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As of early afternoon today, users attempting to access the New Jersey Register on the free public access site http://www.lexisnexis.com/njoal were being blocked by a request to sign in with ID and password.

Following an industry trend that gives readers greater convenience and publishers greater revenue, New Jersey Law Journal has announced conversion from supplemented hardbacks to annual softbound editions for two more of its book titles, starting with their 2010 editions: New Jersey Employment Law by Rosemary Alito, and the Encyclopedia of New Jersey Causes of Action by John J. Bannan. (New Jersey Law of Personal Injury by James Hely and Donald A. DiGoia was already supposed to be annual starting with the 2008 edition.)

Jonathan C. Stark presents a provocative fable about the effects of lost law libraries over time. To read the tale, click here.

NJ ICLE has announced the imminent publication of the 14th edition of New Jersey Family Law and Practice, by Gary N. Skoloff and Laurence J. Cutler (with additional chapter authors).

On the state webpage http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/circular/eoindex.htm that lists the Governor’s Executive Orders, the useful practice of noting in the date-issued column when an order has been amended or rescinded by a later order seems to have fallen into abeyance recently. In particular, rescission needs to be noted for Corzine E.O.#1 (rescinded by Christie E.O.#24), Corzine E.O.#103 and Corzine E.O.#135 (both rescinded by Christie E.O.#19), and Christie E.O.#12 (rescinded by Christie E.O.#20). (This message has also been submitted to the Governor’s office.)

Just published: A Centennial History of Rutgers Law School in Newark; Opening a Thousand Doors, by Paul Tractenberg, The History Press, May 2010, 192 p. ISBN 978-1-59629-822-4, $21.99. Appendices include a selected list of Rutgers-Newark’s prominent alumni.

In this article, Terry Conaway provides useful tips to members of the public who are looking for assistance. Law Librarians may wish to post it on their bulletin boards.

Nicholas Pengelley and Sue Milne of LLRX.com offer this handy guide to Researching Australian Law. It’s a nice resource for anyone who has an occasional legal question arising from Down Under.

Due to the expense of maintaining what it considers to be underutilized resoures, the Tennessee Supreme Court will close its law libraries in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis on January 1st. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee explained that, since most legal research is online now, “we were not getting our money’s worth out of [these law libraries] at all.”

Could this be the wave of the future throughout the U.S.?

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