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Opening: Reference Librarian, Georgetown University Law Library

Posted on February 04, 2008
Georgetown Law Library invites applications for the position of Reference Librarian. Georgetown University Law Center is one of the premier law schools in the world. Located in the nation?s capital, within walking distance of the U.S. Congress, the Supreme Court...

Why the World Resists US Liberalism

Posted on February 03, 2008
"Catley and Mosler provide a compelling and comprehensive account of the forces driving American foreign policy today as well as those resisting it. Its masterly fusion of history and political science deserves to be widely read and discussed by all....

New Documentary on Role of Faith in Politics

Posted on February 03, 2008
Article VI documents Bryan Hall?s experience as he travels around the country engaging people in a discussion about faith in politics. Hall encounters unique viewpoints from political pundits, religious leaders, historians, and everyday citizens. Here's the trailer: Contemporary "debate" about...

Effects of Gasoline Prices on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Markets

Posted on February 02, 2008
New report from the Congressional Budget Office: "This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study?prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee?relates rising gasoline prices to changes in how fast people drive, the volume of highway traffic,...

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UNICEF's The State of the World's Children 2007 Report

Posted on February 02, 2008
New report from UNICEF: "The State of the World's Children 2007 examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives - and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls. The report argues...

Microsoft Bids $45 billion for Yahoo

Posted on February 01, 2008
CNN is reporting that Microsoft has made a cash and stock offer of $31 a share, a 62% premium from Yahoo's closing price on Thursday. Follow the possible acquisition using Google News and Google Blog Search. [JH]

Friday Fun: Can You Classify and Shelve Books

Posted on February 01, 2008
Check out this Tech Services game developed by the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. You have to shelve books in the right spot. First you get books labeled with their LC call numbers. Then, as the game progresses, they disappear, leaving...

Obama v Clinton: Hot4 Video Competition on YouTube

Posted on February 01, 2008
Named the biggest web video of 2007 by People magazine...the AP...Newsweek...and AOL, "I Got a Crush...On Obama" By Obama Girl has created some humorous YouTube video competition. Here's the original and two pro-Clinton videos. "I Got a Crush...On Obama" "I...

AALL's 2008 A Day in the Life Photo Contest Is Now Underway

Posted on February 01, 2008
...and US law librarian productivity comes crashing to a halt this month as staffers make plans to win this most cherished AALL award! Six Category Winners and One Overall Winner. The 2007-2008 AALL Public Relations Committee, chaired by Law Librarian...

CRS Report on President's Authority to Instruct Federal Agencies to Ignore Congressional Earmarks

Posted on February 01, 2008
The President's Authority to Issue an Executive Order Governing Executive Agency Responses to "Earmarks" Contained in Committee Reports CRS Publication Date: 12/18/2007 Document No.: M-121807 Abstract: This memorandum provides a legal analysis of the President's authority to issue an executive...

Racial Disparities in Drug Imprisonment in Large Counties

Posted on February 01, 2008
New report from the Justice Policy Institute: "The Vortex: The Concentrated Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties is a new report that explores racial disparities in drug imprisonment at the county-level and the characteristics of counties...

Blawgs as Scholarship Up for Review, Again

Posted on February 01, 2008
Blawgs as scholarship is the hot topic of the day in the sphere. Check out these posts: Balkanization reviews how many law review aricles cite to blawgs. Brian Leiter's thoughts on the subject, plus some links to previous commentary on...

New Empirical Legal Studies Bibliographic Database

Posted on January 31, 2008
Matt Morrison (Cornell Law Library) writes "Empirical legal studies are increasingly important in the legal academy as it evolves to become more interdisciplinary. Moreover, empirical legal scholarship has direct relevance to the discussions of legal issues in today's public and...

New Book Explores Friendships Among Literary, Legal Giants

Posted on January 31, 2008
Friendships Across Ages: Johnson and Boswell; Holmes and Laski by Jeffrey O'Connell and Thomas E. O'Connell List Price: $60.00 Hardcover: 188 pages Publisher: Lexington Books (December 2007) ISBN-10: 0739120344 ISBN-13: 978-0739120347 From the UVa press release: A new book exploring...

A Quick Look at the Annotated Justinian Code Website

Posted on January 31, 2008
In Tim Kearley's Justice Fred Blume and the Translation of Justinian?s Code, 99 Law Library J. 525 (2007), he mentioned the Annotated Justinian Code website. The site went live late last year. Created with the support of an AALL/Aspen research...

