Features – What’s the Jurisdiction on that One? A quick tour of Internet and print resources for determining federal jurisdictional questions in the United States.

What’s the Jurisdiction on that One? A quick tour of Internet and print resources for determining federal jurisdictional questions in the United States By Roger Vicarius Skalbeck

Roger Vicarius Skalbeck is currently the Library Systems Specialist at the Washington, DC firm of Williams and Connolly, and is the Assistant Chair for the Web Committee of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Current work activities include efforts to develop creative solutions to technology-based legal research problems, from a librarians point of view.

Subjects: Features, Legal Research

Features – Electronic Rule Making: Broadcast List Servers, Hypertext Manuscripts, Proprietary Formats and Tagged Email

Electronic Rule Making: Broadcast List Servers, Hypertext Manuscripts, Proprietary Formats and Tagged Email By Phillip A. McAfee, Esq.

Phillip A. McAfee is an attorney with a Masters Degree in Health Law from Loyola University in Chicago. He is also the owner of the Health Hippo Web site, which has provided deep and extensive links to government documents related to health law, policy and regulation since 1996.

Subjects: Features, Government Resources

Extras – Product Review – MARCit: Web Site Cataloging Made Easy

Product Review – MARCit Web Site Cataloging Made Easy By Cathy Adamo

Cathy Adamo is currently a cataloger for Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc. She’s worked previously in academic, special and public libraries as a cataloger, dealing with both print and nonprint materials. She received my MLS from the University of Pittsburgh, and has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Music Education from West Virginia University.

Subjects: Cataloging, Extras

Newstand – August 1998

(Posted August, 1998; Archived September 1, 1998)

newstand.gifThe New York Times on the Web, August 16, 1998

Big Web Sites to Track Steps of Their Users. Feel like you are leaving a visible trail as you navigate among major Web sites to purchase consumer products or just request information about them? This article will explain why privacy advocates are concerned about new databases that track Web activity with great detail.

Subjects: News (Newstand), Newstand

Latest Links – BioSpace.com, etc….

(Posted August 15, 1998; Archived September 1, 1998)

mb.gifBioSpace.com http://www.biospace.com

One of the most useful sections of this site is Company Profiles which can be viewed alphabetically, by location, by phone code, or by region. You can also perform a keyword search for a company (called “exhibitors” by the site)or search the directory of public bioscience companies. Company profile information can include ticker symbol, type ownership (public or private), SEC filings, number of employees, text profile, contact person, e-mail address, company address, phone, fax, link to job postings, link to news stories, link to press releases, and collaborations. There is also an investor section.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Features – The Bluebook Empire

The Bluebook Empire By Neil J. Squillante

Neil J. Squillante is the Publisher and Editor of The TechnoLawyer, an Internet publication for legal professionals interested in using technology to increase their productivity, reduce client costs, and become more competitive. Neil also manages The TechnoLawyer Discussion List, a critically acclaimed online discussion forum that serves as both the hub of The Technolawyer Community and the publishing vehicle for certain TechnoLawyer programs.

Subjects: Features, Legal Research

Features – It’s the Content Stupid: A real life analysis of Microsoft and 21st century society, Part II

It’s the Content, Stupid A Real Life Analysis of Microsoft and 21st Century Society Part II By Charles Kafoure

Charles Kafoure is a technology consultant based in Indianapolis. He has been in the business of providing equipment, software and/or services for twenty five years. He has managed the establishment of large, turnkey computer projects in Korea, China, Singapore, Japan, the U.S., other Asian and European countries, and in Australia. He currently focuses on technology services for legal, real estate and other professional businesses. He will soon publish an article entitled, “Litigation Management: Organize Using Project Management Methodology.”

Subjects: Features, Technology Trends