Category: Public Libraries

Newark Public Library Visit

NJLLA members gathered for an enjoyable in-person event at the Newark Public Library on September 24th. Kudos to Aimee Sachs for organizing such a successful event and providing more details below.

Dale Colston, Assistant Director for Special Collections, gave seven NJLLA members and one non-library guest a tour of the Newark Public Library. We all enjoyed learning about the building’s history, touring the Philip Roth Room, and looking at the hallway exhibits. We stopped at the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center where librarian Tom Ankner talked a bit about the focus of the collections and highlighted the legal resources. But what impressed us most was seeing how the NPL is an active and integral part of the community – those front doors kept swinging open! Afterwards, we grabbed a bite to eat at McGovern’s and talked shop.

September Program: Tour of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at the Newark Public Library 🗓

Join us for our September 2024 Program – a tour of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at the Newark Public Library

The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, aka the NJ Room, at the Newark Public Library is a statewide reference center focused on history and genealogy. It is also a research-level collection of materials relating to New Jersey, Essex County and Newark. The NJ Room includes the print version of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, the ordinances of the City of Newark, county statutes for Essex County, and the published decisions of the New Jersey state courts. It also maintains state chapter laws back to the mid-19th century. Please join us for a one-hour in-person tour as we view a select few documents from this historical collection.

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, 3rd floor, Newark, NJ 07102

Parking: Available at the Newark Museum of Art, 49 Washington Street, and across the street at 494 Broad Street, the Genova Burns building. Street parking is free after 6:00 pm but quite limited.

The Program Honorarium will be donated to the Newark Public Library in memory of Nicole M. Peaks, branch library director of the Third Circuit Court in Newark, NJ for the past 12 years. Nicole was not a member of NJLLA but was an active member of AALL and a frequent presenter on legal research topics. She was always willing to help fellow librarians and was instrumental in the planning of this tour. Nicole passed away on June 29, 2024 and will be missed.

To register for this event, email Aimee Sachs, asachs@gibbonslaw.com by September 19th.

LexisNexis Moves Into the Public Library Market

From InfoToday.com: In what has to be viewed as a surprisingly low-key launch for a product in a brand new market, LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com ) rather quietly announced its new Library Express service. This is the company’s first product for public libraries (full article).

Legal research sources include the following:

  • Law review articles from more than 500 publications
  • Legal news from more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters
  • U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating from January 1790 to present, searchable by majority opinion, minority opinion, concurring opinion, counsel, or headnotes
  • U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decisions
  • U.S. District Court decisions dating from 1789 to present
  • Decisions from Bankruptcy Courts; U.S. Court of International Trade; Tax Courts; Courts of Customs and Patent Appeals; and Veterans, Commerce, and Military Courts
  • State court decisions at all court levels for all 50 states and territories
  • Federal regulations: Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Attorney General opinions, and Federal Acquisition Regulations and Supplements
  • Codes for all 50 states and territories, plus constitutions, court rules, and Attorneys General opinions
  • The IRS’s Internal Revenue Bulletin, IRS regulations, ABA’s The Tax Lawyer, AICPA’s The Tax Adviser, and more
  • Patents dating from 1971 to present, searchable by keyword, patent number, classification number, lawyer, assignee, inventor, or summary
  • European Union law from the CELEX database and international case law from a number of other countries
  • Law school directories, including the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and NALP Directory of Law Schools
Visit NJLLA’s web site at http://www.njlla.org.