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LexisNexis Has a Birthday, Inspring Flashbacks and Adds ABA eBooks to Digital Library

By Jean O'Grady on April 4, 2014
A post on Above the Law today noted the launch of Lexis on April 2nd 1978. I recalled reading that there was an Ohio Bar system which predated Lexis so I did some research. Lexis created a  history of online research Timeline  for its 30th anniversary. This timeline points to the initiatives by the Ohio

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A “Computer” Was Originally a Job Title: The History of Computing Timeline

By Jean O'Grady on September 27, 2012

Today CNN posted a Timeline for Computing Power.  Being a librarian and a blogger on information issues, I collect timelines related to all aspects of information history.  Last week I attended a meeting where someone said that the Internet will double every 11 months. What have we wrought with these computers?

The best thing about the CNNs timeline is the photo

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*Hat tip to Melville Dewey, 19th century efficiency reformer, founder of the first School of Library Economy, and inventor of the eponymous decimal classification system based on Sir Francis Bacon's outline of human knowledge.

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Jean P. O’Grady has over 30 years of experience developing strategic information initiatives for Am Law 100 law firms.

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