Samuel Newhouse of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle has written an insightful article about the history of the Supreme Court Law Library in Brooklyn and its law librarian, Jacqueline Cantwell. The article also goes on to discuss the importance of law libraries and their role in the age of online research.
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Evaluating Free Online Law Libraries
This article by George H. Pike on AllBusiness.com offers an informative evaluation online legal resources.
Online Document Services Help Laypeople, But Not Without Risks
Simple legal actions like establishing a living will don’t necessarily require the direct involvement of a lawyer. Online document services can provide forms and give laypeople instructions on what to do with them. The advantages are cost and convenience; however, some worry the absence of a live professional can leave users shortchanged.
For the complete story from E-Commerce Times.com, complete with linked resources, click here.
Where Are All The Female Law Bloggers?
This article by C.C. Holland of Law.com speculates about the reasons that most high-profile legal blogs are authored by men.
Professional Legal Management Week
The Association of Legal Administrators has declared that October 6-10 is International Professional Legal Management Week.
The objectives of Professional Legal Management WeekSM are:
- To provide awareness, understanding and education about the legal management profession, and
- To increase knowledge of the diverse roles within the profession.
The goal of Professional Legal Management WeekSM is:
To communicate to stakeholders, and others, the importance and need for a professional management team in all facets of enterprise leadership.
To read the press release, click here.
To read more about it from the Association of Legal Administrators, click here.
NJLLA Directory Mailed
The print 2008-2009 NJLLA Directory and Handbook has been produced and recently mailed to membership. Great job by the “Pru crew” in pruducing this!!
India Opens Its First Online Law Library
Those involved in legal issues in India will benefit from the inauguration of the country’s first e-law library –
Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat inaugurated the country’s first e-law library here aimed at facilitating legal practitioners.
“Justice has to reach the common man and if this concept succeeds in giving justice, only then we can say it is working,” Kamat said while inaugurating the library at the Bombay High Court on Saturday, adding that it would serve as a model for other Bar Councils.
For the full story, click here.
In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion
In today’s New York Times, Robert Pear writes –
Countless federal records are being lost to posterity because federal employees, grappling with a staggering growth in electronic records, do not regularly preserve the documents they create on government computers, send by e-mail and post on the Web.
To read the full article, click here.
Technology Tools for Information Management
In LLRX.com, Roger V. Skalbeck and Barbara Fullerton discuss a variety of technology tools that can make the lives of information professionals easier and more productive.
To view the article, click here.
The Changing Nature of Law Libraries
Alan Cohen of Law.com writes about the changing nature of law libraries due to expanding online resources –
…[T]he shrinking space — and at some large firms, …the shrinking library staff — isn’t the death knell for the law firm library, but the start of its next, better, technologically advanced phase. Through online hubs like the Milbank Research Portal, lawyers will have fast, fine-tuned access to the resources they need. Librarians will have more control over what sources are used — and what expenses are incurred. Publishers will no longer have all the leverage when negotiating contracts for licensed materials; and, in the end, clients will get better service that’s more cost-efficient, too.
To read the complete article, click here.