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Harvard Trying New Type of Digital Casebook

Posted on September 21, 2010
One more point to add to Joe's post on law eBooks is a story that highlights efforts at Harvard using technology to create an open casebook that can be edited, annotated, and updated on demand. The concept, as described in...

ALR-INT(egestion)

Posted on September 20, 2010
Back in February, I blogged about the bait and switch of ALR-INT on Westlaw. Since then, I decided to purchase the hard copy version. I thought that the articles were quite good and expected more good things to come. My...

Summer's Over, Time to Get Back to Work (Really?)

Posted on September 20, 2010
"September is a time of change?the more relaxed dress codes and slightly slower pace of summer have given way to the normal hustle and bustle of our workday lives." Quoting "From the Desk of," yup, our association president's latest message....

Managing Employees Old Enough to Be Your Parents: Advice for Gen X-Gen Y-ers about Baby Boomers for the "new organizational order"

Posted on September 20, 2010
Two snips from a book blurb: Your organization needs older workers more than ever: They transfer knowledge between generations, transmit your company's values to new hires, make excellent mentors for younger employees, and provide a "just in time" workforce for...

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In The News

Posted on September 20, 2010
NPR is reporting on the rise of religious or faith-based search engines. These are designed to filter out search results that are offensive, too secular, or containing content that conflicts with dogma. Search engines that are listed are SeekFind (Christian),...

CNN on IE9 and Twitter; The Onion of Google Phone Service

Posted on September 19, 2010
IE9: "It's cleaner but not XP compatible." Twitter: "Photos + videos + organize conversations better." That's it in a nutshell. Here's the link to the CNN video. [JH] New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears

Round-Up of Practitioner Blogs

Posted on September 19, 2010
Nashville Lawyer Blog http://www.nashvillelawyer-blog.com http://www.nashvillelawyer-blog.com/index.xml Provides insight on criminal and personal injury news, opinions and cases in Tennessee. Published by Hollins, Raybin & Weissman, PC. Indiana Injury Lawyers Blog http://www...

Comic Books And The Law

Posted on September 19, 2010
Here's a bit of Sunday fluff. The New York Times is highlighting an exhibition of comic books featuring super heroes in the dock for all kinds of grievances stemming from their activities. Comics may be entertaining in their own right,...

Math Prof Learns Lesson in Tax Math for Expensing Research and Writing Costs

Posted on September 18, 2010
TaxProf Blog reports that the Tax Court recently denied a math prof's deduction for expenses related to his research and writing activities. "[I]t is particularly important that petitioner distinguish his research and writing activity from his activity as college professor...

Friday Fun: Research Devil vs. Research Angel

Posted on September 17, 2010
Is it time for the information literacy lecture for law school legal research instruction classes? Click play, go grab a quick cup of coffee and return to the classroom... [JH]

Legal Skills Includes Law Practice Tech: Are law students being introduced to these real world services?

Posted on September 17, 2010
Here's the first annual New York Law Journal's best vendor rankings because, well, rankings sell issues and subscriptions. Just look at US News! This one was produced by "more than 2,000 votes" in a survey of NLJY subscribers. While I...

Emerging Technologies in Librarianship: A Note on an Upcoming Continuing Education Program

Posted on September 17, 2010
When was the last time you heard of a US News #1 ranked school close its doors? While my school did in the 1990s. The Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago was always ranked #1 or tied for...

AALL's Special Interest Section Dues

Posted on September 17, 2010
I do not plan to sign the petition. As a former SIS chair, I have an appreciation for the support from AALL Headquarters. I can't speak for other SISs but I know that ALL-SIS got a lot of value for...

Can You Reconstruct the Bill of Rights This Constitution Day?

Posted on September 17, 2010
Intended for elementary-aged students, the interactive Bill of Rights Game is designed to reconstruct the Bill of Rights. Yes, I know the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution because effective December 15, 1791 and today is supposed to celebrate...

Are You Feeling Like the Pretty Boy in a Maximum Security Prison? On the mythos of "list price," sale price, and library continuation spend for TR Legal print

Posted on September 16, 2010
AALL 2009 Price Index for Legal Publications In the "From the Desk of" August 2010 message about the publication of the 2009 Price Index, our association's president glossed over the fiasco that was data compilation for this latest "effort." Quoting....

