Articles and Columns for March 2020

• Financial Sources on the Internet 2020 – This is Marcus Zillman’s selective and wide ranging guide to mostly free financial, market, benchmarking, data and knowledge discovery resources on the internet. The guide is especially useful during this time of financial tumult, and will be updated in future as we continue to experience financial volatility around the world. The information covered includes: news, corporate, academic, public/private, scholarly and government sites and services respective to four sections – Corporate Conference Calls Resources, Financial Sources, Financial Sources Search Engines, and Selected Venture Capital Sources.
• COVID-19, Copyright and Library Superpowers Part I – If you work in any of the higher ed institutions that are preparing to move online – maybe your copyright world has exploded in a range of questions on fair use, e-reserves, online access, scanning, digitization, and more! Many in the library community are working towards the best solution for students, faculty, staff, and patrons in this time of crisis. To help you navigate this process, lawyer, librarian, copyright academic Kyle K. Courtney’s Two Part article offers a wealth of guidance on the legal tools libraries have for copyright as “stewards of access” in our communities. [See Part 2]
• COVID-19, Copyright and Library Superpowers Part II – If you work in any of the higher ed institutions that are preparing to move online – maybe your copyright world has exploded in a range of questions on fair use, e-reserves, online access, scanning, digitization, and more! Many in the library community are working towards the best solution for students, faculty, staff, and patrons in this time of crisis. To help you navigate this process, lawyer, librarian, copyright academic Kyle K. Courtney’s Two Part article offers a wealth of guidance on the legal tools libraries have for copyright as “stewards of access” in our communities. [See Part 1]
• Sharing COVID-19 Challenges in Large Law Firms – This past week Ron Friedman convened a group call to discuss and share COVID-19 challenges in large law firms. Ten senior staff leaders of large law firms participated, most US-based but one from the UK and one from Canada. For those in large law firm who have not had an opportunity to connect with peers, perhaps reading about others’ challenges will help. This is about commiserating, not solutions.
• Business as (Un)Usual: Library Business Continuity Amid COVID-19 – Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, Director of Information Technology/Marketing, The New York Law Institute, shares proactive actions her organization took to transition to a remote workplace during the pandemic, the technology and processes they implemented, and important tips for preparing your own library.
• Barnes & Noble warns layoffs probable due to corona closures – Will Barnes & Noble remain a viable business with the huge challenge of the current pandemic? Chris Meadows talks about the factors that will impact this business and the employees, readers, and the future of physical books.
• Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 28, 2020 – Four highlights from this week: The battle against disinformation is global; Report: “‘Zoombombing’: When Video Conferences Go Wrong”; Could President Trump end lockdowns? Three legal issues; Putin’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: Dangerous New ‘Cyber Weapons’ Now Exposed; and AG Shapiro: Amazon, Facebook, Ebay, Walmart, Craigslist Must Stop Site Price Gouging by Online Sellers.
• Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 22, 2020 – Four highlights from this week: Critics see Trump health data rules as boon for big tech; Scammers use robocalls to falsely offer free coronavirus test kits and low-priced health insurance; Letter Carriers Say the Postal Service Pressured Them to Deliver Mail Despite Coronavirus Symptoms; The Coronavirus Crisis Is Showing Us How to Live Online; and How coronavirus COVID-19 is accelerating the future of work.
• Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 15, 2020 – Four highlights from this week: Dressing for the Surveillance Age; How To Tell If Your Smart Home Security Camera Is Hacked; Digital security best practices for working remotely; and The best, and the worst, of the coronavirus dashboards.
• Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 8, 2020 – Four highlights from this week: How to Dox Yourself on the Internet; Apple Bans Clearview Facial Recognition App From Its Store; You’re about to be scammed; and Robo lawyer will sue organizations that will not delete your personal info.

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