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If you're interested in social networking to share information, check out the Utah State Law Library's Facebook page. We post information about our free classes and update the page with posts from our blog. To access our Facebook page, go to http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/#/pages/Salt-Lake-City-UT/Utah-State-Law-Library/72099864296 Our blog is at http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog Any questions? Just let me know. Continue

Wow, this is one of the busiest months I can remember for digital government in Utah. The new state of Utah transparency application will come online next week and will allow users to see expenditure made by a state agency. Transparency in government has been a theme sweeping the nation and I think this service may be the best transparency app around. The new state portal will go live in June and will have lots of new functionality and services, lots of web 2.0 kinds of stuff, including a consol… Continue

The Utah State Library would like to work with several agencies using method to build the digital library using Delicious social bookmarks. Here's how. (1) Register with either a personal or agency account: https://secure.delicious.com/register (2) Drag the Delicious bookmarklets to your browser toolbar: http://delicious.com/help/bookmarklets This should work with most browsers. You'll end… Continue

We will be showing the newest version (2009) of Utah.gov portal for the first time. The site will be made public near the end of May. Continue

If you've been contemplating getting an iPhone or iPod Touch, here's the announcement that might seal the deal for you. The Utah Hive is Mobile! You can now leave the Hive and still keep up the buzz. Here's how. Every Ning social network comes with an iPhone interface. Using this interface, members with iPhones and iPod Touches can access a simplified version of the Utah Hive. To access the iPhone interface, you simply need to add /m to our URL. http:/… Continue

We are adding many new features to Utah.gov in 2009. The release date is set for the end of May so we have a LOT to do in the next 2 months. The new site will have improved multimedia and web 2.0 capabilities. If you are doing anything new in these areas (such as Utah Hive on Ning) let me know. We also try to increase access to local governments and will be enhancing what we provide in localization. The new portal will recognize your incoming address, allow you to change if necessary and then p… Continue

The Utah Hive is the ad hoc community network of those working to provide free permanent public access to Utah government publications. We include all those individuals of every state agency who research, create, edit and publish either in print or to their agency websites. Similarly, we include all those involved in the publication process for every Utah county, city, school district, and public university. We include all librarians who play a role with managing their library's depository progr… Continue

The Utah State Library is pleased to announce a service upgrade to the state publications digital library found online at http://publications.utah.gov. This upgrade is effective immediately and includes: * Migration of the service to a new hosted environment * Software upgrade with new user personalization options * Simplified form and process for agencies to submit publications, and * New search boxes that state agencies can use to provide access to t… Continue