Features – Internet Reality Check at the ABATech Show99
Internet Reality Check at the ABA TechShow 99 By Hazel Johnson
(Posted April 19, 1999; Archived May 17, 1999)
Extras – Lexis Library Update: An Overview of Two New Sources
Lexis Library Update: An Overview of Two New Sources By Robyn Rebollo
Robyn Rebollo is the Law Librarian for McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe LLP in McLean, VA.
Notes from the Technology Trenches – April, 1999
Notes from the Technology Trenches By Roger Skalbeck
Published April 19, 1999
Roger Skalbeck is the Electronic Initiatives Librarian at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., and is the Web Master of the Law Librarian’s 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.
Guide on the Side – ASTD, Awesome Sites for Trainers and Others Who Develop Staff
Guide on the Side ASTD: Awesome Sites for Trainers and Others Who Develop Staff By Marie Wallace
Published April 1, 1999
Features – Electronic Discovery – Or, the Byte that Bit
Electronic Discovery – Or, the Byte that Bit By George Socha
George Socha is a shareholder with Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins & Johnson whose practice focuses on complex toxic tort, products liability, and commercial litigation. George also concentrates on the effective use of technology to support and enhance the practice of law. In addition to overseeing the firm’s selection, implementation and use of computer technology, Mr. Socha is co-chair of the Subcommittee on Litigation Technologies, Committee on Corporate Counsel, ABA Section of Litigation; a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Technology Committee; and a member of the ABA TechShow’s advisory board. He served as an ABA liaison to the group that created the Uniform Task Based Management System and on the ABA Working Group on Litigation Support Software Guidelines. He has written and lectured extensively on the use of technology in the practice of law. Mr. Socha received a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1987.
Features – Outsourcing in Law Firm Libraries
Outsourcing in Law Firm Libraries By Rachel Pergament
Rachel Pergament is the Collection Development/Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Southern California Law Library. She graduated from UCLA with an M.L.I.S. degree. This article is a summary of a paper submitted to the 1999 Matthew Bender/AALL Call for Papers competition.
Latest Links – Alphabet Soup, etc…..
(Posted April 1, 1999; Archived April 19, 1999)
Alphabet Soup http://members.aol.com/nigthomas/alphabet.html
This site has an alphabetical index of 900 acronyms and abbreviations used in Internet chat rooms, e-mail, and newsgroups with their explanations.
Extras – Asking All the Right Questions: Researching Possible Conflicts of Interest
Asking All the Right Questions: Researching Possible Conflicts of Interests By Rochelle Cheifetz
Rochelle Cheifetz is the head librarian for Rosenman & Colin LLP. She previously worked as Head Librarian at Haskins & Sells and Brookdale Institute of Gerontology in Jerusalem, Israel. She was also editor of “Research” for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Director of Libraries for Legal Aid Society of New York. She received an MLS from Rutgers University and a MA from New York University.
ResearchWire – Environmental Law on the Web
ResearchWire Environmental Law on the Web By Diana Botluk
Diana Botluk is an online legal information professional who lectures, teaches and writes about finding law-related information in an online environment. She is the author of The Legal List: Research on the Internet, and a columnist for Internet Law Researcher newsletter, with a column called Finding Information on the World Wide Web. She teaches basic, advanced and online legal research at the University of Maryland, and Internet classes at CAPCON Library Network. She has lectured at many professional conferences, is actively involved in the Law Librarians Society of D.C. and the American Association of Law Libraries. She is a reference librarian at Catholic University Law School, where she earned her J.D. in 1984.
ResearchWire – Discoveries in Elder Law
ResearchWire Discoveries in Elder Law By Genie Tyburski
Genie Tyburski is the Research Librarian for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP and the Web Manager of The Virtual Chase: A Research Site for Legal Professionals .