Woo hoo! Current Cites finally gets an RSS feed and I've subscribed: http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/cites.xml. Their emails were the last info-mails I received. Everything impersonal is now RSS, and emails are from… [more]
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I've circled back to take another look at GoogleBase because of a weblog post by Rashmi Sinha, “The blooming of information architecture at Google: A close look at facets, tags… [more]
A number of discussions arose at a meeting with colleagues today on the future of law firm legal researchers given changes in technology. It was hard enough twenty years ago… [more]
In reviewing the work of Eugene Garfield (of whom more anon) two points were fascinating.
Firstly that the idea of citation databases in the sciences came from Shepards Citations. See… [more]
The web democratizes information. But I just stumbled on a fascinating site with case law and articles for authors considering suing publishers. Check out http://www.akme.btinternet.co.uk/lawlibry.html which presents a model for… [more]
We've all heard of Wikipedia, the freely editable online encyclopedia, but have you heard of its sister site WikiBooks?
Wikibooks is a collection of open content textbooks, manuals, and other… [more]
The Royal Society urges caution over open-access publishing. See
Polly Curtis, education correspondent, Thursday November 24, 2005, Guardian Unlimited
One of the most prestigious scientific academies today warned against a… [more]
There is a good article in the most recent issue of the CBA National for October-November starting at page 31 called the "Legal Research Roundtable", in which SLAW is given… [more]
A recent Reuters article reveals that Cybercrime proved more profitable than drug trafficking in 2004.
A somewhat dubious milestone, but it casts another light on various efforts to rein in… [more]
Musing in the rain this morning on the nature of reported Vs unreported decisions and wondering just what the distinction means any more.
In the 'old days' (Simon C set… [more]
Once in a while, one needs to be reminded of just how partial the electronic tools are, and how much we'll continue to need old-fashioned libraries.
Let's get away from… [more]
A provocative interview with Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect, William H. Gates, in the latest Information Week… [more], in which he discusses work being undertaken by MS's research campuses,
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubatorBlueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
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