************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "Donna Cavallini" <dcavallini1@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:53:00 -0700 On January 4, 2003, veteran law librarian and website publisher, editor (LLRX.com) and author Sabrina I. Pacifici launched a free current awareness monitoring website, beSpacific (http://www.bespacific.com). The site is updated daily and offers a searchable archive of over 1,000 topical postings on issues of interest to librarians, including, inter alia, privacy, the Patriot Act, copyright, censorship, digital rights, state and federal tech-related legislation, e-government, ID theft, and Freedom of Information. Sabrina provides researchers with direct links to court opinions, federal, state and local agency press releases, surveys, reports and government documents that discuss breaking legal-tech news and issues that impact a wide range of libraries and librarians. Sabrina also provides a free HTML email update of her daily postings - subscription sign-up available at http://www.bespacific.com/mt/subscribe.html. Donna F. Cavallini Manager of Competitive Knowledge Kilpatrick Stockton LLP dcavallini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dcavallini1@xxxxxxxxx ******************************************************************** ADMINISTRATORS NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS LEGAL Does you District Internet Use Policy have provisions addressing disclosure of student personal information on your school site? It should. Do you know the difference between free speech rights (including expressing viewpoints that administrators and teachers may not like) and free speech wrongs (ex: defamation, harassment) and are able to teach your student? You should. <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/admin2.html> ******************************************************************** ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************