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Opening: Branch Librarian, San Diego County Public Law Library

Posted on July 01, 2008
The San Diego County Public Law Library is accepting applications for Branch Librarian at its South Bay Regional court location. As a member of the management team, the Branch Librarian is responsible for all aspects of the daily operation of...

Jefferson's Library Once Again Complete

Posted on July 01, 2008
The Library of Congress has managed to re-create with the help of rare-book collectors the missing two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson's Library. Listen to the NPR podcast of LC's Mark Dimunation discussing the effort it took to restore the collection. Hat...

New Online Archive of Policy Research Launched

Posted on June 30, 2008
Policy Archive plans to become the largest free online repository of public policy research in the world. At its launch this month, the repository already contains over 12,000 policy documents from over 220 think tanks and other research organizations...

SCOTUSblog's Statistical Analysis of the Supreme Court Term

Posted on June 30, 2008
SCOTUSblog has published its "Super StatPack" compilation of statistics with charts, lists, and observations about the just-concluded Supreme Court Term. Here's the complete report (pdf) and listed below are individual excerpts from it. [JH] 1. Summary Memo (New) 2...

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Lawmakers' Blogs Share Views, Insights

Posted on June 30, 2008
Interesting article from Stateline.org: Alabama state Rep. Mike Ball (R) posts ?this day in state history? tidbits on his blog, Idaho state Rep. Nicole LeFavour (D) offers behind-the-scenes insight on hers, and Nevada state Sen. Bob Beers (R), running for...

Two New Reports on Climate Change Released by the NSTC

Posted on June 30, 2008
From the National Science and Technology Council: Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States The report summarizes and integrates recent findings from several Synthesis and Assessment Products of the U.S. Climate Change Program as well...

Opening: Public Services Librarian, Univ. of Detroit Mercy Law Library

Posted on June 30, 2008
The University of Detroit Mercy Law Library is accepting applications for the position of Public Services Librarian. Responsibilities: Provide reference services to library patrons including Faculty, students, attorneys, and other patrons. Participate in rotation at the Library?s reference desk...

Is Google Too Powerful?

Posted on June 30, 2008
Check out the Boston Globe's article Stopping Google: With one company now the world's chief gateway to information, some critics are hatching ways to fight its influence for an excellent review of the issues. [JH]

al-Qaeda and Taliban High Tech Media Campaigns

Posted on June 29, 2008
Check out Craig Whitlock's Washington Post article about the growth of as-Sahab and al-Fajr Media Center, propaganda arms of al-Qaeda in Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive. See also Imtiaz Ali's Washington Post article, Extremists in Tribal Areas Use Gory DVDs to...

The Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism

Posted on June 29, 2008
New report from the Brookings Institution: The U.S. approach toward state sponsorship of terrorism rests on a flawed understanding of the problem and an even more flawed policy response. The U.S. Department of State?s current formal list of state sponsors...

Big Savings from Small Improvements in MPG Ratings: Replacing a 12 MPG Car with a 14 MPG Car Saves More Gas Than Replacing a 28 MPG Car with a 40 MPG Car

Posted on June 29, 2008
One would think that replacing a car that gets 28 MPG with a one that gets 40 MPG is more significant in terms of a reduction in gas consumption than replacing a car that gets 12 MPG with one that...

Downsized U.S. Goals and Presence in Iraq

Posted on June 28, 2008
New report from the The Century Foundation: "In a new report from The Century Foundation, former National Intelligence Council vice-chair Ellen Laipson argues that the United States needs to move quickly to reset its Iraq policy goals, arguing that U...

Colleges Express Concern About State Laws That Require Them to Fight Online Piracy

Posted on June 28, 2008
Interesting story from the Chronicle: "Higher-education officials say that the entertainment industry is pushing for state laws that would force colleges to police their networks for illegal trading of music and video files and to buy software to stem the...

Britannica 2.0 (sort of?)

Posted on June 28, 2008
Interesting article from Pandia Search Engine News: "Can it really be? Encyclopaedia Britannica will soon be launching a new initiative to promote greater participation by both expert contributors and readers. Both groups will be invited to play a larger role...

