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2009 Edition of Legal Information Buyer's Guide & Reference Manual Now Available

Posted on July 01, 2009
Ken Svengalis is every law librarian's best friend. While I buy Bowker's Law Books and Serials in Print once every ten years, I purchase Ken's Legal Information Buyer's Guide & Reference Manual (Rhode Island LawPress) every year. I always look...

Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) Re-Introduced

Posted on July 01, 2009
Senators Cornyn and Lieberman re-introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) (S. 1373) [Press release dated June 25, 2009; Text on Thomas]. Specifically, the FRPAA would: Require every researcher with an annual extramural research budget of $100 million or...

Twenty Years as an Internet Open Access Publisher

Posted on July 01, 2009
In June 1989, Charles W. Bailey, Jr. launched PACS-L. In his A Look Back at Twenty Years as an Internet Open Access Publisher, he writes "PACS-L was one of the first library-oriented mailing lists, and, at the time, it was...

OUP Lexicographers Study the Linguistics of Tweeting

Posted on July 01, 2009
OUP lexicographers have been monitoring more than 1.5 million random tweets since January 2009 and have noticed any number of interesting facts about the impact of Twitter on language usage. Tweets contain significantly more instances of the word "I" than...

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Reminder: NELLCO Executive Director Featured Guest on The Law Librarian This Afternoon

Posted on July 01, 2009
Richard Leiter and Brian Striman will be chatting with NELLCO's Executive Director, Tracy Thompson-Przylucki, about NELLCO and it's many projects and services in today's episode of The Law Librarian. The episode will air live at 2:00 PM (Central). [JH]

SCOTUSblog Releases End of Term "Super Stat Pack"

Posted on June 30, 2009
SCOTUSblog has published its stats, charts, lists, and observations about the just-concluded Supreme Court Term. The "Super Stat Pack" includes data covering the following: Opinion Tally Justice Agreement Decisions by Final Vote Frequency in the Majority Opinion Authors by Sitting...

Why Won't Bloomberg Discuss Its Citator?

Posted on June 30, 2009
Stymied by Bloomberg's relucance to discuss the Bloomberg Citator (BCIT) in preparation for what he hoped would be a detailed analysis of BCIT, Michael Robak (Univ. of Illinois Law) was forced to rely on product literature and his own use...

Just Released, Special Collections 2.0

Posted on June 30, 2009
Web 2.0 applications are finding a place in a variety of professional endeavors?and nowhere with more usefulness and potential than in the realm of specialized document collection and archiving. Lynne M. Thomas and Beth Whittaker's new book, Special Collections 2...

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Franken

Posted on June 30, 2009
The news just broke. The Court ruled that Franken won the senate election over Coleman. The opinion from the Court's web site is here. The Washington Post story is here. [MG]

States Eye Internet Sales Tax, Vendors Fight Back

Posted on June 30, 2009
It's no secret that the states are strapped for cash. They've always eyed tax revenues from Internet sales as a money source. The current taxation scheme requires a nexus for a vendor's physical presence within the state to collect revenues....

Did the University of Illinois Barter Jobs for Law School Grads in Exchange for Law School Admission of Under-Qualified, Politically Connected Students?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Factors other than GPA/LSAT scores ought to be taken into consideration when it comes to law school admissions but what was happening at the University of Illinois College of Law is not an example that illustrates this point. The Chicago...

CRS Analysis of Sotomayor's Opinions: "Most consistent characteristic ... has been an adherence to stare decisis."

Posted on June 29, 2009
In the CRS report, Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Analysis of Selected Opinions (June 19, 2009), Anna C. Henning and Kenneth R. Thomas provide an analysis of selected opinions authored by Judge Sotomayor during her tenure as a judge on the Second...

Best Law Firm Articles and Alerts Aggregrator on the Web

Posted on June 29, 2009
On 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Greg Lambert reviews myCorporateReources.com, a site that aggregates client alerts published by AmLaw 100 firms, calling the site "hands-down the best law firm articles and alerts aggregator" he has seen. Check out his...

Supreme Court Actions at the End of Term

Posted on June 29, 2009
The Court issued two of the three highly awaited opinion this morning, concluding the 2008-2009 term. The opinions in the New Haven firefighter case reversed the lower courts allowing New Haven to throw out the test results when it became...

We Are Living in Exponential Times

Posted on June 28, 2009
Did You Know 3.0 is fascinating video on the progression of information technology. Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod, it's the 2008 edition of the "Shift Happens" video. [JH]

Are you doing a presentation soon? Like at AALL09?

