Legal Research

Early Adopter?

Posted on May 16, 2007
I'd always kind ofidentified with the early adopter camp, or at least the premature dabblers, but reading the Guardian's Are you connected? article, it turns out I'm far from being either. I'm not on MySpace (mainly because I'm not in a band, although I've always fancied getting a Moog)...

The Power of TV

Posted on May 16, 2007
BBC2 and the Bar Council are collaborating on a six part documentary about barristers. It is intended to explode some myths, correct distorted views and 'show the public the training and committment needed to become a barrister and, ultimately, to provide an insight into junior to senior barristers' work...

This Week's Useful Tools

Posted on May 12, 2007
Bookmarked this week: Picupine - free hosting for images without having to register (one less password to remember!). pixilive - online picture and video storage, no registration needed. Diino - online storage, 2GB free. Users need to register and download the Diino interface...

Reading Stacks

Posted on May 12, 2007
Photographingstacks of yournext reads is quite a popular past time on Flickrwith a good few groups devoted to the art:Reading Stackand Book Stacksbeinga couple of examples.I love this, whenever I go to someones house I have to check out the book shelves,(its a compulsive thing), I am always very interested in what other people are [...

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Happy Birthday Helvetica

Posted on May 09, 2007
Helvetica is celebrating its 50th birthday.* Designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger in Switzerland, Helvetica is a very popular typeface that attractsfans and critics in perhaps equal measure. Frank Wildenberg, managing director of Linotype, describes Helvetica: Its durable...

Bye Bye DCA, Hello MoJ

Posted on May 08, 2007
The Ministry of Justice opens for business today and a spangly new web site is launched with it. Must stop spots are the What we dopage, which lays out an alphabetical list of areas of responsibility, and the Who we are page, which lists the core components of the new MoJ...

Must Have Toypography!

Posted on May 08, 2007
Toypography - make English words and Japanese characters all with the same pieces! (Found via Your Daily Awesome) Bookmark to:

Email is Dead, Long Live Email (or your mid-week useful tools)

Posted on May 08, 2007
Lots of email goodness via Tips and Advice Internet: MailTester- find out if an email address is still active/current. Fresh Address, Find mE-Mail and Contact Clean are all services that let you registers your new email address, others can then search by name or previous email to find out your new contact details...

Statute Law Database

Posted on May 06, 2007
The Statute Law Database has been labelled Highly Commended by CILIPs Reference Awards. Library and Information Update reports: It is very clear & that it will make a huge difference to the ease with which librarians and public can search for legislation...

This Week's Useful Tools

Posted on May 05, 2007
Bookmarks for the last two weeks: Upload and share files with in.solit.usand twango. Glickr - create animated GIFs using your flickr photos. Sabros.us - organise and share your bookmarks. QuestionForm - online survey creator. deskload - organise your bookmarks like desktop icons, still experimenting with this, but its quite an interesting way to manage a reasonable number of bookmarks...

Email Britain

Posted on May 04, 2007
Microsoft and the British Library have teamed up again, this time to create the first ever email archive. John Tuck, Head of British Collections at the BL: 'Email Britain will allow us to archive a vast snapshot of our present day email communications and will be of great value for future researchers...

The Google Brand

Posted on May 04, 2007
The Media Guardian recently featured a brief piece addressing the success of the Google brand.* Naresh Ramchandani in The unique genius that is Google** argues that Googles success is partly attributable to the unique, suggestive and informal name that has become to search what Sellotape became to sticky tape andwonders whether it would have reached [...

World Press Freedom Day, 3rd May 2007

Posted on May 03, 2007
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My Website is Much Better Than Yours, Damn Right it's Better Than Yours

Posted on May 03, 2007
The best and worst UK law firm web sites were recently announced, or to be more accurate the best and worst web sites of the 50 fastest growing law firms, as decided bytheannual survey conducted by web design consultancy, Intendance. Judged on content; usability; design; and marketing, the top five are as follows: 1...

National Book Tokens Go Plastic

Posted on May 03, 2007
According to the Bookseller, National Book Tokens are to go plastic by Christmas (all things going to plan). The newcredit card styletokens will be available for fixed amounts and as top up cards. Now everything is plastic, its part of our retail society, says Willie Anderson, chair of National Book Tokens...