Friday Fun: Bill Gates Retires Today

Posted on June 27, 2008
Steve Sires, who has been impersonating Bill Gates for years under the name Bogus Bill, may need to find a new gig because today marks the last day Bill Gates will work as a full-time employee of the company he...

ALA's Annual Conference Is Underway

Posted on June 27, 2008
The 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim is underway. Check out the Conference's Official Wiki and Conference Materials Archive. [JH]

Movement to Kill C-61 Will Heat Up This Summer

Posted on June 27, 2008
On June 12, 2008, Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced C-61 to amend the Canadian Copyright Act. See the Financial Post's New Copyright Act Targets Online Piracy, CBC's Copyright Law Could Result in Police State, National Post's Highlights From Proposed...

Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Courts

Posted on June 27, 2008
New report from Human Rights First: ?In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Court, written for Human Rights First by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partners Richard B. Zabel and James J. Benjamin Jr., constitutes...

Diversity Meets Law School GPA Data

Posted on June 27, 2008
Has the ABA?s diversity standard led highly ranked law schools to accept some students who might be more successful if they attended lower-ranked, less competitive or less rigorous schools? Are you as uncomfortable with the question as I am? See...

Opening: Web Developer, Jenkins Law Library, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on June 27, 2008
The Jenkins Law Library is the nation?s oldest law library established in 1802. It is a membership library and also serves as the county law library for the city and county of Philadelphia. It provides services to attorneys, the judiciary,...

Power Browsing: What the Internet is Doing to Our Mental Habits

Posted on June 27, 2008
Nicholas Carr author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (2008), Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage (2004) and the very influencial 2003 Harvard Business Review article "IT Doesn't Matter" [LLB...

Call for Presentations at 2008 Federal Depository Library Conference

Posted on June 26, 2008
Registration is now open for the fall meeting of the Federal Depository Library Council and Federal Depository Library conference, to be held October 20-22, 2008 in Arlington, VA. For details, visit the events page on the FDLP Desktop. The GPO...

Kamali's Shari'ah Law Recommended for Islamic Legal Studies Collections

Posted on June 26, 2008
What is Islamic law? In a time when the phrase "Islamic law" can mean just about anything, Kamali's Shari'ah Law is the best English language book I've found for answering the question, what is Islamic law? Recommended for all academic...

The ID Divide

Posted on June 26, 2008
The Center for American Progress has released The ID Divide: Addressing the Challenges of Identification and Authentication in American Society (pdf) which explores the background of the issue of identification and authentication in American society, including the sharp rise in...

Cornell Law Library's InSITE Website Reviews

Posted on June 26, 2008
Reviews published in the June 16th, 2008 issue of InSITE: Council of Europe: Action Against Economic Crime Ciminal Law Conversations HumanTrafficking.org Interviews of United States Supreme Court Justices Venice Commission [RJ]

Supreme Court Affirms Right to Own Guns for Self-Defense

Posted on June 26, 2008
In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller (No. 07?290)(pdf) that D.C.'s ban on handguns is unconstitutional. The opinion, delivered by Scalia, in which Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito joined, holds that: The...

Video Series Traces History of Legal Information Institutes

Posted on June 25, 2008
This three-part video presents an overview of the origins of the open-access law movement as it grew from Cornell's Legal Information Institute to 18 or more. The Canadian Legal Information Institute provides links to 14 such institutes. Hat tip to...

Professional Reading: Copyright Harm, Foreseeability, and Fair Use

Posted on June 25, 2008
Christina Bohannan's (Iowa) article "Copyright Harm, Foreseeability, and Fair Use," has been published in volume 85 of the Washington University Law Review (2007)[SSRN]. Here is the abstract. Copyright law needs a theory of harm that can give effect to its...

New Titles from the Brookings Institution Press

Posted on June 25, 2008
Details below the fold. [JH] Power Play: The Bush Presidency and the Constitution by James P. Pfiffner Attacks on the Press in 2007: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists Democracy in the States: Experiments in Election Reform...

Two New GITMO Reports from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Posted on June 25, 2008
From the press release: "The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released two reports on the conditions and treatment of prisoners at Guant�namo Bay. One report highlights numerous instances of threats and abuse of prisoners at Guant�namo by interrogators from brutal...

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