This story’s just a bit old, but definitely worth mentioning. The New York Times is now offering its archives of articles from 1851 through 1995 online. And the cost ain’t bad, either — $2.99/article, unless you decide to buy in bulk, in which case the price drops.
Useful Web Sites
An Update
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Useful Web Sites
In this week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, I lamented that the terrific Statistical Resources on the Web site was horribly out of date. Turns out the University of Michigan agrees — there’s a pilot version of a newly-designed site here. (Thanks to Genie for the heads up!)
Marketing on LPT
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Law Practice Management, Useful Web Sites
The December issue of Law Practice Today is out, and this month the subject is marketing. As always, the articles are terrific; make sure you check out the Department articles on the lower half of the page.
Network-Lawyers has got it goin’ on
By Tom Mighell on
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I haven’t mentioned this (and I have no idea why), but the discussion over at Network-Lawyers is terrific. John Debruyn and several others have organized a series of online seminars on legal technology. Right now we are in the middle of a very enlightening discussion on Cyber-Courts and Online Dispute Resolution. The seminars for January…
Wayback to classic software
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software, Useful Web Sites
The Internet Archive has received a DMCA exemption to archive copies of vintage software. This is great news, and very important — keeping copies of these old programs around is important not only technologically, but also from a historical perspective. (ViaResourceShelf)
Hang out with information researchers
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Better than a live editor?
By Tom Mighell on
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When Google News debuted last year, news rating service Newsknife questioned whether it would perform better than news sites with life editors. After a year, the site reports that live editors still pick the top stories most often. The survey found that Google News picked the top stories 63% of the time, versus 77%…
Search but don’t copy
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Easing the concerns of many authors, Amazon’s new “Search Inside the Book” feature does not allow users to print or copy pages of books. All of the pages say “Copyrighted Material” and none of the usual Cut, and Paste options are available; further, when you use the Print function, the content of the pages…
Yeah, but will they carry “You Don’t Know Jack”?
By Tom Mighell on
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The Internet Archive, that mammoth repository of all things WWW, has petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office for the right to archive copies of old software titles. Although it’s probably an uphill battle, I would think such an archive would be useful — and fun.
With Liberty and E-Government for All
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Darrell West, the director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy, has published Achieving E-Government for All: Highlights from a National Survey. The survey provides results on how governments are responding to the serious challenge of making their online services accessible and relevant to all people, regardless of their abilities, skills or economic