An Introduction to Trade Law: Selected International Agreements and U.S. Laws

Posted on September 16, 2010
From the summary of the CRS report Trade Law: An Introduction to Selected International Agreements and U.S. Laws (R41306, dated June 29, 2010): U.S. trade obligations derive from international trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),...

"We techies stand ready, willing and able to make this happen:" What LAW.GOV means to Sean McGrath, IT architect and builder of legislative systems

Posted on September 15, 2010
Sean McGrath works for Proplyon, a world leader in legislative and regulatory content management. With his permission, the following is republished from his Sept. 1, 2010 blog post in response to LLB's open invitation to answer the question "What Does...

Right About Now 1Ls Are Asking Some of the 25 Questions These Recent Law Grads Wish They Had Had Answers Before Attending Law School

Posted on September 15, 2010
Kelsey May, Samantha Roberts, and Elizabeth Shelton, all recent Tulsa Law grads, have written What the L?: 25 Things We Wish We'd Known Before Going to Law School (Carolina Academic Press, July 15, 2010). Here's the blurb: Law school can...

Opening: Reference Librarian, New York County District Attorney?s Office

Posted on September 15, 2010
The New York County District Attorney?s Office seeks a Reference Librarian for it Library Unit. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Conduct legal, medical, psychological, business and general research using diverse sources including books, Westlaw, PsycInfo, Lexis, and web...

U.S. News Ranks Law Firms

Posted on September 15, 2010
U.S. News is out with its Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" survey. Before I get to the substance, my prediction is that those on top will push the results as confirmation of their excellence while those, uh, farther down on...

AALL Petition for By-Law Amendments Regarding SIS Fees

Posted on September 14, 2010
Here is a petition asking AALL for a vote by distributed ballot (simple majority of those voting) to: 1. Increase the percentage of SIS fees given to each SIS to 80% (this allows AALL 20% as an administrative fee) and...

Who Owns Computer-Generated Works That Require No "Human Intervention"

Posted on September 14, 2010
The "usual suspects are: a) the author of program; b) the user of the program; c) the program; and d) none" according to Mark Perry and Thomas Margoni, (University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law) in From Music Tracks to...

eBooks and Library Borrowing

Posted on September 14, 2010
There's an odd little item from the Salt Lake Tribune with the headline "Oops. Kindle cannot support library books." The author, Vince Horiuchi, is correcting an assumption that he published last week that because the Kindle can read PDFs it...

Kagan Applies for a Part-time Job

Posted on September 13, 2010
As reported in the Wall Street Journal last Friday , our newest Supreme Court justice has recently recused herself from an additional ten cases slated to be heard in the coming Supreme Court term, her first term on the venerated...

Curse you, West Baron! (Or don't call the NUMBER if you are trying to reach the Wizard of Eagan)

Posted on September 13, 2010
Well, here I go again, the Charlie Brown of the Law Library world, still trying to kick the football that West so obligingly holds before me.... So I receive a refund check from Thomson Reuters. It describes itself as "Refund-...

Call for Volunteers for AALL Committees

Posted on September 13, 2010
Darcy Kirk, Vice President of AALL, has issued the annual call for members to volunteer for AALL Committees. I urge all AALL members (and especially the under-represented private law librarians) to heed that call and volunteer. Despite my less then...

Internet Privacy Ctd.

Posted on September 13, 2010
Friday saw the release of two opinions from Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. These concerned whether subpoenas seeking the real names of ISP subscribers who allegedly downloaded the movie Far...

Round-Up of Practitioner Blogs

Posted on September 12, 2010
BP Oil Spill Lawyers Blog http://www.bpoilspilllawyersblog.com http://www.bpoilspilllawyersblog.com/index.xml Analyzes BP oil spill news, opinions and reports in Louisiana. Published by the Berniard Law Firm. Michigan Consumer Credit Law Blog http://www...

Tips for Law School RAs and RA Wannabes

Posted on September 11, 2010
Mark Wojcik (John Marshall, Chicago) explains why law school students should work as research assistants, how to find RA jobs, and how to do well in them in Should You Be a Faulty Research Assistant? 36 Student Lawyer 35 (September...

Another Chapter in the "Papist" Administration of DePaul Law

Posted on September 10, 2010
Hat tip to TaxProf Blog for reporting on the continuing, now 16 month long, fiasco in the administration of DePaul Law. In the latest revelation, DePaul Law Prof Margit Livingston has resigned as Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee because...

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