LLRX Update - September 16, 2002

Wed Sep 18 09:49:34 EDT 2002

New on LLRX.com for September 16, 2002
Edited and Published by Sabrina I. Pacifici and Cindy L. Chick 
http://www.llrx.com

**Library Records Post-Patriot Act (Federal Law) 
http://www.llrx.com/features/libraryrecords.htm

Mary Minow provides a detailed and annotated report, in chart form, on 
key PATRIOT Act issues impacting libraries, including: intercept 
orders, search warrants, pen/trap orders, subpoenas, and notification 
for preservation of information.

**The Meta Search Engines: A Web Searcher's Best Friends 
http://www.llrx.com/features/metasearch.htm

Daniel Bazac takes on the topic of the often maligned meta search 
engines. He reviews a wide range of services according to: the amount 
and the relevance of their results, their capability to handle 
advanced searches, their ability to enable users to customize 
searches, and the speed of their searches.

**Ready, Aim, Defend: Pavlovich v. Superior Court Nears The Finish 
http://www.llrx.com/features/pavlovich.htm

Denise M. Howell addresses the anticipated decision by the California 
Supreme Court in Pavlovich v. Superior Court, the latest in a series 
of cases nationwide in which courts have had to confront the 
jurisdictional significance of activities on the Web.

**Casemaker: Ohio Incubates Another Legal Information Service 
http://www.llrx.com/features/casemaker.htm

T.R. Halvorson and Margi Heinen review the origin and structure of the 
Ohio State Bar Association's Casemaker™ Consortium, and provide a 
guided tour and overall evaluation of the system.

**Working With Electronic Evidence with Summation 
http://www.llrx.com/features/summation.htm

Chris Santella explains how database records, image files and OCR'd 
text is stored and searched in Summation (screen shots included), as 
well as reviews the applications' new tools for working with 
electronic evidence.

**A Guide to the Tunisian Legal System 
http://www.llrx.com/features/tunisia.htm

Dahmène Touchent's guide reviews the country's executive, legislative 
and judicial power structures, the Parliament and other authorities, 
government agencies, laws, jurisprudence and treaties, legal 
literature and legal sites.

**The Collapse of Enron: A Bibliography of Online Legal, Government 
and Legislative Resources - Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/features/enron.htm

Stephanie J. Burke's ongoing documentation of the Enron debacle has 
been updated with new links to resources in categories including: the 
Enron bankruptcy proceedings; SEC, FERC and DOJ investigations; 
Congressional hearings; corporate documents and news.

**Internet Roundtable #32 - E-Mail Newsletters, Part II: How Can Law 
Firms Implement E-Mail Newsletters? 
http://www.llrx.com/extras/ir32.htm

Jerry Lawson, Brenda Howard, and Dennis Kennedy discuss how to 
successfully implement a newsletter marketing program, with a focus 
on: list hosting alternatives, formatting the newsletter, and customer 
relationship management.  They also recommend useful books and related 
articles on the subject.

**Service of Process http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference41.htm

Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen discuss the practical research aspects of 
service of process – court rules, statutes and the tools necessary for 
locating the proper party or resident agent to serve.

**Federal, State and Commercial Bill Tracking Resources - Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup28.htm

Kathy Biehl's essential updated guide to federal, state and commercial 
services provides detailed information on the scope of what each 
entity provides to the public, as well as concise direction on how to 
quickly and effectively maximize the data.

**Latest Links http://www.llrx.com/links/091602.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: FOIA Post, Free Range Librarian: A Monthly 
Meditation from Librarians' Index to the Internet, IdiomSite.com, 
Money Talks Open Discussion List, Net Lingo, and FAQs about the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

**Editor's Featured Site:  Newspaperlinks.com 
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm

There are numerous web portals to national and international 
newspapers, but this site is worth a visit. It hosts a feature, 
executed via drop-down menus, that allows users to focus search 
requirements, such as choosing to access only links for the technology 
sections of daily California newspapers. Other sections that can be 
specified include sports, politics, business and the classifieds. 
(Editor, Sabrina I. Pacifici).

**LLRXBuzz September 16, 2002 http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz126.htm 
Tara Calishain reviews: -OSHA Announces Reorganization Plan; -2002 
Best of the Web Announced; -CourtEXPRESS.com Launches Criminal Alert; 
-Windows XP From A to Z -Pennsylvania Web Site Offers Online Renewal 
of Professional Licenses; -Informed Librarian Launches -Google Goes to 
Ireland -Live Chat Reference at the LOC

**LLRX Newstand http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm Updated daily: 
the latest news on legal-tech issues, legislation, web resources, 
search engines, online research and more. (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

**9-11-2001 Related News and Legal/Legislative Resources, Updated 
Daily http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

**New in the LLRX Bookstore: http:/.www.llrx.com/bookstore

Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, by Biz Stone 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735712999/lawlibraryresourA/>

We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs, by Paul Bausch, Matthew 
Haughey, Meg Hourihan 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764549626/lawlibraryresourA/>

Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet, by Anne P. Mintz 
(Editor), Steve Forbes 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0910965609/lawlibraryresourA/>

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