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    <title>Recent Articles in Legal Research &amp; Law Library Blogs from LexMonitor</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:35:20 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>20 Most Recent Articles in Legal Research &amp; Law Library Blogs from LexMonitor</description>
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      <title>Fearless: The Richard A. Sprague Story</title>
      <link>http://www.jenkinslaw.org/blog/2009/01/12/fearless:-the-richard-a.-sprague-story/</link>
      <description>By Joseph R. DaughenIn &amp;#60;i&amp;#62;Fearless: The Richard A. Sprague Story&amp;#60;/i&amp;#62;, Joseph R. Daughen chronicles the significant events of a renowned Philadelphia lawyer who changed the landscape of the profession. Richard A. Sprague&amp;#039;s philosophy holds that the law is sacred in this land, and as a lawyer he has always had the solemn obligation to [...]&lt;img src="http://www.jenkinslaw.org/collection/images/jan09-12Fearless.jpg" vspace="3" border="" hspace="5" align="left" /&gt;&lt;font color="#777777"&gt;&lt;b&gt; By Joseph R. Daughen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;In &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Fearless: The Richard A. Sprague Story&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;, Joseph R. Daughen chronicles the significant events of a renowned Philadelphia lawyer who changed the landscape of the profession. Richard A. Sprague&amp;#039;s philosophy holds that the law is sacred in this land, and as a lawyer he has always had the solemn obligation to fight as hard as he could to make the law serve his client, whether the client is the people of the United States, the people of Pennsylvania, or an individual caught up in the system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jac.jenkinslaw.org/record="&gt;Library Record&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#149; &lt;a href="http://www.jenkinslaw.org/services/documents.php"&gt;Borrow it&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#149; &lt;a href="http://www.jenkinslaw.org/blog/category/new-n-noteworthy/"&gt;More Titles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ABA Blawg Contest Rigged?</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/08/aba-blawg-contet-rigged/</link>
      <description>Turns out Slaw didn&amp;#8217;t do so bad in the ABA blog awards Tech category. After a recount, we&amp;#8217;ve placed second! 
Now for the fun part&amp;#8230; Google cache (while it lasts) shows a significant number of votes were removed from the system from the time the contest closed and the final numbers being released. (Hat tip [...]&lt;p&gt;Turns out Slaw didn&amp;#8217;t do so bad in the ABA blog awards Tech category. After a recount, &lt;a href="http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/blawg100_2008/technology"&gt;we&amp;#8217;ve placed second!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now for the fun part&amp;#8230; Google &lt;a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;#038;ie=UTF-8&amp;#038;q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.abajournal.com%2Fblawgs%2Fblawg100_2008%2Ftechnology"&gt;cache&lt;/a&gt; (while it lasts) shows a significant number of votes were removed from the system from the time the contest closed and the final numbers being released. (Hat tip to &lt;a href="http://www.legaline.com/2009/01/official-results-aba-journal-blawg-100.html"&gt;Bob Ambrogi&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before the recount:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;FutureLawyer, 1930 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Technolawyer blog, 1492 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mac Lawyer, 509 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ross Ipsa Loquitur, 348 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slaw, 317 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jim Calloway, 169 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Real Lawyers Have Blogs, 132 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ernie the Attorney, 93 votes &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dennis Kennedy, 81 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inter Alia, 64 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND after the recount:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Technolawyer blog, 1499 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slaw, 295 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mac Lawyer, 256 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;FutureLawyer, 241 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jim Calloway, 150 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Real Lawyers Have Blogs, 105 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ross Ipsa Loquitur, 102 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ernie the Attorney, 93 votes &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dennis Kennedy, 82 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inter Alia, 64 votes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not to throw stones without blame here &amp;#8212; we did have 22 votes removed (for which I&amp;#8217;ll take full credit - I voted on my mother&amp;#8217;s computer at Christmas, and once on IE, FF, Safari, etc.) &amp;#8212; but&amp;#8230; I KNEW there must be some shenanigans going on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Top marks to ABA Journal staff for checking duplicate IP addresses. Well done, and crisis averted! &amp;#8230; At least for the contest itself. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:37:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Charon&#8217;s Pageflake for Canadian law blogs</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/08/charons-pageflake-for-canadian-law-blogs/</link>
      <description>I&amp;#8217;d like to point out a new resource that I gave a passing mention in the Clawbie awards. Charon QC has launched a new Pageflake for Canadian Law Blogs. 
