Library hacker gets jail time, other odds and ends

[gary]

Hello from D.C.

"Library hacker gets jail time"
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/0815story110800_news.shtml

A 26 year old Philadelphia man was sentenced to 1-3 years for hacking into the 
Monroe County, New York library system computers. Also ordered to pay $15,000 in 
restitution. 

According to an AP article I spotted this attack did not put library account/card 
info in danger. 

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The July issue of Information Research is devoted to Semantic Web
http://informationr.net/ir/7-4/infres74.html
It includes the article, "The Semantic Web, universalist ambition and some 
lessons from librarianship" by Terrence A. Brooks, Information School, University 
of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Finally, 

The British Library has appointed a director of e-Strategy. 
http://www.bl.uk/cgi-bin/press.cgi?story=1280
Richard Boulderstone was the former vp for tech at Knight-Ridder Financial, 
worked at Reed Elservier, and was vp for engineering at Looksmart. 


cheers,
gary

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