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New Social Media Search Engine

Posted on January 16, 2009
Social Mention is a social media SE that searches user-generated content such as blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, and microblogging services making it relatively easy to track any topic across the web?s social media landscape in real-time...

ALL-SIS Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research Needs Your Contributions

Posted on January 16, 2009
Have you created any legal instructional materials such as syllabi, presentations, handouts, exercises, or exams? If so, please consider sharing them with your colleagues through the ALL-SIS Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research, http://www.aallnet.org/sis/allsis/secure/Research/sourcebook...

U.S. Government Releases FY 2008 Financial Report

Posted on January 16, 2009
The fiscal year (FY) 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government provides the President, Congress, and the American people a comprehensive view of the Federal Government?s finances, i.e., its financial position and condition, its revenues and costs, assets and...

Opening: Cataloging Library, UDC-DCSL Mason Law Library

Posted on January 16, 2009
The Mason Law Library of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law has an opening for a cataloging librarian with a master?s degree in library and information sciences. Experience in a law library is...

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Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008

Posted on January 15, 2009
Check out Wired's Top Ten Technological Breakthroughs from 2008. My personal Favorites: Flexible Displays (folds just like a book!) Edible Chips (no comment...lol) GPS (I love mine) Apple's App Store (is the cellphone the new PC?) [RJ]

A Flawed Legal Information System: The U.S. Tax Code

Posted on January 15, 2009
The National Taxpayer Advocate's 2008 Annual Report to Congress characterizes the "complexity of the Internal Revenue Code" as "[t]he most serious problem facing taxpayers." The report asserts that the Tax Code now contains 3.7 million words, that Congress amends the...

A Comparison of Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms

Posted on January 15, 2009
In The Virtual Tax Library: A Comparison of Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms, Katherine Pratt, Jennifer Kowal and Daniel Martin (all Loyola Law School - Los Angeles) [SSRN] compare the primary and secondary resources and features offered by LexisNexis, Westlaw,...

How to Use Google Reader Like A Rockstar

Posted on January 15, 2009
With Google Reader revamped and ready to go, Matt Singley (Mashable) has put together an excellent how-to guide to get the most out of your RSS experience. Check it out! Hat tip: iLibrarian [RJ]

Want a AALL Award?

Posted on January 15, 2009
Want an award from AALL? Then get someone, preferably someone whose job performance you evaluation each year, to nominate you for your many accomplishments (including but not limited to getting someone to nominate you). The nominations deadline for the awards...

CRS Report on Presidential Libraries

Posted on January 15, 2009
In Presidential Libraries: The Federal System and Related Legislation the Congressional Research Service (via FAS) provides a brief overview of the federal presidential libraries system and tracks the progress of related legislation including: H.R.1254, H...

LJ Academic Newswire's Top Ten Academic Library Stories of 2008

Posted on January 14, 2009
Details at The Library Journal Academic Newswire Year in Review but here's the ranking. [JH] Georgia State University Sued by Publishers over E-Reserves Harvard?s OA Mandate The Google Book Search Settlement The Launch of the HathiTrust NIH Public Access Policy...

Westlaw's New Browser Policy

Posted on January 14, 2009
Have you received this message from Westlaw? Westlaw access will be blocked when using Web browsers that are no longer supported by the companies that created them. The lack of support can create problems during Westlaw development which may result...

iTunes to End DRM

Posted on January 14, 2009
Apple?s announcement on January 6 (see the New York Times story) that it will discontinue adding digital rights management software to downloadable music on its iTunes site, in exchange for introducing variable pricing (including, perhaps, price discrimination), is an interesting...

The Law Librarian?s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise Webcast

Posted on January 14, 2009
Webcasts of the conference, The Law Librarian?s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise, are now available. Links to the individual presentations: Part 1: Welcome - Walter F. Pratt, Jr.; Duncan Alford Part 2: Keynote - Stanley Katz Part 3: Historical Perspective...