While Pageflakes have been around for a while, they remain a great method to collect the latest content from a topical set of RSS feeds. For [...]&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;d like to point out a new resource that I gave a passing mention in the Clawbie awards. &lt;a href="http://charonqc.wordpress.com/"&gt;Charon QC&lt;/a&gt; has launched a new &lt;a href="http://www.pageflakes.com/mikespcanadablog"&gt;Pageflake&lt;/a&gt; for Canadian Law Blogs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While Pageflakes have been around for a while, they remain a great method to collect the latest content from a topical set of RSS feeds. For those that might not have (or know how to set up) a personal RSS reader, a Pageflake aggregation like this can act as a digital newspaper. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And now as I write this, I see it was previously mentioned via &lt;a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/04/charon-reviews-blawgs/"&gt;this post by Simon F.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8230; but I&amp;#8217;ll relay again anyway. Perhaps some of our web-tech readers will see value in bringing Pageflake style reading to their firm Intranets?&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:18:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Avoiding a malpractice claim: The 2008 most popular practicePRO/LAWPRO downloads</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/08/avoiding-a-malpractice-claim-the-2008-most-popular-practiceprolawpro-downloads/</link>
      <description>practicePRO, LAWPRO&#8217;s risk management and claims prevention initiative, provides lawyers with tools and resources to help them succeed in the practice of law and avoid a malpractice claim (see this article for information on the most common legal malpractice claims). 
As we have completed another year we have updated our most popular downloads list.  [...]&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca"&gt;practicePRO&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.lawpro.ca"&gt;LAWPRO&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; risk management and claims prevention initiative, provides lawyers with tools and resources to help them succeed in the practice of law and avoid a malpractice claim (see this article for information on &lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/LAWPROMag/Pinnington_Biggest_Malpractice.pdf"&gt;the most common legal malpractice claims&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As we have completed another year we have updated our most popular downloads list.  What are other lawyers looking at?  The top 5 downloads were as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1 &lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/eDiscovery_Rlist.asp"&gt;Peg Duncan&#8217;s Canadian focused E-Discovery Reading List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 &lt;a href="http://www.lawpro.ca/LawPRO/SSAG_RollieThompson.pdf"&gt;Rollie Thompson&#8217;s article on the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 A LAWPRO Magazine article on &lt;a href="http://www.lawpro.ca/LawPRO/metadata.pdf"&gt;The Dangers of Metadata&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 &lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/PDF/SampleBudgetSpreadsheet.pdf"&gt;A sample law firm budget spreadsheet&lt;/a&gt; in PDF format (&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/financesbookletprecedents.asp"&gt;XLS format is here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
5 &lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/pdf/EnablingSecurityFeaturesonWirelessRouter.pdf"&gt;Directions for Enabling Security Features on Wireless Access Point or router&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other top downloads included:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/PDF/retainer_letter_general.pdf"&gt;General retainer letter precedent&lt;/a&gt; in PDF format; (&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/financesbookletprecedents.asp"&gt; this and several other retainer precedents in DOC and WP format are here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/PDF/BusinessPlanOutline.pdf"&gt;Law firm business plan outline in PDF format; (&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/financesbookletprecedents.asp"&gt;DOC format is here&lt;/a&gt;) (from the also popular &lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/pdf/Managing_Finances_booklet.pdf"&gt;Managing The Finances Of Your Practice booklet&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/pdf/DealingDifficultClientCaroleCurtis.pdf"&gt;Carole Curtis paper on dealing with difficult clients&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/lawpromag/fraud_scam_alert.pdf"&gt;Lawpro magazine articleon new fraud scams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/pdf/EmployeeDepartureChecklist.pdf"&gt;Law firm employee departure checklist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/PDF/SampleAssociateAgreement.pdf"&gt;Sample associate agreement&lt;/a&gt; in PDF format; (&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/financesbookletprecedents.asp"&gt;DOC format is here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/pdf/Lawyer_Client.pdf"&gt;Managing the Lawyer/Client Relationship Booklet &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/LawPROmag/Richard_HerdingCats.pdf"&gt;Dr Larry Richard article on lawyer personalities&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/practice/pdf/Checklist.pdf"&gt;Independent legal advice checklist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You can see the &lt;a href="http://www.practicepro.ca/information/TopDownloads.asp"&gt;full list of the 2008 most popular practicePRO/LAWPRO downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
here.  Many malpractice claims are easily preventable &#8211; use these tools and resources to reduce the likelihood you will face a claim.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:37:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where is My Bus?  Find out in Real Time with Madison Metro's WebWatch</title>
