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.
Category: Internet
Federal Case Law Available Online
Public.resource.org, the brainchild of Carl Malamud, has struck a deal with Fastcase to electronically publish a free archive of federal case law.
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E-Discovery Blogs And Tools
In Law.com, Robert J. Ambrogi provides this useful article that lists some very helpful EDD blogs and other online tools. If discovery support is a part of your job, you will find these resources to be invaluable.
November Luncheon Presentation Now Available
Kevin Reiss has made available his November 12, 2007 presentation, titled: A Web 2.0 Crash Course. Kevin is the Systems Librarian from the Mina Rees Library at the CUNY Graduate Center. Clcik here for the full presentation.
New Jersey Law Librarians Association November Luncheon
What do Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and their cousin, the social web, mean for law librarians? The 2.0 umbrella includes social networking tools such as facebook, new approaches to library catalogs and resource discovery like aquabrowser, social tagging tools like del.icio.us, and collaborative editing software like the ubiquitous wiki. Web 2.0 is a new approach to building web services based on a philosophy that utilizes technologies that can be rapidly deployed, easily combined, and easily modified. Web 2.0 technologies are rapidly emerging on the web and within vendor products. Come get an introduction to what Web 2.0 is, how 2.0 technologies are currently being used in libraries, and a hands-on demonstration of how some of them work.
Visit http://www.njlla.org/index.cfm for more information.