Posted on June 28, 2009
It is summer time, and that means many librarians are busy attending conferences, giving talks, and preparing for lectures. Some of these presentations might take place online for economic or time considerations. I though it would be worth reviewing some...

You're on Cheaters Camera

Posted on June 27, 2009
In Cheating 2.0: New twists on a venerable temptation are confronted by law schools (National Law Journal) Leigh Jones reports how law students are taking cheating to the next level by using their cell phones, taking advantage of flaws in...

Treasury Secretary Offers Fast Solution for Monetary Meltdown

Posted on June 26, 2009
Last month LLB alerted readers that they needed to turn in their toxic dollar bills to the Treasury Department for their own safety. The ruse didn't work. Now comes news that the Treasury Secretary has a new plan for solving...

E-Books: Understanding the Basics

Posted on June 26, 2009
Jane Lee, California Digital Library Assessment Analyst, covers e-book essentials in E-Books: Understanding the Basics. In her brief article, Lee observes that "the rise of e-books highlights the struggle to offer services that address the increasing demand for electronic resources...

CRS Report on the State Secrets Privilege and Other Limits on Litigation Involving Classified Information

Posted on June 26, 2009
From The State Secrets Privilege and Other Limits on Litigation Involving Classified Information (May 28, 2009): The state secrets privilege is a judicially created evidentiary privilege that allows the government to resist court-ordered disclosure of information during litigation, if there...

PLI Scholarships Available for Law Librarians

Posted on June 26, 2009
Practising Law Institute is now offering scholarships to law librarians, among others, for PLI seminars and CLE. Details are here. [MG]

Law Librarians of the Caribbean

Posted on June 26, 2009
Did anyone know that the 24th annual meeting and seminar of the Caribbean Association of Law Libraries was taking place? The meeting was addressed by Barbados Attorney-General Freundel Stuart. His comments suggest that any image problem law librarians have is...

Happy Birthday to the Barcode

Posted on June 26, 2009
Just wanted to pass along this New York Times article about the 35th birthday of barcodes. Many a law library uses bar codes to keep track of their collection so if you are like me and know those first 5...

Delegation of Work Assignments by Lawyers to Nonlawyers in Law Firms

Posted on June 25, 2009
In Shadow Lawyering: Nonlawyer Practice within Law Firms, [NELLCO] Paul R Tremblay (Boston College Law School) articulates a framework for assessing choices lawyers make when they delegate some tasks to nonlawyer colleagues. The framework relies on insights about lawyering judgment...

Using Custom Search Engines

Posted on June 25, 2009
Check out law librarian and blogger John J. DiGilio's new LLRX article, Bridging the DiGital Divide: Custom Search Engines Put You in Control. [JH]

Rounding Up Some State Law Practitioner Blogs

Posted on June 25, 2009
Alabama Injury Attorney Blog http://www.alabamainjuryattorneyblog.com http://www.alabamainjuryattorneyblog.com/index.xml Reviews injury law cases, news and reports in Alabama. Published by Martinson & Beason, PC. Arizona Construction Accident Lawyer Blog http://www...

Supreme Court Action Today

Posted on June 25, 2009
We're still waiting for Ricci to come out. With that, here are today's opinions. Horne, Superintendent, Arizona Public Instruction v. Flores et al. (08-289). The Respondents in the case were plaintiffs in an action that alleged inadequate funding for English...

Shifts in the Legal Market Place

Posted on June 25, 2009
Two postings in the blogosphere this week targeting how we might see certain segments of the legal market emerge from the economic downturn. In his post Welcome to the Future: Time for Law School 4.0, Am Law Daily blogger Paul...

Help Save Ohio Public Libraries from Governor's Draconian Budget Cutback Proposal -- 50% Reduction in State Funding

Posted on June 24, 2009
Governor Ted Strickland has proposed what amounts to a 50% reduction in state funding for Ohio's public libraries. His June 19 proposal would cut a total of $227.3 million over the next two years from the state?s Public Library Fund....

Online Privacy: Problematic Data Handling Practices and Consumer Expectations

Posted on June 24, 2009
Online privacy and behavioral profiling are of growing concern among both consumers and government officials. In KnowPrivacy, Joshua Gomez, Travis Pinnick, and Ashkan Soltani, UC Berkeley, School of Information, examine both the data handling practices of popular websites and the...

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