      <link>http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/2009/01/where_is_my_bus_find_out_in_re.html</link>
      <description>One of my biggest problems with riding the bus (when I used to ride it) is having to wait around for a late bus - irritating in good weather but downright miserable in below freezing temps. Yeah, I know that...&lt;p&gt;One of my biggest problems with riding the bus (when I used to ride it) is having to wait around for a late bus - irritating in good weather but downright miserable in below freezing temps.  Yeah, I know that for various reasons delays are unavoidable, but for some reason I'm just not all that sympathetic after I've lost feeling in my extremities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's why I think that a new project from the Madison Metro is so cool.  According to a press release as published in &lt;a href="http://www.thedailypage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44787"&gt;The Isthmus&lt;/a&gt;, Madison Metro is testing a new service called &lt;a href="http://webwatch.cityofmadison.com/webwatch/"&gt;WebWatch&lt;/a&gt; which provides real time transit information on the Internet.  That means bus riders can wait in inside somewhere warm until right before the next bus is due to arrive.  Here's what it looks like:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/bus.jpg" height="274" alt="bus.jpg" width="450" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Apparently the service is still in testing phase and its url will change when it's ready for final release.  At that time, the site will be available as a link from &lt;a href="http://mymetrobus.com"&gt;mymetrobus.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://cityofmadison.com"&gt;cityofmadison.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From Madison Metro via The Isthmus:&lt;blockquote&gt;You should be able to access the site from any computer with an Internet connection. This is not the website address that we will publicize after the testing phase. You may have different experiences depending on the Internet browser that you use; for example the Virtual Earth Map does not work with Firefox and the Google Maps interface seems to work faster with the Firefox browser.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please note this disclaimer: This site is in testing mode. Please check the Metro Transit Website for information regarding detours and stop closures. This site may not show accurate information where route and stop deviations occur. During special events or severe weather, buses running severely late may be rescheduled or replaced with extra vehicles.Source:  &lt;a href="http://steenbocklibrary.blogspot.com/2009/01/madison-metro-webwatch.html"&gt;Steenbock Memorial Library blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mouseless browsing with FireFox</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/08/mouseless-browsing-with-firefox/</link>
      <description>One of my favourite blogs, Lifehacker, mentioned a new version of a fabulous Firefox extension.  
Mouseless Browsing (MLB) is a Firefox-Extension which enables you to browse the internet with the keyboard. The basic principle is to add small boxes with unique ids behind every link and/or form element. You just have to type in [...]&lt;p&gt;One of my favourite blogs, &lt;a href="http://lifehacker.com"&gt;Lifehacker&lt;/a&gt;, mentioned a &lt;a href="http://lifehacker.com/5125564/mlb-supercharges-mouseless-browsing"&gt;new version of a fabulous Firefox extension&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mouseless Browsing (MLB) is a Firefox-Extension which enables you to browse the internet with the keyboard. The basic principle is to add small boxes with unique ids behind every link and/or form element. You just have to type in the id and press enter (there is also an automatice mode available) to trigger the corresponding action i.e. following a link, pressing a button or selecting a textfield.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I like browsing without a mouse because I have the &lt;strong&gt;perception&lt;/strong&gt; that it is faster to navigate if you don&amp;#8217;t have to take your hands off of the keyboard.  Moving around without a mouse is efficient as everyone who uses the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste can tell you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some other mouseless browsing keyboard shortcuts for Firefox are:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select location bar: Ctrl+L or Alt+D &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select search bar: Ctrl+K &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Back: Backspace or Alt+Left &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Forward: Alt+Right or Shift+Backspace &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Open link in new tab: Ctrl+Enter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Happier surfing.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Cromwell Sworn In</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/08/cromwell-sworn-in/</link>
      <description>Just to keep things current with respect to the Thomas Cromwell Pages, here&amp;#8217;s a December 23rd update from the Supreme Court on the status of the new member of the Court, Mr. Justice Thomas Cromwell:
