LLRX Update for March 15th, 1999

[Cindy Chick]

LLRX (http://www.llrx.com) is the free legal Webzine providing current,
comprehensive resources for legal professionals and law librarians on
research, information technology, federal legislation, marketing and
communications.
        Editors:  Sabrina I. Pacifici & Cindy L. Chick.
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New on LLRX for March 15, 1999

VersusLaw's V.:  A View through the Southern
California Online Users Group Ratings Scale Lenses
Attorney and author T.R. Halvorson has contributed yet another
comprehensive review of a popular Web-based subscription legal research
library.  He describes database consistency, coverage/scope, timeliness,
accuracy, ease of use, and more.  
                       
A Review of West's Intranet ToolKit
Susan Charkes describes the extensive and innovative features of his
software application that is a useful resource for intranet WebMasters. 

In her latest CongressLine, Carol M. Morrissey focuses
on Posting Chemical Risk Management Data on the Internet:
Recipe for Disaster?  The EPA is on the defensive, caught between
following
the law and protecting national security. 

In Notes from the Technology Trenches, Betsy
Klampert discusses a range of topics including: Linux; recent articles
in
the New York Times and The New Yorker magazine on Web research and
information overload; and the hot new topic, knowledge management.  

Reference From Coast to Coast:  Searches and
Strategies, by Annette J. Cade of Katten Muchin & Zavis, strays slightly
off-topic, offering useful information on how to manage a job-share
reference position. 

CD-ROMs: Friends or Foes
Mariann Storck shares the difficulties that she has encountered with
networking CD-ROMs, as well as the comments and experiences of other law
librarians around the country as they struggle with similar problems.

LLRX introduces the Resource Center on Intranets and
Knowledge Management.  On this page we have compiled resources from
throughout our site on these two hot topics. This is a quick and direct
way
to link to book reviews, articles, web sites, presentation materials and
programs.  

In Margaret Berkland's new Links in the News you will find
links to: a site that has almost 1,000 listings for information
retrieval
experts in 38 countries; an online tutorial for Excel; a link to the
U.S.
Senate Special Cmte. on the Y2K Technology Problem; the McAfee's Virus
Information Library; New York City Transit Maps; a Web
version of the Preservation of Library and Archival Materials; and a
site
that provides a searchable database of Y2K readiness reports. 
                     
On the Newsstand has links to a wide range of articles for this issue,
including: the impending major reorganization at Microsoft; a comparison
of
the new services of InfoBeat and Lexis-Nexis Universe; how libraries are
attempting to respond to the information explosion; federal legislation
to
halt limits on encryption; cybersmear law suits; and
the deep impact of Linux on the legal market.


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