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Article on Open Source as the “Dark Horse of Software”
For a recent, thoughtful article on Open Source Software and the major issues related to evaluating and implementing it — plus some practical tips — see Phillip A. LaPlante’s “Open Source: The Dark...
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Decoding Liberation and the goodness of FOSS
The library just received a new book called Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software, by Samir Chopra and Scott D. Dexter (catalog record below). From the back cover: Decoding...
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Learning for Free: Open Access to College Texts
The Los Angeles Times has a nice piece on the open-source movement as it relates to online college text books. “Free Digital Texts Begin to Challenge Costly College Textbooks in California,” discusses...
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Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek – Electronic Journals Library
A consortium of German university libraries, led by the University Library of Regensburg, maintains the Electromic Journals Library (Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek ). This Web site provides...
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Towards an Open Source Legal Operating System
Here’s an article by Katie Fortney, who was an intern at our library. Abstract: An informed democratic society needs open access to the law, but states’ attempts to protect copyright interests in...
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The Wayback Machine and More From Brewster Kahle
Really nice 2-page spread on Brewster Kahle, “The internet’s librarian,” in this week’s issue of The Economist. The Economist March 7th – 13th 2009 Technology Quarterly insert Brain scan The...
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Legal Ontologies Spin a Semantic Web
Legal Ontologies Spin a Semantic Web By Dr. Adam Z. Wyner Special to Law.com June 8, 2009 “The Semantic Web, an extension of the current www, promises to make documents meaningful to people and...
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Law.Gov: America’s Operating System, Open Source
Carl Malamud (public.resource.org) just posted on Radar O’Reilly about Law.Gov: America’s Operating System. Carl writes: Public.Resource.Org is very pleased to announce that we’re going to be working...
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Keeping up with the federal courts with CourtListener
The CourtListener.com From the website: The goal of the site is to create a free and competitive real time alert tool for the U.S. judicial system. At present, the site has daily information regarding...
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ICALIRDA Conference 2012 – Legal Information in India
International Conference on Access to Legal Information & Research in the Digital Age (ICALIRDA 2012) February 29 – March 2, 2012 Organizers: National Law University, Delhi SAARC Law Mohan Law...
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