New Jersey Law Librarians Association (NJLLA)

HeinOnline Enters the Blogosphere…

From a post on their new blog: Introducing the New HeinOnline Blog! Welcome!With so many exciting things happening everyday in HeinOnline, we are launching this blog to provide on-demand information to users around the world! This blog will offer insight to our newest products, notify customers of our latest interface enhancements, and share tips to help improve customers research experience. Anyone from students and librarians to professionals world-wide will be able to use our blog to communicate with our development team, share tips with other subscribers, or simply to read what other HeinOnline users are saying.Additionally, we will be offering Blog giveaways to our faithful readers. Don’t miss your chance to win prizes including: ipods, iphones, and much more! This blog was created for you, our loyal users, therefore we encourage your feedback to tell us what particular topics you would like to hear more about in this blog. We are always looking for ways to better serve our loyal customers.

Technology and the NYPL’s General Counsel

Law.com has an interesting story about how 21st Century technology has impacted upon the job of the New York Public Library’s General Counsel.

Cumberland County Library Director Reflects on Technology Changes Over the Years

From today’s PressofAtlanticCity.com, Cumberland County Library Director Nancy Forester reflects on the changes that have taken place in libraries during her 42 year library career. Click here for more.

Law Library of Congress To Mark Constitution Day on September 17th

On Monday, September 17th, the Law Library of Congress and the Constitution Project will celebrate National Constitution Day by hosting a bipartisan panel discussion on the subject of the American Constitution this coming Monday, September 17th, in Washington, DC.

For more information about the festivities, click here.

Lawyers for Libraries Meets In Denver, November 8, 2007

ALA’s Lawyers for Libraries, in conjunction with the Colorado Association for Libraries, will be hosting a training institute in Denver, Colorado on November 8, 2007. According to its website:

Lawyers for Libraries, an ongoing project of the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, is designed to build a nationwide network of attorneys committed to the defense of the First Amendment freedom to read and the application of constitutional law to library policies, principles, and problems.

Lawyers for Libraries workshops are open to licensed, practicing attorneys retained to represent or advise libraries on legal issues. Library trustees or board members who are responsible for establishing library policy may also attend. Librarians may attend if they are accompanied by a library attorney.

Click here for secure online registration for this program.

Law Librarians in New Orleans

Page 36 of the September 2007 issue of American Libraries has a report on the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 100th annual meeting, which took place in New Orleans July 14-17. Aside from the professional conferences and workshops, AALL members participated in several community service activites in the Crescent City.

Creating The Next Generation Of Lawyers

A Corpus Christi, Texas attorneys’ group has been honored by the American Bar Endowment for creating a Kids Law Library at the Los Encinos Elementary School (read the full story here, but note that registration may be required to view the article). With a grant of $1,000 from the Texas Young Lawyers Association and $250 from other sources, the group was able to garner donations of age-appropriate books on a variety of legal topics, including biographies of Supreme Court Justices and fictional stories with legal themes.

This sounds like a wonderful project to emulate in New Jersey – a way to introduce youngsters to legal concepts through their elementary school libraries.