Licking County, Ohio is in the news for implementing digital preservation of public records. Katy Klettlinger, the lady behind the initiative, is the first Records Manager of the county. When she took up the position six years ago, she found records in the courthouse...
Proper management of data is critical for everyone, both employees and consumers. Breach of personally identifiable data including Social Security Number (SSN), driver's license number, medical record or financial record/credit/debit card is destructive and insidious....
Keeping up with the changes is synonymous with the legal profession. The success of the profession lies in keeping up with the dynamics of law and its practice. Legal research is pivotal to competitiveness in the profession. Failing to keep up with the ever-changing...
Electronic filing of documents and web-based access to court materials has become commonplace in many U.S. states. Many counties have completed the digitization of court records, while many others are moving towards accomplishing this goal. Once the paper records and...
Widespread expansion of computer networks and access to high-speed Internet has led to the popularity of digital content. Digital content can delivered easily across networks to users in any part of the world. Easy access, storage and scalability, digital...
Tompkins County Public Library, providing local historic information online to the general public, started their digitization efforts around 4 years back. Now the library is well poised to provide online access to local history materials relating to Tompkins County...
Digitizing documents is an effective way to improve the efficiency of a business and reduce costs. It has evolved from the traditional, monolithic, 'back office' production level systems of document capturing to today's decentralized system, where information is...
Paper forms that supported signatures for centuries are vestiges of old, out-of-date workflows. Forms had first of all to be printed to get them signed and the process involved a manual workflow. Avoiding the requirement to print and sign has become the focus for many...
Studies make it clear that the employment rate of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) lags significantly behind that of the general adult population. According to a report in Disability and Employment, a recent survey conducted by Gallup and the University...
Businesses, libraries, courts education departments, and other public and private organizations across the U.S. are digitizing their paper documents for the many benefits it offers. Since 1999, Homestead National Monument of America has been part of an ambitious...
