Monthly archives: June, 2021

LLRX June 2021 Issue

Articles and Columns for June 2021 Artificial Intelligence Resources on the Internet 2021 – Articles, studies, reports and investigations abound on how AI is impacting all aspects of our lives inclusive of privacy, social media, healthcare, the economy, the financial system, education, communications, law, the courts and technology. This timely, broad overview of resources, sites …

Subjects: KM

Artificial Intelligence Resources on the Internet 2021

Articles, studies, reports and investigations abound on how AI is impacting all aspects of our lives in areas that include our privacy, our social media usage, healthcare, the economy, the financial system, education, communications, law, the courts and technology. This timely, broad overview of resources, sites and applications by Marcus P. Zillman spans subject matter and disciplines as well as the many permutations of the technologies that drive artificial intelligence.

Subjects: AI, Data Mining, Health, Healthcare, KM, Legal Research, Social Media, Training

Non-Library Jobs & Advice on How to Get One: an introduction to INALJ’s series of interviews

Naomi House was inspired to do this series because of the drastic changes to the availability of traditional library jobs during this pandemic. She highlights library and information professionals who work outside libraries but use their skills as well as many who have lost their jobs or been furloughed. These interviews are an introduction to transferable skill sets as well as resources for those looking for work in those fields.

Subjects: Business Research, Education, Job Hunting, KM, Librarian Resources, Libraries & Librarians

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 27, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Your iPhone’s WiFi will break after you join this hotspot; How to Recover Files in Google Docs and Microsoft Word; The Young Fall for Scams More Than Seniors Do. Time for a Warning; and South Korea’s Nuclear Research agency breached using VPN flaw.

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Firewalls, Privacy

Client Portals: A Must-Have Service for Today’s Law Firms

Jim Calloway is Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program and co-author of the ABA books “How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times” and “Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work.” In this article he explains how beyond secure document sharing, client portals for law firms can serve as a “virtual lobby” for clients and potential clients.

Subjects: Communications, Cybersecurity, KM, Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing, Legal Profession, Legal Technology

Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don’t have access to a credit union or community bank

About a quarter of census tracts with a post office don’t have a community bank or credit union branch, suggesting postal banking could provide a financial lifeline to the millions of Americans without a bank account, according to our new research by Terri Friedline, University of Michigan and Ameya Pawar, University of Chicago.

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 19, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Senate bill boosts penalties for cyber criminals; Anti-Vaxxers Review-Bomb Bars With Vaccine Requirements; Why employees need counterespionage training; and ‘An uprising’; Youth activists bring digital rights to forefront.

Subjects: Computer Security, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Encryption, Financial System, Healthcare, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 13, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Why ransomware attacks are becoming a national security risk; This is how fast a password leaked on the web will be tested out by hackers; 7 Telltale Signs You’re on the Phone With a Scammer; and Fastly internet outage won’t be last: How to prepare, protect yourself.

Subjects: AI, Blockchain, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Legislative