Resources on the History of Silicon Valley

Posted on January 31, 2008
The History of Silicon Valley, the Internet & the PC collects archived interviews with early innovators in all three fields, early photographs, and links to detailed research papers. Hat tip to LISNews. [JH]

Pew Study Finds States Face $2.73 Trillion Bill for Retiree Benefits

Posted on January 31, 2008
New report from the The Pew Charitable Trusts? Center: "States have promised at least $2.73 trillion in pension, health care and other retirement benefits for public employees over the next three decades, according to a report released today by The...

Man Arrested for Painting Crosswalk

Posted on January 31, 2008
Whitney Stump, a Ball State University graduate student and father, took the law paint brush into his own hands when city officials refused to create a crosswalk at a dangerous intersection. He was, of course, arrested for criminal mischief and...

Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2007

Posted on January 30, 2008
Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2007 brings together scholars, judges and civil society activists from around the world to examine how, why and where corruption mars judicial processes, and to reflect on reforms and activism that help remedy a corruption-tainted...

Jimmy Wales Summons Librarians to Helps Improve Wikipedia

Posted on January 30, 2008
"Librarians are not engaging with the academies," said Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "If libraries throughout the world formed regional groups and made an effort, they would be playing a positive role within Wikipedia. The job of the librarian is about...

First Study on Voting Technology Innovations Prompted by the Help America Vote Act

Posted on January 30, 2008
Voting Technology The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot Paul S. Herrnson, Richard G. Niemi, Michael J. Hanmer, Benjamin B. Bederson and Frederick C. Conrad Brookings Institution Press, 2008 Paper Text: 978-0-8157-3563-2, $19.95 Cloth Text: 978-0-8157-3564-9, $49...

Active Legislation List Produced by US Senate

Posted on January 30, 2008
Excellent resource from the U.S. Senate: Active Legislation is a list of current bills, arranged by subject, that have been receiving legislative or media attention. Check it out! [RJ]

Average Starting Salaries of Law School Grads

Posted on January 30, 2008
Average starting salaries for law school grads range from $135K to $38K in The National Jurist's recent ranking of law schools. Chicago, Duke, Michigan and Northwestern are tied for the top spot. See How Much Will You Earn? Hat tip...

Law Prof as Toolmaker: An Interview with PreCYdent's Thomas A. Smith (San Diego)

Posted on January 29, 2008
Joe Hodnicki: On Law Librarian Blog, I've been fairly critical of law professors who venture into the field of bibliometrics without an understanding of the theory and techniques information scientists use to produce citation studies, without in many cases, even...

IALL 2008 Website Award Competition Now Underway

Posted on January 29, 2008
The International Association of Law Libraries recently announced that the competition for its annual website award is now open. The winner will be announced at the 27th Annual Course in International Law Librarianship in San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 30...

Professional Reading: The Lost Meaning of the Criminal Jury Trial Right

Posted on January 29, 2008
Laura I. Appleman's (Willamette) The Lost Meaning of the Jury Trial Right is available from SSRN. Here's the abstract to this interesting and timely article: The time has come to reevaluate the origins and historical meaning of the criminal jury...

Crafting Bipartisianship Support for Legislation: A Case Study by a Washington Insider

Posted on January 29, 2008
Washington power broker John Hilley argues in The Challenge of Legislation that bipartisanship can succeed even under the toughest conditions. [JH] The Challenge of Legislation Bipartisanship in a Partisan World John L. Hilley Brookings Institution Press, 2007 Paper Text: 978-0-8157-3653-0,...

Thanks to YouTube, Professors are Finding New Audiences

Posted on January 29, 2008
Interesting article from the Chronicle: "Professors are the new YouTube stars: Video-sharing Web sites take scholars and their ideas out from behind ivy-covered walls and into the media mainstream." [RJ]

In the Name of Entrepreneurship?

Posted on January 29, 2008
New report from the RAND Corporation: "There has been ongoing concern that some regulations, rules, and government policies place a disproportionate burden on small businesses and entrepreneurs. For this reason, small businesses often receive special regulatory treatment, such as exemptions...

2008 State of the Union Speech

Posted on January 28, 2008
Transcript of President Bush's last State of the Union speech (by CNN). See also 2008 State of the Union Policy Initiatives (White House). [JH]

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