LLRX Update - July 15, 1998

[Cindy Chick]

New on LLRX (http://www.llrx.com) for July 15, 1998

Search Engines for Intranets
Nina Platt, an independent consultant in library automation and
information
management, provides an in-depth analysis of an essential component of
intranet development, the search engine.  With the growing trend to
quickly
implement this technology, the back-end components that are the
foundation
of a well built system are often given short shrift in the rush to go
online.  Nina's detailed article innumerates an organized structure of
requirements to plan and implement a search engine that will support
more
functionality and power for your intranet.  

Guide to European Legal Databases
Mirela Roznovschi, an international and foreign law expert at NYU School
of
Law, contributes a comprehensive resource that will jump-start your
research in this area.  She provides links to numerous European
databases
by country and topic, including legislation, case law, journals and
library
catalogs.  Mirela also offers search tips and information on indices,
directories and search engines.  

In this month's CongressLine, Carol M. Morrissey discusses the proposed
revision to Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code.  The National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) is
spearheading
this revision, and Carol provides associated links to Web sites that
include the draft proposal as well as defender and detractor Web sites. 

Business Ethics for Information Professionals: Presented at the AALL
Annual
Conference in Anaheim, CA, July 13, 1998
Elizabeth Klampert's presentation reviews the ethical challenges posed
by
the increasingly digital research world, and how information
professionals
can tackle some of the issues associated with client and institutional
requirements. 

What's Happening at the AALL Annual Conference in Anaheim, California
Reports include information on keynote speeches, vendor announcements on
new products and services, reviews of selected programs, and lots of Web
links to useful resources. 

The Kirkland & Ellis Library Research Request Database
William Scarborough and Maria Black, from the Chicago office of Kirkland
&
Ellis, provide an overview of the library research and document request
database created to respond to multiple issues of document flow and
control.  

Shaping the Future of Legal Information
Donna S. Williams discusses the Bernard E. Witkin Legal Information
Symposium, 1998.  Topics included legal publishing, civil justice,
access
to information in courts, and legal research.

Margaret Berkland's new list of Links in the News includes a Web site
that
has links to 100,000 accounting firms nationwide; an accounting site
sponsored by Rutger's University; and a site that provides the most
frequently used depository document titles at Columbia University
arranged
by subject.  

In on the Newsstand, there are links to current articles on the
following
topics:  Clinton's new legislative initiative on the Year 2000 problem;
amazing free stuff available on the Web; and how to build a really good
intranet for a reasonable price.


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