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Survey of Government Information News Sources

Posted on August 12, 2008
Check out Chris Zammarelli's three-part series on government information news sources on LibGig: here, here and here. [JH]

Zotero Better Than EndNote or RefWorks for Managing the Research & Writing Process

Posted on August 12, 2008
Zotero is a Firefox 3 extension for collecting and managing research sources. When integrated with word processing applications, Zotero will creates citations in Bluebook format. Features include Automatic capture of citation information from web pages, library catalogs, online databases, and...

Take Action Now to Support Funding for the Law Library of Congress

Posted on August 12, 2008
From AALL Washington Affairs Website: With Congress heading into August recess, AALL?s Washington Affairs Office is asking you to contact your House Representative in his or her district office with an urgent request to co-sponsor H.R. 6589, the Charles H...

The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age

Posted on August 12, 2008
The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age, edited by Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui, (Digital Culture Book, 2008) investigates the multi-faceted nature of hyperlinks and their consequences for commerce, communication, and civic discourse in the world of digital...

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The Tragedy of the Anticommons

Posted on August 12, 2008
While public ownership of resources can lead to overuse and destruction, private ownership can lead to underuse and waste. This has been called the "tragedy of the anticommons" and is the topic of James Surowiecki's New Yorker article, The Permission...

Will EPA Libraries Be Back in Business by October 1?

Posted on August 12, 2008
The July 2008 EPA - American Federation of Government Employees Council 238 Memorandum of Agreement, the product of FLRB-ordered bargaining on library conditions, is now in effect. It stipulates that EPA will reopen closed libraries by October 1st and in...

SCOTUS Grave-sighting as a Vacation Activity

Posted on August 12, 2008
Instead of going to Wally World for vacation, George Christensen (Alabama) visits the gravesites of SCOTUS justices (and why not!). As of December 2007, he has been to 99 of the 100 Supreme Court gravesites. Next stop, Justice Byron R....

Wonderlich's Request for Help Can Be Answered by Librarians

Posted on August 12, 2008
Public Legislative Participation. John Wonderlich is starting to compile a list of officially sponsored legislative participation initiatives. He lists several in his recent Open House Project post and is asking readers for suggestions of similar projects...

Navigating Legal Research Instruction in the Turbulent Sea of Law 2.0

Posted on August 11, 2008
Cornell Law Library's Matt Morrison (Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law) has posted Where Web 2.0 and Legal Information Intersect: Adjusting Course without Getting Lost in NELLCO. Matt's article reviews the results of recent studies and examines the implications for...

US Chamber of Commerce Think Tank Proposes Securities Class Action Reforms

Posted on August 11, 2008
Private securities class actions present a "serious threat to the health of the U.S. economy" according to the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR). The costs of securities litigation are enormous, but the benefits are miniscule. The culture of abusive class...

Web 2.0, Just Another Complex Behavioral System for Biologist Who Advises Military on Gov 2.0 Developments

Posted on August 11, 2008
Dr. Mark Drapeau is a biologist "who collects wild parasitic wasps from birds? nests, videotapes tiny fruit flies copulating and was part of the international honey bee genome project." Should he be analyzing and explaining social network technology? Yes! Drapeau...

Stating the Obvious: Print Era Copyright Laws Represent a Significant Obstacle to Digital Preservation Efforts

Posted on August 11, 2008
Read more about it in International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation (2008), a joint LC, JISC, Open Access to Knowledge Law Project and SURFfoundation report. [JH]

Free Webinar Tomorrow: Taking Control of Your Organization?s Most At-Risk Data

Posted on August 11, 2008
Of interest, perhaps, to law firm and corporate legal deparment librarians and KM managers: From the announcement: "Taking Control of Your Organization?s Most At-Risk Data? is a free webinar highlighting the risks associated with historical data sitting effectively unmanaged on...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Drake University Law Library

Posted on August 11, 2008
Drake University Law Library is seeking a Reference Librarian with a strong service orientation to help provide patron services to members of the Law School, Drake University, the local bench and bar, and the public. Located in Iowa's capital city,...

Knowledge Investment Partners Adds California's Western State University College of Law to Its Portfolio

Posted on August 11, 2008
According to SEC documents, California's Western State University College of Law will be acquired by education sector hedge fund player Knowledge Investment Partners (KIP) in January 2009. The going rate for a provisionally accredited law school in Orange County California...

