LexisNexis is proud to support the 104th Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 23 – 26, with special programs, scholarships, events, and exhibits. Make plans to visit the LexisNexis at Booth #526 in Philadelphia, where knowledgeable product representatives will demonstrate LexisNexis® products and services. Come see what we haveRead… Read more »
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (CA) launched a 4G wireless network on its light-rail service last week, making VTA the first mass transit agency in the world to offer customers an all-4G network. “As the transit provider of Silicon Valley, it is most appropriate that VTA be the first in providing our passengers withRead… Read more »
Professor Dr. Cláudio de Lucena Neto of Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Departamento de Direito Privado presented a paper entitled The [Effects] of Lawsuit Automation in a Labour Court and in a Common Justice Court in the State of Paraíba, Brazil: A Comparative Case Study, at LexInformatica 2011 / CLIT 2011: The 4th Regional Conference onRead… Read more »
I see three levels of integrity. Soon after someone learns that integrity is keeping your promises, they reason that if they don’t make any promises, they can have perfect integrity. Then they discover nobody cares. Some never go beyond. The next step is to make and keep appropriate promises, depending on what you can handleRead… Read more »
Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business By Mike Moldeven. This posting is FYI, but constructive comments will be appreciated: it’s my practice to occasionally excerpt content from ‘The Weekly Spark,’ published and e-distributed by the ‘Suicide Prevention Resource Center,’ associated with SAMHSA. Content of SPARK is such that it deserves wide dissemination to personnel, businesses, andRead… Read more »
A few months ago, Steve Radick and I gave mutually-exclusive lectures about social media to two different audiences and posted our dueling presentations to slide share. Yesterday, Steve posted an article that reiterated one of his points from a few months ago: “Social Media” is not a career option. I argued otherwise. This time theRead… Read more »
From Rohit Bhargava on Amex Open: Several weeks ago on a trip back to the US from South Africa, I deliberately picked up a magazine about a topic I knew very little about. It is one of the common tricks I use to learn about different industries-and in this case, the magazine I ended upRead… Read more »
Stay healthy this summer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s My Food-a-Pedia mobile website. The USDA developed this great tool to help people find information on the foods they’re eating. Using this tool, users are able to look up nutritional information on over 1,000 foods, and compare them to one another to make healthy decisions.Read… Read more »
Among the many awesome sessions and keynotes at next week’s 2011 FOSE Conference and Exposition conference, this one looks really cool. Have you ever wanted to learn more about how to be a rockstar innovator in any environment? Ever wanted to enter the mind of Apple co-founder Steve “The Woz” Wozniak? Here’s your chance! “TheRead… Read more »
[CIO] Vivek Kundra’s Tips for Smarter Government “Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra delivered [these] during testimony before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee [on Thursday]“ Tips on Improving Government Websites On Tuesday, the White House held a video Q & A about Improving Federal Websites. BUT, there are takeaways and ideasRead… Read more »