New Jersey Law Librarians Association (NJLLA)

NJ ‘Excess Funds’ Law Goes Into Effect

Under a new state law, local municipalities are now authorized to tap into public libraries’ “excess funds.” In a nutshell, if a public library does not spend all of its budgeted money and the local government gets the approval of the library trustees, the money could be returned to the municipality. For more details, click here.

Choosing Law Librarianship

Mary Whisner has written a comprehensive article about what it is like being a law librarian and how one can become one.

Reference From Coast To Coast

This article by Margi Heinen and Jan Bissett describes some helpful free legal websites such as FindLaw, LexisOne and the Public Library of Law.

The Tao of Law Librarianship

Connie Crosby writes an interesting column urging law librarians to be advocates for their profession.

When Disaster Strikes

From the April 3rd edition of the University of Buffalo Reporter, Protecting Books From Ravages of Time, Nature, Kevin Fryling reports on the steps taken by UB Law Library staff after “[a]n overnight storm surge [] leaked through the roof [] and left thousands of books, periodicals and research materials—including some rare and highly specialized items—severely damaged or destroyed.

Mounting Woes For UConn Law Library

Workers repairing the University of Connecticut law library are finding the 12-year-old building has more serious damage than originally anticipated. For the gory details, click here.

Bigger Isn’t Better

This article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discusses how small, boutique law firms are prospering these days. According to the article, one of the reasons that small firms can keep up with the big boys is that “technology has leveled the playing field. Legal research is now almost exclusively Internet-based. Gone is the requirement that a law firm have stacks of expensive books in its law library….As the cost of technology has dropped dramatically, small firms are becoming just as competitive as large firms.”