Former Legal Writing Prof, Justice Scalia, Believes Legal Writing Does Not Exist

Posted on August 11, 2008
Last Saturday Justice Scalia received a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Legal Writers. ?I do not believe that legal writing exists,? he told the audience in his acceptance speech, "as a separate genre of writing. Rather, I...

Sneak Peak at Vault's 2009 Law Firm Rankings

Posted on August 11, 2008
Thanks to Above the Law, you have a sneak peak of Vault's 2009 rankings of law firms, the BigLaw job seeker's Bible, here and here. Click on the image, left, for Vault's Top 10 law firms based on the average...

Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact

Posted on August 10, 2008
New report from Physicians for Human Rights: "Broken Laws, Broken Lives shows the human consequences of harsh and unlawful US interrogation practices. This landmark report reveals the excruciating pain and continued suffering of men who, never charged with any crime,...

After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq

Posted on August 10, 2008
New report from the RAND Corporation: "This monograph begins by examining prewar planning efforts for postwar Iraq, in order to establish what U.S. policymakers expected the postwar situation to look like and what their plans were for reconstruction. The monograph...

SCOTUS Partisianship Award Goes to Justice Clarence Thomas

Posted on August 10, 2008
And Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was awarded the Neutrality Award by Chicago HLS professor Cass Sunstein in his July 31, 2008 Washington Independent article Judicial Partisanship Awards. To identify the Supreme Court's "real" activists, and to determine whether Republican appointees...

African Law Schools Receive Books Collected in Donation Drive Led by US Legal Writing Profs

Posted on August 10, 2008
The group Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law (APPEAL) has shipped 111 boxes of books for distribution to law schools in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Malawi and Zambia. Legal writing profs from some 25 law schools...

Ads More Negative than Previous Years

Posted on August 09, 2008
A Report on the 2008 Presidential Nomination Ads from the Brookings Institution: "In looking at campaign ads in this year?s presidential nominating election, prominent campaign ads were more negative than in previous races. Both parties featured open races with a...

Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Posted on August 09, 2008
New report from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): "This Fact Sheet has been prepared with the aim of strengthening understanding of the complex and multifaceted relationship between human rights and terrorism. It identifies some...

Friday Fun: "I Quess You Didn't Know We Had a System!"

Posted on August 08, 2008
for shelving books! Friday Fun Double Feature: They weren't meant to be or how discussing the Dewey Decimal System in the library leads to a break-up. [JH]

The Revised Transparency in Government Act Ready for Public Markup

Posted on August 08, 2008
In May, LLB reported on the Sunlight Foundation's Public Markup project for its draft Transparency in Government Act of 2008. The draft is a broad legislative effort intended to make the work of Congress and the executive branch more transparent...

In the Era of Big Data, More Isn't Just More, More is Different

Posted on August 08, 2008
Hegel argued that Quantity becomes Quality when the number is large enough to stimulate a change in our understanding of reality. Wired argues in a series of essays, The Petabyte Age: Because More Isn't Just More ? More Is Different,...

Practicing Law in China: Career Profiles of Tao Jingzhou and Teng Biao

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Financial Times profiles the legal careers of Jones Day Beijing office partner, Tao Jingzhou, and activist lawyer, Teng Biao, both graduates of the prestigious Peking University law school in Rewards and Risks of a Career in the Legal System....

Has the Internet Created a New Kind of Reading that Schools and Society Should Not Discount?

Posted on August 08, 2008
Children now spent more than one and a half hours online. Are they reading all that time? Probably not, but some literacy experts say that when they are, their online reading skills will help children fare better when they begin...

Beijing, China: 8/8/08 & May 2009

Posted on August 08, 2008
At last, the Beijing Olympiad opens today! It will be fascinating to see whether the numerous controversies leading up to it continue during the Games. For comprehensive coverage of this quadrennial global sporting spectacle, check out the special websites of...

8:08 PM on 8/8/08

Posted on August 08, 2008
The opening ceremony for the Olympics kicks off at 8:08 p.m. Beijing time on 8/8/08. When? Check out the World Clock for local time zone conversions. You have plenty of time because NBC TV coverage of the opening ceremonies is...

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