Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Docutek atSchool Case Study: Carl Silva, a faculty member at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, CA has an article, entitled “Creating a Better Learning Environment Through Communications,” in T.H.E. Journal.  The article focuses on how Mitty High has used Docutek atSchool's course management and electronic reserves software to foster communication with parents, teachers, and students. 3:28:49 PM

Summer 2003 Continuing Education Classes at CLS: Communicating with Others to Get Things Done with Kathryn Deiss 8/5/03, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, $40 Great Google! with Lisa Barnhart 8/20/03, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, $40 Practical Internet Reference Strategies with Lisa Barnhart 8/20/03, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, $40 Reducing Spam and Electronic Annoyances with Dawne Tortorella 8/21/03, 9:00am to 12:00 pm, $30 MetaData with Lori Murphy 8/27/03, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, $40 Dublin Core with Lori Murphy 8/27/03, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, $40 To get more information or register for one of these classes, go to the CLS calendar. 3:05:24 PM

National Do Not Call Registry. "The Federal Trade Commission's nationwide registry for residents who want to block unsolicited advertising via their home and cellular telephones is now available. Read the Washington Post article on the new Do-Not-Call Registry." [from the Suburban Library System] 2:52:13 PM

New Study on Filtering in Schools. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Online Policy Group have released a study documenting the effects of Internet filtering in US schools. The study found that...[f]or every Web page correctly blocked as advertised, one or more was blocked incorrectly." [from nsls.info] 2:47:27 PM

New Librarian of the Supreme Court: Congrats to Judy Gaskell, assistant professor and director of the DePaul College of Law, Rinn Law Library, on her being named as the new librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States. 2:35:33 PM

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