarians field questions and participate in research in a myriad of subject areas. This column will highlight some of our favorite reference sources and research techniques in the hope that sharing information will help you in your day to day jobs. We welcome all of your comments and questions, and would particularly like feedback on sources and strategies that YOU use for research on our column topics.

Subjects: Reference from Coast to Coast, Reference Resources

Latest Links – BankersAlmanac.com…

By Margaret Berkland

Margaret Berkland is the president of Data Vision Design, Inc., which has provided applications development, business process design, and other IT services to the legal industry since 1989. Prior to becoming the president of DataVision Design, Inc., Margaret was the Info. Resources Technology Specialist for McKenna & Cuneo, where she still performs those duties on a contract basis. Margaret designed and maintains the firm’s internal homepage of Internet links, and manages the links, link annotations, and article content for McKenna & Cuneo’s Web site.

Published January 17, 2000

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Features – Copyright and New Technologies: A Challenge Which Involves Both Information Professionals and Scholars

Emanuela Reale is a researcher at the National Research Council of Institute for Studies on Research and Scientific Documentation in Italy.

Subjects: Features, Intellectual Property, International Legal Research

Notes from the Technology Trenches – Y2K wrap-up, sources for Web design, computer technology news source and Supreme Court Brie

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: Court Resources, Notes from the Technology Trenches, Technology Trends, Year 2000

Subjects: Features, Intellectual Property, Online Legal Research Services