Searcher articles from June 2008

Searcher archives from June 2008

Searcher's voice: Oh, Pooh!!(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This issue contains a very well-thought-out, carefully researched, cautionary article on the legal status and future of Google Book Search ("Good and Evil in the Garden of Digitization: Google and Fair Use" by...

The new surge of open legal information on the internet.(LiveLinks: THE SIDEBAR)
June 1, 2008... "Carol, what do you think about this?" my editor asks, having forwarded me an article about Public.Resource.org and the release of hundreds of thousands of full-text cases, now available for the edification of all Americans at sites such as...

Interesting alternatives.(LiveLinks: THE SIDEBAR)(Website list)
June 1, 2008... These are not the only legal sites, nor am I saying that they are the best, but these do provide examples of jobs well done. Alt.law http://altlaw.org The beta site has the same federal cases as Public Library of Law, but no state...

Hit me with your best doc: document-sharing services on the web.(Live Links)(Website list)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] File sharing has had a bad rap, but thanks to still image, video, and audio sharing services such as Flickr (http://www.flickr.com--and even the Library of Congress is there), Google's Picasa...

Good and evil in the garden of digitization: google and fair use.
June 1, 2008... In a January 2008 Searcher article, Beth Ashmore and Jill Grogg discuss the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and Amazon.com's book digitization projects. They point out that Amazon and OCA did not invent book digitization and acknowledge the dragon...

Social networks: another avenue to new books and friends.(LiveLinks: WEB MASTERY)
June 1, 2008... Last year, I reviewed book recommendation engines and praised LibraryThing highly because of its robust features [Webmastery: "LibraryThing.com: The Holy Grail of Book Recommendation Engines," July/August 2007, pp. 25-32]. Many of my friends...

An interview with Tim Spaulding, LibraryThing founder.(What's New, Library Thing?)(Interview)
June 1, 2008... I caught up with Tim Spaulding recently so he could tell us how things have gone this past year as well as about any new features we can expect: We talked back in March 2007. Can you give us a sense in the last year what have been the most...

An overview from Marc J. Cormier.(Gale's Books & Authors)(Interview)
June 1, 2008... Books & Authors is feature-rich, providing some cataloging features and a book-browsing capability. How would you best describe this product for your potential customers? Books & Authors is more about an experience vs. a database. This new...

Waiting for a go: tasks for the relaxed.(LiveLinks: TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
June 1, 2008... My schedule for the last few years has revolved around the quality of early morning waves, tide conditions, and the direction of the wind. Usually it takes until noon for one of the other vaguely self-employed, or semiretired, classic (we...

Hardware.(BEST BUYS)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2008... Best PCs Dell Computer's XPS One ($2,399); Gateway Computer's One ($1,800) Source: Claude McIver, "The Singularity Is Here," Wired, February 2008, p. 80. Best Desktop Apple Computer's iMac ($1,499) Source: "Top 5...

Software.(BEST BUYS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Best Mac Browsers Flock's Flock 1.0.3 (free; http://www.flock.com); Omni Group's OmniWeb 5.6 ($15); Apple Computer's Safari 3.1 (free: http://www.apple.com) Source: Joe Kissell, "The Browser Bunch," MacWorld, May 2008, pp. 32-32B,...

Contacts.(Directory)
June 1, 2008... AbeBooks Inc. #4-410 Garbally Rd. Victoria, BC V8T 2K1 Canada (250) 412-3258 URL: http://www.abebooks.com Alienware (Area 51 m9, Hanger1B HD Entertainment Center) 14591 SW 120 St. Miami, FL 33186-8638...