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that The Honourable Thomas Cromwell will be sworn in as [...]&lt;p&gt;Just to keep things current with respect to the &lt;a href="http://www.slaw.ca/cromwell/"&gt;Thomas Cromwell Pages&lt;/a&gt;, here&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/news_release/2008/08-12-23/08-12-23.html"&gt;a December 23rd update&lt;/a&gt; from the Supreme Court on the status of the new member of the Court, Mr. Justice Thomas Cromwell:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that The Honourable Thomas Cromwell will be sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on January 5, 2009 at a private ceremony.  The official welcome ceremony for Justice Cromwell will take place at 10:30 a.m., on February 16, 2009, in the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court of Canada.  On this occasion, it is expected that there will be remarks by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, and representatives of the Government of Canada, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Nova Scotia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. Justice Thomas Cromwell was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 22, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first two cases scheduled to be heard this term are set for January 13: &lt;a href="http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/information/cms-sgd/sum-som-eng.asp?32681"&gt;Her Majesty the Queen v. Duc Van&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/information/cms-sgd/sum-som-eng.asp?32706"&gt;Salomonie Goo Jaw v. Her Majesty the Queen&lt;/a&gt;, both criminal cases, the first from Ontario and the second from Nunavut. Having been sworn in though not officially welcomed, Justice Cromwell could sit on these, it would seem. &lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Library Catalogue Service Interruptions: Thursday, Jan 8 11:00 pm - Monday, Jan 12, 2009</title>
      <link>http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/lawlib/archives/049959.html</link>
      <description>The UBC Library Catalogue will undergo major maintenance updates starting on Thursday, January 9th, 2009 at 11:00 pm and ending on Monday, January 12th, 2009. Key services such as My Account, item renewal, ASRS request, DocDel, etc, will be unavailable...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Supreme Court of Canada Decision: Tax Avoidance</title>
      <link>http://www.bccls.bc.ca/cms/index.cfm?group_id=87638</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decision today:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2009/2009scc1/2009scc1.html" class="" target="y"&gt;Lipson v. Canada,&lt;/a&gt; 2009 SCC 1; File No. 32041 (Whether Anti-Avoidance Rule Applicable to Deny Tax Benefits)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Government 2.0 Best Practices Wiki</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/07/government-20-best-practices-wiki/</link>
      <description>Mike Kujawski, who writes the Public Sector Marketing 2.0 blog, has created the Government 2.0 Best Practices Wiki:
&amp;#8220;[T]he intent of this wiki is to compile a central list of current initiatives (and eventually &amp;#8216;best practices&amp;#8217;) involving social media and government. These can be internal or external, marketing, HR or IT, it doesn&amp;#8217;t matter. I even [...]&lt;p&gt;Mike Kujawski, who writes the &lt;a href="http://www.mikekujawski.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Public Sector Marketing 2.0 blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, has created the &lt;a href="http://government20bestpractices.pbwiki.com/FrontPage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Government 2.0 Best Practices Wiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;[T]he intent of this wiki is to compile a central list of current initiatives (and eventually &amp;#8216;best practices&amp;#8217;) involving social media and government. These can be internal or external, marketing, HR or IT, it doesn&amp;#8217;t matter. I even added a special &amp;#8216;unofficial&amp;#8217; category at the bottom of each page for all side initiatives.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is information about RSS, Twitter, wiki, YouTube, Second Life, Facebook and social bookmarking projects from government bodies in Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:37:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Indexes to Wisconsin Newspapers</title>
      <link>http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/2009/01/indexes_to_wisconsin_newspaper.html</link>
      <description>Newspapers can be a rich source of historical information, but finding articles on your topics of interest can be difficult - particularly for older articles. Fortunately, several state libraries offer indexes to Wisconsin newspapers. The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Library...&lt;p&gt;Newspapers can be a rich source of historical information, but finding articles on your topics of interest can be difficult - particularly for older articles.  Fortunately, several state libraries offer indexes to Wisconsin newspapers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="http://lrbcat.legis.wisconsin.gov/screens/moreinfo.html#clippings"&gt;Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Library&lt;/a&gt; maintains a collection of newspaper and magazine article clippings, organized by subject and arranged chronologically. There are clippings in over 1500 different subject areas, many of them law-related. There is also a biography index listing names of prominent Wisconsinites who are mentioned among the articles.   Some of the earliest clippings go back to the library's inception in 1901. 

&lt;/li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.mpl.org/coldfusion/search_clippings.cfm"&gt;Milwaukee History Clippings Index&lt;/a&gt; from the Milwaukee Public Library is a subject listing of people, places, events, etc. represented in newspaper articles that were clipped from Milwaukee area newspapers published mainly in the middle to late 20th century. &lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This finding tool lets the searcher know if there are articles on a particular subject, but does not give citations to the articles.  Therefore, a visit to the Central Library is necessary to review the contents. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Milwaukee Public Library also has print-based card indexes to the &lt;a href="http://countycat.mcfls.org/search?/tmilwaukee+sentinel+index/tmilwaukee+sentinel+index/1%2C3%2C4%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tmilwaukee+sentinel+index+1837+1879&amp;1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-"&gt;Milwaukee Sentinel, 1837-1890&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://countycat.mcfls.org/search~S1?