Attorney-Bloggers Offer Advice on Taking Advantage of Web 2.0 Technologies in New Book

Posted on January 14, 2009
New title from Gower, Blogging and Other Social Media: Exploiting the Technology and Protecting the Enterprise by Alex Newson, with Deryck Houghton and Justin Patten. From the product description: Blogging and other types of social media such as wikis and...

The 2009 Statistical Abstract Now Available

Posted on January 14, 2009
From the U.S. Census Bureau: "The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is also designed to serve as a guide to other...

Bruce P. Smith Appointed Law Dean at University of Illinois

Posted on January 13, 2009
Illinois law prof Bruce P. Smith has been named Dean of the College of Law, pending approval by U. of I. trustees at their Jan. 15 meeting. Dean Smith, who joined the law faculty in 2001 and has served as...

Increase in Securities Lawsuits Last Year Attributed to Financial Industry Meltdown

Posted on January 13, 2009
The 2008 "Year in Review" report on securities class action filings has been issued by the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse and Cornerstone Research, and shows a 19% increase in filings over 2007, mostly due to suits by...

Gitmo Interrogators Influenced by Torture Techniques in TV Program "24"

Posted on January 13, 2009
In 24?s first six seasons, the TV program showed 89 scenes of torture, Human Rights First says. The group maintains the program has influenced some junior soldiers and even some interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, who have copied the show's interrogation...

Congressional Transparency Over the Years

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Sunlight Foundation has put together a Transparency Timeline highlighting several key moments in our nations history that have to led to the current level of openness in our national government. Highlights in the Transparency Timeline include: The early connections...

Cornell Law Library's InSITE Website Reviews

Posted on January 13, 2009
Reviews published in the December 15, 2008 issue of InSITE: 2008-2009 Presidential Transition Resources Change.gov: the Office of the President-elect PrunesOnline: a Guide to Presidential Appointments White House Transition Project

Registration for China-U.S. Confernce on Legal Information & Law Libraries

Posted on January 13, 2009
From the Announcement: It is time to register for the China United State Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries in Beijing on May 27-30, 2009! Registration forms for the Conference and the hotel can be found at: http://law.wustl.edu/chinaconference/registration...

Sunstein To Join the Obama Administration

Posted on January 12, 2009
Brian Leiter and the Washington Post are reporting that Cass Sunstein (Harvard) is joining the Obama Administration as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The what? The office Sunstein will head is part of the Office of...

Brian Leiter's Supreme Court Clerkship Placement Rankings

Posted on January 12, 2009
Brian Leiter (Chicago) has updated his Supreme Court Clerkship Placement ranking. The study reports placements from 2000 through 2008 and compares the rankings based on that dataset with his 1991-2005 rankings to show which schools are being more or less...

2008 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, with Statistics

Posted on January 12, 2009
In his 2008 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts emphasizes cost savings in the courts. Underlining the relatively small size of the judiciary?s budget?.02% of the total federal budget?he describes the judiciary?s cost-savings respecting rent (growth...

West and Foundation Press Launches Law School Exchange

Posted on January 12, 2009
Law School Exchange, a new online networking and content sharing site from West and Foundation Press, allows law profs to share, digitally publish, and find teaching materials in collaboration with an online community of peers. West and from Foundation Press...

New on LLRX.com

Posted on January 12, 2009
New From LLRX.com: Neurolaw and Criminal Justice Ken Strutin's article highlights selected recent publications, news sources and other online materials concerning the applications of cognitive research to criminal law as well as basic information on the science and technology involved...

The Ten Key Evidence Issues in 2008 and for 2009

Posted on January 12, 2009
The Federal Evidence Blog reviews the top 10 evidence develements from 2008 and takes a look at the key evidience issues for 2009. [JH]

Call for Articles For AALL Spectrum's Architecture Issue

Posted on January 12, 2009
The May issue of AALL Spectrum will again four or five articles about recently built or remodeled law libraries (including departmental remodels) to showcase a wide variety of projects. If you have been through a law library building or remodeling...

Openings: Two Administrative Positions, UC Irvine Law Library

Posted on January 12, 2009
UC Irvine Law is accepting applications for Associate Law Librarians for Public Services and for Technical Services. Position Descriptions: Public Services | Technical Services. [JH]

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