Tuesday, March 04, 2003After finding out about Steve Cohen's blog, Library Stuff, in ABA Journal Online, I've been checking it out. (According to the article, Steve is an assistant librarian with the law firm Rivkin Radler in Uniondale, N.Y.) I really like this blog and think it's another great resource for paralegals. And it has an RSS feed.
11:33:27 PM
Rock & Roll Library
Update: Scott Johnson announced today that the Rock & Roll Library website is up and running. [via The FuzzyBlog!] Looks great to me. I'm looking forward to the Music Archive Database (coming soon, demo available). Check it out, and don't forget to thank The FuzzyGroup for donating its web development services to this worthy cause.
11:10:45 PM
MyShingle.com
Carolyn Elefant, of MyShingle.com, not only writes great stuff for her blog (with RSS feed), which focuses on the solo and small firm lawyer, it turns out that she has a particular interest in paralegals. I was flattered to have received an introductory e-mail from Carolyn, and learned that she was on the University of Maryland Paralegal Studies Program's adjunct faculty from 1994 through 1998. She's interested in thoughts on solo/small firm lawyer use of paralegals, and graciously offered me the opportunity to post an article on this topic to her blog. Thanks, Carolyn!
9:29:46 AM
"Netting Information: It's Not All We Promised, But the Web Still Has Plenty to Offer"
"ABA article online. Jason Krause at the ABAJournal.com has an article on the evolution of internet legal research, with quotes by yours truly, Steven Cohen of Library Stuff, and Rory Perry. Check it out." [Inter Alia] This article is a must-read for paralegals. It's chockful of tips and links for doing such things as background checks and finding obscure information on the web, for free or for a nominal fee. One tip that I'm going to start using immediately is a service that monitor web pages for changes and reports them to you via e-mail (oh, so that's how those e-mail newsletters do it!). WatchThatPage is recommended, and does this for free. With a service like this to complement my subscriptions to RSS feeds in Radio UserLand's News Aggregator, I ought have all of the bases covered.
General research sites recommended in the article:
8:00:57 AM
"When your medical records are indexed in Google, something's wrong."
Wired: "When your medical records are indexed in Google, something's wrong." [Scripting News] Read this article to find out how hackers are using Google to gain access to web-enabled databases. And then check your systems for this security vulnerability.
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