From The Morning News: County Looks To Whittle Books From Law Library. “Inside that building, on the left side of the hallway, [the] law librarian [] keeps watch over the county’s storehouse of legal books and treatise. The books take up two floors of space. Many haven’t been checked out since 1995.” [drc]
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The Future of Legal Publishing?
From a recent Thomson West announcement: Thomson West Introduces Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach. “Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach is designed to appeal to visual, textual and kinesthetic learners.” [drc]
Legalease Today
Hearsay – Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally, but what others have said, and that is therefore dependent on the credibility of someone other than the witness. [drc]
LexisNexis Creating Online Access to Congressional Record
Recently posted on the GOVDOC listserv by Andrea Sevetson of LexisNexis:
In its latest step to create the most comprehensive and authoritative online collection of congressional information available, LexisNexis(r) announces today its plan to digitize the bound Congressional Record and its three predecessors. These four titles, the Congressional Record (1873-to date), the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1825-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1838-1873) cover all the concerns of the day, provide researchers with a unique perspective on American history, and are considered key primary resources for research in American history, pubic policy, business and economics, politics, international relations, and the law.
The product will provide full text searching, as well as controlled subject, speaker, public law, and bill number searching. Offered through the LexisNexis(r) Congressional interface users will be able to search these titles separately or in conjunction with other LexisNexis Congressional Digital Collections they own, such as hearings, congressional prints, CRS reports, and the Serial Set. “Imagine the new avenues for scholarship that will be uncovered for researchers in a service that allows them to find all relevant hearings, debate, and reports on a topic or a piece of legislation,” said Tim Fusco, Vice President of Publishing Operations for LexisNexis Government and Academic Markets. “Our superior indexing and our commitment to make logical linkages between legislative documents will make it easier for even the most adept researcher to find relevant information across this huge collection of congressional documentation.” The product is scheduled to launch in early 2008. [drc]
New Issue of Google Librarian Newsletter
Click here for the May 2007 issue. [drc]
Legal Wikis
Check out the nice list of legal wikis in Robert Ambrogi’s article, Legal Professionals Are Using Wikis – Widely and Wisely, from Social Computing Magazine. [drc]
Legalease Today
Feres Doctrine (feer-is or feer-eez or fer-ez). Torts. The rule that a member of the military is barred from recovering damages from the United States on a claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained in military service. [drc]
The Four Habits of Highly Effective Librarians
From The Chronicle of Higher Education, Todd Gilman provides a list of “four traits that would not only make librarians more effective, but happier and more productive, too.” [drc]
Legalease Today
Adhesion Contract. A standard-form contract prepared by one party, to be signed by the party in a weaker position, usually a consumer, who adheres to the contract with little choice about the terms. — Also termed contract of adhesion; adhesive contract; adhesory contract; adhesionary contract; take-it-or-leave-it contract; leonine contract. [DRC]
Legalease Today
Res Judicata [Latin “a thing adjudicated”] An issue that has been definitively settled by judicial decision. [DRC]