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GPO Access Now Offers Authenticated Congressional Bills

Posted on January 23, 2009
GPO has integrated Authenticated Congressional Bills into the live Congressional Bills application on GPO Access. Users of this application will notice digital signatures on bills from the 110th and 111th Congresses. [JH]

Cornell Law Library's InSITE Website Reviews

Posted on January 23, 2009
Reviews published in the January 12, 2009 issue of InSITE: Center for the Study of the Presidency Copyright Global Land Tool Network Stanford IP Litigation Clearinghouse

HeinOnline's 2008 Year in Review

Posted on January 23, 2009
From the HeinOnline Weblog: "Last year was a busy year for our HeinOnline team here at William S. Hein & Co., Inc. If you missed anything, here is a quick recap of everything they accomplished in 2008." [RJ]

AALL Seeks Vendor Liaison

Posted on January 23, 2009
AALL seeks an individual to serve as its liaison for fostering knowledge and information sharing between the law library community and legal information vendors. This individual will also work to develop programs or initiatives for sharing expertise and creating a...

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Geithner's Tax Return Errors Not Caused by TurboTax

Posted on January 22, 2009
Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner implied at his confirmation hearing that the errors in his tax returns were caused by his use of TurboTax but Jim Lindgren (Northwestern) has demonstrated that "neither of the two major errors in Geithner?s returns...

White House Website Gets a Makeover

Posted on January 22, 2009
With the change in administration comes a redesiged White House website. More subdue than Obama's campaign site, the design is more evolutionary than revolutionary but offers new features and more timely publication of official documents. Macon Phillips, the Director of...

NCSL's Interactive Map Examines the Fiscal Condition of the States

Posted on January 22, 2009
The National Conference of State Legislatures have put together a informative interactive map detailing each state's projected budget gap for FY 2009. Where a shortfall exists, the NCSL also indicates what percent of the general fund that gap represents...

New on LLRX.com for January 2009

Posted on January 22, 2009
New on LLRX.com: FOIA Facts: New FOIA Provisions Take Effect Scott A. Hodes discusses two sections (Section 6 and 7) of the OPEN Government Act of 2007 that just went into effect, and the problems that will be encountered by...

RIPS Launches New Blog

Posted on January 22, 2009
The AALL Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section recently launched a new blog, RIPS Law Librarian. Check it out! [RJ]

GPO Releases Report on Conditions of Regional Depository Libraries

Posted on January 22, 2009
Last year, at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing, GPO undertook a study of the organizational, financial, and technological conditions in regional depository libraries and their affect on public access to depository materials. The final report, Regional Depository...

YouTube Silences Videos

Posted on January 21, 2009
YouTube has started muting videos that use unauthorized copyrighted music. You can expect to see a significant percentage of all YouTube videos muted -- all those fan made videos, funny spoofs, remixes and the like will be distroyed. What will...

150 Law Library/Librarian Blogs and Counting

Posted on January 21, 2009
Bonnie Shucha (UW Law Library) has updated her directory of law library/librarian blogs. As of Jan. 9th there was 150 active blogs. Great job Bonnie! [JH]

Chief Justice Stumbled Through the Presidential Oath Yesterday

Posted on January 21, 2009
Here is the text of the oath as it is supposed to read: "I (name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my...

AALL Submits Statement to the Obama Transition Team on Public Policy Positions

Posted on January 21, 2009
If you haven't done so already, take a moment to check out the Government Relations Office Public Policy Statement submitted to the Obama-Biden Transition Team. Specific goals include: Government?s responsibility for managing the life cycle of online information...

Update on: The Brain as Public Entity

Posted on January 21, 2009
The MacArthur Foundation Law and Neuroscience Project, which Joe reported on last fall, see The Brain as Public Entity, Sept. 26, 2008, has issued results of interesting new research on cognitive processing of legal information in the criminal context, specifically,...

Just Released, Cahn's Test Tube Families

Posted on January 21, 2009
Test Tube Families: Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation by Naomi R. Cahn has just been published by NYU Press. In it, Cahn (George Washington University Law School) calls for better regulation of artificial reproductive technology. The book exhorts...

Congressional Investigation Leads to Report Criticizing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

Posted on January 21, 2009
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a report entitled "Deception and Distrust: The Federal Communications Commission Under Chairman Kevin J. Martin" detailing the Committee's bipartisan investigation relating to the Federal Communications Commission...

Change is upon us

Posted on January 20, 2009
Example #1 for information specialist like we librarians is the major change that whitehouse.gov has undergone this afternoon. Please take a look. {bb}

PACER Now Offering RSS Feed

Posted on January 20, 2009
PACER, which offers electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records, is now offering an RSS feed containing information such as "upgrades to local courts CM/ECF software and PACER announcements". [RJ]

Where to Watch Today's Inauguration Online

Posted on January 20, 2009
CNET is providing a list of streaming sites for watching the inauguration today. Two of the best (where best is measured as more event, less talking heads) may be the C-Span Inauguration Hub and the webcast from the Joint Congressional...

Budgetary Woes Return to Law Schools and Their Law Libraries

Posted on January 20, 2009
Public law school are facing budget cuts because of state-wide shortfalls caused by the current economic downturn but according to this National Law Journal article, private law schools may be in a far worse situation long-term because the stock market...

Tips on Keyword Searching in E-Discovery

Posted on January 20, 2009
In a supplement to the December 2008 issue of American Lawyer, Thomas A. Gilson and George L. Paul provide useful advice for conducting keyword searching in electronic discovery. [Seek and Ye Shall Find? Be Careful Using Search Terms to Meet...

New Comprehensive Examination of Speech Out of Doors

Posted on January 20, 2009
Even in an age characterized by increasing virtual presence and communication, speakers still need physical places in which to exercise First Amendment liberties. Timothy Zick's (St. John's University Law School) Speech Out of Doors: Preserving First Amendment Liberties in Public...

CRS Report Profiles the 111th Congress

Posted on January 20, 2009
New CRS Report (via OpenCRS) entitled "Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile" provides statistical information for Congress including data on party affiliation, average age and length of service, occupation, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Law of the Land

Posted on January 19, 2009
"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the...

CNN's Compilation of Inauguration Addresses

Posted on January 18, 2009
Check out CNN's comprehensive collection of inauguration addresses. [JH]

The Urban Institute Talks Recession

Posted on January 17, 2009
The Urban Institute has released six new briefs show how Americans have fared during and after downturns since the 1970s, what might be ahead, and how government programs aid those in distress. Unemployment and Income in a Recession Unemployment Insurance...

Injunction denied in Inauguration "so help me God" case

Posted on January 16, 2009
The AP reported last night that Federal Judge Reggie Walton denied the injunction requests of plaintiffs who sought the blocking of references to God and most especially the phrase "so help me God" during the Inauguration of President (Elect) Barack....

Friday Fun: Do You Know What's Going On After You Leave Your Library?

Posted on January 16, 2009

Complete Historical Coverage of the U.S. Code now available in HeinOnline

Posted on January 16, 2009
Following up on an earlier LLB post, the United States Code library from HeinOnline is now available. Free for all HeinOnline Core subscribers, this image-based database includes full coverage from 1925-2006. To view a more detailed brochure regarding the United...

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