Reed Elsevier and the Arms Trade

Posted on April 24, 2007
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade reports: 'It is a little known fact that the giant information company Reed Elsevier - famous for its work in education, science and health publications, as well as massive web-based services such as the LexisNexis Total Research System used by academics and legal professionals - also plays a significant role [...

Second Life Law Firm

Posted on April 24, 2007
Field Fisher Waterhouse have become the first UK law firm to open a branch in Second Life. David Naylor, an IP partner with the firm: 'By setting up an office in Second Life, which is being used to transact hundreds of millions of dollars of business a year, we are showing clients that we understand [...

JSB Guidance on Veils

Posted on April 24, 2007
The Judicial Studies Board has issued guidance on the wearing of the full veil, or niqab, in court. It has been published as an update to the Equal Treatment Bench Book and is available as a PDF via the JSB web site. Bookmark to:

Blackwell Online - the Librarian's Friend

Posted on April 23, 2007
Blackwell Online now offers RSS feed, woo hoo! Feed for new law books can be found here, but you can also narrow down to your chosen topic. Can otherlegal booksellers and publishersplease take note! Bookmark to:

Google Maps: You're Just Being Silly Now!

Posted on April 22, 2007
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New Blogs on the Block

Posted on April 22, 2007
Some brand new and some not so new law and library related blogs whichI'm finding interesting: Enquiring minds want to know - fab name (wish Id thought of it). Two law librarians writing on libraries, the web and other interesting miscellanea. Free Movement - commentary on immigration and asylum law from a UK-based immigration lawyer...

This Week's Useful Tools

Posted on April 22, 2007
Bookmarked this week, been quite busy so just a few & Contactify - create a contacts form for your site without revealing your email. tabber - online social address book. iStalkr - scarily named app that lets you create a lifestream, a way to track all your feeds from services such as del...

50 Books You Must Read (Apparently)

Posted on April 21, 2007
The Book Marketing Society (BMS) and the Guardian have compiled a list of 50 books that are considered to have defined their decades. According to the BMS books were selected not as the greatest books of the century, but rather those that define each era...

Some Legal Webby Stuff

Posted on April 17, 2007
TheInternational Court of Justice launched its new web site yesterday. As well as looking quite fancy it has expanded its coverage considerably: From now on, the Court's entire jurisprudence since 1946 will be available online, as will that of its predecessor, the Permanent Court of International Justice...

Feedtastic

Posted on April 16, 2007
Lore Librarian has done some serious homework and compiled a list of Government feeds. What would be nice is feed from the Government News Network (GNN) instead of the onslaught of emails that plague me daily (all useful stuff but in an inconvenient and interruptingformat)...

This Week's Useful Tools

Posted on April 14, 2007
Bookmarked this week: Recuva - (pronounced recover) file recovery freeware, currently in beta. wikidPad - wiki-like notepad. Clutzr - lets you share your web-browsing with your friends, at the moment you need an invitation code. Yugma - web conferencing tools, suggestions for use includetutoring and training sessions...

Doing Bad Things To Books

Posted on April 14, 2007
Cara Barer is a photographer doing interesting things with books: 'With the discarded books that I have acquired through different means, I am attempting to blur the line between objects, sculpture, and photography.' As a Librarian it make mea little tearful, although I must admit I think some of them are very clever...

Happy Anniversary, Yuri G!

Posted on April 12, 2007
Off topic, but what a lovely Google today!It is the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's 'space flight'. A proud moment.And anot so proud moment: today it is reported thatRussia is home to 2.3 million registered alcoholics and every third death is alcohol related...

Bar Council Blogging!

Posted on April 11, 2007
The Bar Council has relaunched its web site, which has undergone a complete redesign. It is much easier to find stuff now and the site has amuch more contemporary feel. The Bar Standards Boardnow has aseperate web site, and best til last there is a Bar Council blog! Read the first post by Geoffrey Vos [...

Colour Coding for Judges

Posted on April 10, 2007
Wigs are to be abolished in Civil, Family and Commercial courts. Judges will now be able to opt for a simple black robe with either a coloured facing or arm stripe to denote rank: Court of Appeal = Gold High Court = Red Circuit = Purple District = Green or Blue The new zip up robe, which can be worn [...

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