/tthe+milwaukee+journal+newspaper+index%2C+1915-1917/tmilwaukee+journal+newspaper+index+1915+1917/1%2C1%2C1%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tmilwaukee+journal+newspaper+index+1915+1917&amp;1%2C1%2C"&gt;Milwaukee Journal, 1915-1917&lt;/a&gt;.  Both indexes are located in the Periodicals room.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.scls.info/"&gt;South Central Library System&lt;/a&gt; also maintains an index of Wisconsin newspapers through the &lt;a href="http://linkcat.scls.lib.wi.us/catalog/launcher.cgi%20"&gt;LINKcat library catalog&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Includes the following titles:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Several Baraboo newspapers (1850-1994 - incomplete) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Portage Daily Register (1995-present)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mount Horeb newspapers (dates unknown)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Several Reedsburg newspapers (1888 - present)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wisconsin State Journal (1966-1996)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Several Wisconsin magazines (1998-present) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;li&gt;More recently, full text Wisconsin newspapers are available through Badgerlink's &lt;a href="http://www.badgerlink.net/"&gt;ProQuest Wisconsin Newsstand&lt;/a&gt;.  Badgerlink is freely available to all Wisconsinites.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It includes the following titles:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Corporate Report Wisconsin; Menomonee Falls (2003 - current)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Daily Reporter; Milwaukee (1997 - current, some exceptions)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;La Crosse Tribune; La Crosse (1991 - current)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Madison Capital Times; Madison (1991 - current)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marketplace; Appleton (1994 - current) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marshfield News Herald; Marshfield (dates unknown)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Milwaukee (1995 - current)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;News; Kenosha (1991 - 2000)	&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Northeastern Wisconsin Business Review; Neeah (1992 - 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rhinelander Daily News; Rhinelander (1993 - current)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wausau Daily Herald; Wausau (dates unknown)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wisconsin State Journal; Madison (1991 - current) 	&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone know of any other indexes that I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks to my colleague, Bev Butula for her Wisconsin Law Journal post on the Milwaukee PL Clippings file.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Survey Measures Students' Law School Experiences</title>
      <link>http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/2009/01/survey_measures_students_law_s.html</link>
      <description>There is an interesting article in today's Chronicle of Higher Education on the results of the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement. The author particularly discusses one section of the report, Computers in the Law School Classroom. Law-school professors...&lt;p&gt;There is an interesting &lt;a href="http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=d2ybTx33vD8s3rPcppszD8ByBsDgmBfP"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; in today's &lt;em&gt;Chronicle of Higher Education&lt;/em&gt; on the results of the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement.  The author particularly discusses one section of the report, &lt;em&gt;Computers in the Law School Classroom&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Law-school professors are fed up with students using laptop computers in class to surf to Facebook, eBay, everything but LexisNexis. And some have even banned the distracting machines. But results from a new survey show that an outright ban might not be such a good idea....

&lt;p&gt;When used wisely, laptops can actually enhance student engagement. The survey found that class-related laptop use correlates highly with reported gains in several areas, including critical and analytical thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other areas of the report include &lt;em&gt;Ethical and Professional Development in Law School&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Developing Legal Skills&lt;/em&gt;.  The &lt;a href="http://www.lssse.iub.edu/2008_Annual_Report/pdf/j4u5h7e9/LSSSE_2008_Annual_Report.pdf"&gt;full report&lt;/a&gt; is available on the &lt;a href="http://www.lssse.iub.edu/index.cfm"&gt;survey's Web site&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Source:  &lt;a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lawlib/lexlibris/2009/01/survey_gets_lawschool_students.html"&gt;LexLibris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:24:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Survey Gets Law-School Students' Thoughts on Laptops</title>
      <link>http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/fsu_college_of_law_librar/2009/01/survey-gets-lawschool-students-thoughts-on-laptops.html</link>
      <description>The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article titled: Survey Gets Law-School Students' Thoughts on Laptops, Writing, and Ethics. The article discusses the role of laptops in law schools as well as writing and ethics and was based on a...&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article titled:&lt;em&gt; Survey Gets Law-School Students' Thoughts on Laptops, Writing, and Ethics. &lt;/em&gt;The article discusses the role of laptops in law schools as well as writing and ethics and was based on a report titled: &lt;em&gt;The 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement&lt;/em&gt;. Here's an excerpt: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83453928469e2010536b15645970b-popup"&gt;&lt;img class="at-xid-6a00d83453928469e2010536b15645970b " src="http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83453928469e2010536b15645970b-200wi" alt="Thumb_LSSSE2008AR" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
