Library Stuff

ZDNet – “Microsoft is discontinuing its MSN Encarta encyclopedia software and services over the course of this year”

Techcrunch – “It is going to take more than just an open search platform to take on Google. Wikia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced today that he is shutting down Wikia Search, the company’s experiment in creating better search results through crowdsourcing.”

Robert Ambrogi – “The folks at Law Librarian Blog wondered whether law librarians use Twitter. So they took a poll. The outcome: Most law librarians do not use Twitter for library-related purposes and have no plans to tweet anytime soon.”

AFP – “LIFE, the defunct US magazine, came back to life online on Tuesday as a website featuring photographs from its legendary and prize-winning collection. Life.com is a joint venture between Time Inc., which owns the LIFE archives, and the Getty Images photo service. The website features pictures from LIFE and new photos from Getty.”

U.S. Courts – “The Judicial Conference, in its continuing efforts to ensure appropriate public access to court files, has voted to make federal court sealed cases more readily apparent. The Conference, acting at its March 17 meeting, voted to have Internet lists of civil and criminal cases in district courts include a case number and generic name, such as “Sealed vs. Sealed,” for each sealed case.”

Yay!