Web legal scholar and Stanford University professor Lawrence Lessig is considering running for the House of Representatives. For more details, click here or here.
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Organization Course Offered by HSLANJ
From a recent email sent to the NJLLA mailing list:
Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey (HSLANJ) Meeting It’s About Time, It’s About Space: Time and File Management. The intended audience for this program is anyone would like to gather newideas for getting or staying organized. The content is not specific to medical librarians.Wednesday, March 12, 2008. See, http://www.hslanj.org/calendar.html for more.
Free Online Access To Federal Case Law
public.resource.org is operational and is providing free access to U.S. Supreme Court cases dating back to the 1700s and all U.S. appeals court decisions dating back to 1950. For more about the launch of this project, click here.
The Vanishing Librarians?
A provocative editorial from the February 15th Library Journal, wherein John N. Berry III, Editor-at-Large, jberry@reedbusiness.com opines: “once professional responsibilities of librarians are being dumbed down into the duties of retail clerks or the robotic responses of machines.” Feel free to comment here or on the article site.
CT Files Suit Over Law Library
Courant.com (CT) reports: “Six years after a study showed granite was coming loose at the University of
Fastcase Public Library of Law is Launched
On February 13th, the Fastcase Public Library of Law was launched. This is a free online resource containing case law, statutory law, regulations and more. For more information about the launch of this project, click here.
Law Libraries Shrink As Internet Usage Grows
Mike Sunnucks of the Phoenix Business Journal discusses the trend of law libraries scaling down their physical libraries because of space and efficiency considerations. To read the article, click here.
Top Ten Blogs To Read In 2008
For those of you who enjoy perusing blogs in order to keep current with new developments in the field, The LISNews has published its Top Ten Blogs To Read in 2008. Of special interest is No. 5 – the Law Librarian Blog.
Social Networks For Law Librarians
Debbie Ginsberg at LLRX.com has an informative discussion on the benefits of social networking for law librarians and law libraries. Click here to read the article.
Most Notable Legal Websites
Law.com has published its list of the five most notable legal websites of 2007. The article discusses Avvo, Public.Resource.Org, AltLaw, ABAJournal and Justia.