 Students who used laptops for class-related activities, like reading
case briefs or taking notes, were more likely than students using
laptops during class for other purposes to be engaged in classroom
discussions, synthesize concepts from different courses, and work hard
to meet faculty expectations, the survey found.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The trick for professors, of course, is to ensure that students are actually using computers to study law. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The survey, now in its fifth year, is administered by the Center for
Postsecondary Research at Indiana University at Bloomington and
measures various aspects of the law-school experience, including how
students spend their time and how well they have learned. Participating
schools use the information to assess their performance and develop
practices to better teach law.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the Chronicle article &lt;a href="http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/01/9153n.htm" title="article: Survey gets law school student's thoughts on laptops ...." target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's more information on the report &lt;a href="http://www.lssse.iub.edu/index.cfm" title="Law School Survey of Student Engagement" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The survey results are &lt;a href="http://www.lssse.iub.edu/2008_Annual_Report/pdf/EMBARGOED__LSSSE_2007_Annual_Report.pdf" title="Law School Survey of Student Engagement " target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Posted by Jon Lutz &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ontario Library Association Superconference</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/07/ontario-library-association-superconference/</link>
      <description>With winter comes the OLA Superconference. This year, it runs Jan. 28 - 31 at the Metro Convention Centre. Yes, I know that a lot of the program is public libraries oriented, but there are many themes and sessions which will resonate with law librarians.&#160;Digitization, information literacy, e-learning/e-teaching, creative organisations,&#160;the use of social media -&#160;see [...]&lt;p&gt;With winter comes the &lt;a href="http://" title="http://www.accessola.com/data/1/rec_docs/416_OLA_SuperConference_final_4.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;OLA Superconference&lt;/a&gt;. This year, it runs Jan. 28 - 31 at the Metro Convention Centre. Yes, I know that a lot of the program is public libraries oriented, but there are many themes and sessions which will resonate with law librarians.&#160;Digitization, information literacy, e-learning/e-teaching, creative organisations,&#160;the use of social media -&#160;see how professionals in different contexts are handling the issues we all share. I have to say I&amp;#8217;m impressed by the roster of speakers as well - Richard Florida, Michael&#160;Enright, Justin Trudeau,&#160;Will Richardson and Eleanor Wachtel are all on the schedule.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think this merits a look.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:05:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Legal Citation Question on Indicating Jurisdiction in Case Law Citations</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/07/legal-citation-question-on-indicating-jurisdiction-in-case-law-citations/</link>
      <description>I have a question regarding including jurisdiction when citing a case that cites to a Quicklaw version. 
Rule 3.2.10 of the McGill Guide states that &amp;#8220;if the jurisdiction is evident from the name of any reporter, reference is made only to the level of court.&amp;#8221;
As such, one must include the abbreviation for Ontario in the [...]&lt;p&gt;I have a question regarding including jurisdiction when citing a case that cites to a Quicklaw version. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rule 3.2.10 of the McGill Guide states that &amp;#8220;if the jurisdiction is evident from the name of any reporter, reference is made only to the level of court.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As such, one must include the abbreviation for Ontario in the following citation since the &lt;em&gt;Dominion Law Reports&lt;/em&gt; publish decisions from across Canada, and without the jurisdicational indication, the reader does not know which jurisdiction is involved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;McGrath v. MacLean &lt;/em&gt;(1979) 95 D.L.R. (3d) 144 (&lt;strong&gt;Ont.&lt;/strong&gt; C.A.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, in the following citation, would you include the abbreviation for Ontario (note: the case and citation are fictitious):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Without: &lt;em&gt;Smith v. Jones&lt;/em&gt;, [1999] O.J. No. 1234 (C.A.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With: &lt;em&gt;Smith v. Jones&lt;/em&gt;, [1999] O.J. No. 1234 (&lt;strong&gt;Ont.&lt;/strong&gt; C.A.)?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have tended to not include the jurisdictional indication, assuming that readers know that &amp;#8220;O.J.&amp;#8221; stands for &amp;#8220;Ontario Judgments.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Am I assuming too much? Technically, Rule 3.2.10 refers to &amp;#8220;reporters&amp;#8221; and not &amp;#8220;reporter or database&amp;#8221; so I assume the technically correct answer is to include the jurisdictional abbreviation in my Quicklaw example above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What would you do?&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:44:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Update re law-related e-books</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/07/update-re-law-related-e-books/</link>
      <description>I have earlier posted (here and here) on the increasing availability of Canadian legal treatises being available online (by subscription).
Here is a brief update: Colleague Katherine Thompson at my firm has compiled an internal list &#8211; with hypertext links &#8211; of all the Canadian e-books we have access to at our firm from LexisNexis Quicklaw, [...]&lt;p&gt;I have earlier posted (&lt;a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2008/04/21/digital-law-books-redux/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2007/09/19/digital-law-books-in-canada/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) on the increasing availability of Canadian legal treatises being available online (by subscription).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is a brief update&lt;/strong&gt;: Colleague Katherine Thompson at my firm has compiled an internal list &#8211; with hypertext links &#8211; of all the Canadian e-books we have access to at our firm from LexisNexis Quicklaw, WestlaweCARSWELL, Carswell&#8217;s e-reference library, CCH Online and Canada Law Book. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We also included a few &#8220;historical&#8221; titles from HeinOnline for fun, such as &lt;em&gt;Black&amp;#8217;s Law Dictionary&lt;/em&gt; (2d ed., 1910) and Broom&#8217;s &lt;em&gt;Selection of Legal Maxims, Classified and Illustrated &lt;/em&gt;(8th ed., 1882).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All in all, there are over 150 titles in the list, organized into 31 topics (from administrative law to tort law) (I realize purists might argue that the 24 CCH Online titles, such as the &lt;em&gt;Ontario Corporations Law Guide&lt;/em&gt;, are not necessarily considered monographic and hence perhaps not technically an e-book despite their commentary, but that still results in over 100 books being available online).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The list was a worthwhile effort and I have already used it a number of times for its convenience. The process of compiling the list also alerts you to e-book titles that you forget are available online, such as the Law Society of Upper Canada &lt;em&gt;Special Lectures 2004, Corporate and Commercial Law&lt;/em&gt; (on Quicklaw) and &lt;em&gt;Sanagan&amp;#8217;s Encyclopedia of Words and Phrases, Legal Maxims &lt;/em&gt;(5th ed.) (on Carswell&#8217;s e-reference library), to name only but two examples. One title from Canada Law Book that I like because of its hypertextability is Brown and Beatty&#8217;s &lt;em&gt;Canadian Labour Arbitration&lt;/em&gt; (4th ed.).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Angela Swan and I discussed these developments earlier this week and I think we both agree that the printed book has the huge advantage of comfort and the discovery that comes about through serendipitous browsing. However, we also agreed I think that a combined approach of print and full-text keyword searching of e-books was effective, especially since the entire universe of Canadian legal treatises remains printbound for some time (until Google Books rules the world). In other words, effective legal researchers will not limit their &amp;#8220;book&amp;#8221; research to only print or only online but will incorporate both forms of media.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>My 2009 tech/law predictions</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/07/my-2009-techlaw-predictions/</link>
      <description>I don&amp;#8217;t want to make a habit of just reposting my weekly Free Press column to Slaw, but thought Slaw readers might be interested in this one.  A year from now we can decide where these predictions stand on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being a total failure to grasp reality, and [...]&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t want to make a habit of just reposting my weekly Free Press column to Slaw, but thought Slaw readers might be interested in this one.  A year from now we can decide where these predictions stand on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being a total failure to grasp reality, and 10 being worthy of Nostradamus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My arrangement with the newspaper does not allow me to reproduce it here this soon after publication, but you can read it &lt;a href="http://canton.elegal.ca/2009/01/05/early-release-of-microsoft-windows-7-system-likely/"&gt;on my blog&lt;/a&gt;, in the &lt;a href="http://technology.canoe.ca/Columnists/Canton/2009/01/05/7920896-sun.html"&gt;Canoe technology section&lt;/a&gt;, or on the &lt;a href="http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/Columnists/Canton_David/2009/01/05/7918021-sun.html"&gt;Free Press web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Nothing to Yahoo About&#8230;</title>
      <link>http://www.slaw.ca/2009/01/06/nothing-to-yahoo-about/</link>
      <description>? I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind?
Words and Music by Eric Woolfson, recorded by the Alan Parsons Project.
Recently my attention was drawn to a little-known feature that Yahoo.com uses both inside and outside the Yahoo network. This feature is known as &amp;#8220;web beacons&amp;#8221; (http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/).  A web beacon, [...]&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;? I am the eye in the sky&lt;br /&gt;
Looking at you&lt;br /&gt;
I can read your mind?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Words and Music by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Woolfson"&gt;Eric Woolfson&lt;/a&gt;, recorded by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(song)"&gt;Alan Parsons Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recently my attention was drawn to a little-known feature that Yahoo.com uses both inside and outside the Yahoo network. This feature is known as &amp;#8220;web beacons&amp;#8221; (&lt;a href="http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/"&gt;http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/&lt;/a&gt;).  A web beacon, according to Wikipedia, is a &amp;#8220;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacons"&gt;web bug&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8220;.  Wikipedia states:&lt;a id="more-5621"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;A Web bug is any one of a number of techniques used to track who is reading a Web page or e-mail, when, and from what computer. They can also be used to see if an e-mail was read or forwarded to someone else, or if a Web page was copied to another Website. The first Web bugs were small images.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some e-mails and Web pages are not wholly self-contained. They may refer to content on another server, rather than including the content directly. When an e-mail client or web browser prepares such an e-mail or Web page for display, it ordinarily sends a request to the server to send the additional content.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These requests typically include the IP address of the requesting computer, the time the content was requested, the type of Web browser that made the request, and the existence of cookies previously set by that server. The server can store all of this information, and associate it with a unique tracking token attached to the content request.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Within the Yahoo network, Yahoo states:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yahoo! uses web beacons within the Yahoo! network of web sites in order to count users and to recognize users by accessing Yahoo! cookies.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Outside of the Yahoo network, Yahoo states:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yahoo! uses web beacons to conduct research on behalf of certain partners on their web sites and also for auditing purposes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Information recorded through these web beacons is used to report anonymous individual and/or aggregate information about Yahoo! users to our partners. Aggregate information may include demographic and usage information. No personally identifiable information about you is shared with partners from this research. &amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The fact that companies track information should not be news for anyone.  Yahoo states:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;When conducting research that collects personal information Yahoo!&amp;#8217;s practice is to require partners to disclose the presence of web beacons in their privacy policies and state what choices are available to users regarding the collection and use of this information. You may choose to opt-out (link to opt-out page) of Yahoo! using this information.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t know about you, but not even lawyers make a practice of reading privacy policies on each web site that they visit.  I would believe that non-lawyers are even less inclined to read these policies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The solution is for the user to be able to turn these off *somehow*.  Well, Yahoo does allow this - the problem is that you must turn it off for &lt;em&gt;each browser&lt;/em&gt; on &lt;em&gt;each computer&lt;/em&gt; you use to access the Internet. Yahoo states:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a specific user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from each computer or browser that you use.&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you wish to guard your privacy from these web beacons, you must follow &lt;a href="http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/opt_out/targeting/details.html"&gt;the following link and click on the &amp;#8216;opt out&amp;#8217; button.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our own &lt;a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/981/159/"&gt;Michael Geist has stated on his blog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#8220;Given these challenges, it appears that Canada is facing a privacy crisis that can only be resolved by instituting statutory reform that creates adequate privacy safeguards. If the Prime Minister of Canada is serious about prioritizing civil rights, then decisive action must follow his strong words.&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am of the view that users should not be forced to read obscure and detailed privacy policies and resort to opting out of tracking bugs on each and every browser for every service on the Internet that they use in order to protect their personal privacy.  It should not be so easy for someone to have an eye in the sky looking at you..&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>MSE360 search engine</title>
      <link>http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/fsu_college_of_law_librar/2009/01/mse360-search-engine.html</link>
      <description>A new search engine mse360 is worth a try. It displays Wikipedia and blog results to the left, web results center and image results to the right. Posted by Jon Lutz&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83453928469e2010536b813a4970c-popup"&gt;&lt;img class="at-xid-6a00d83453928469e2010536b813a4970c " src="http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83453928469e2010536b813a4970c-320wi" alt="Mse360" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
 A new search engine &lt;a href="http://www.mse360.com/index.php" title="mse360 search enging" target="_blank"&gt;mse360&lt;/a&gt; is worth a try.&amp;#160; It displays Wikipedia and blog results to the left,&amp;#160;
 web results center and image results to the right.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Posted by Jon Lutz &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://fsulawlibraryblog.typepad.com/fsu_college_of_law_librar/2009/01/mse360-search-engine.html</guid>
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      <title>RESCHEDULED: Courthouse Library Seeking Lawyers for Website Feedback Session</title>
      <link>http://www.bccls.bc.ca/cms/index.cfm?group_id=87636</link>
      <description>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note, we've had to reschedule this session due to illness.&amp;nbsp; Please let us know if the new date suits you.&amp;nbsp; Apologies for rescheduling!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User Feedback Session for Courthouse Libraries BC Website&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEW DATE: Thursday, January 22: 4:30-6:30 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;510-1111 Melville St, Vancouver&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Courthouse Libraries BC is inviting lawyers to participate in a user feedback session to provide input for the redevelopment of our website (&lt;a href="http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/"&gt;http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/&lt;/a&gt;).&amp;nbsp; This session will&amp;nbsp;build on what we learned from the website&amp;nbsp;survey we conducted a few months ago.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your participation in this session would be a tremendous help to us as we build a user-friendly website aimed at the legal community ? please consider attending. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Haba&#241;ero Consulting Group will be facilitating this session.&amp;nbsp; Haba&#241;ero is a Vancouver-based Information Technology company with expertise in user experience that has conducted many similar sessions designed to use customer feedback to improve websites.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Purpose&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of the session is to help us make our site more user-friendly and focused on the needs of the legal community (we are developing a separate website to serve the legal information needs of the general public).&amp;nbsp; We plan to launch our redeveloped website in September 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you?re interested in helping Courthouse Libraries BC build a website that better meets the needs of the legal community, please consider participating in this user feedback session.&amp;nbsp; It should be an enjoyable experience.&amp;nbsp; Refreshments will be served.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New date: Thursday, January 22: 4:30-6:30 pm.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;510-1111 Melville St., Vancouver (Haba&#241;ero?s office)&lt;br /&gt;*If you are interested in participating but can?t attend in person, please contact Mandy ? we may be able to arrange online participation. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please contact:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mandy Ostick&lt;br /&gt;Manager, Virtual Library&lt;br /&gt;Courthouse Libraries BC&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:mostick@courthouselibrary.ca"&gt;mostick@courthouselibrary.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tel: 604.660.2422&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.bccls.bc.ca/cms/index.cfm?group_id=87636</guid>
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