Legal Research

Copyright Class at DPL

Posted on January 14, 2008
COPYRIGHT BASICS: [ALMOST] EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT COPYRIGHTDATE: Thursday, January 31, 2008TIME: 1:00 p.m. ? 3:00 p.m.WHERE: J. Erik Jonsson Central LibraryHamon Videoconference Facility1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201TO REGISTER CALL: (214) 670-1468COST: FREEThe U...

Re-designing Your Library

Posted on January 11, 2008
Are you re-designing your library? Do you have to minimize space?I read a good article on compact shelving in the LLSDC recent newsletter.The article "Pressed for Space: Is Movable Compact Shelving the Solution" by Frances M. Brillantine can be found at http://llsdc...

LawLibraryThing

Posted on January 11, 2008
This was pointed out to me by one of my colleagues; LibraryThing now has LawLibraryThing. (See their blog entry from Jan. 10.) A list of libraries on LibraryThing can be found here.

Searching & Buying Domain Names...Watch Out!

Posted on January 11, 2008
In the past Network Solutions was the only place to buy and search Internet Domain Names. Now there are quite a few competitors that offer the same service.But here's the kicker..."As of Tuesday, if a user does a search on the Network Solutions' site for a domain name, Network Solution immediately registers the domain in their own name...

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DPL Program on Identity theft

Posted on January 09, 2008
Identity Theft class set at Dallas Central LibraryDo you hand your credit card to servers at restaurants? Do you supplypersonal information over the Internet? Do you keep your SocialSecurity number in your wallet or purse? Can you be sure data securityis good at companies that have your information?Learn from Carolyn Wright, Independent Associate for a national legalservices company, how to minimize the risk of having your identitystolen, and how to respond if you suspect you've been victimized...

Annotated Justinian Code

Posted on January 08, 2008
If you read the article about the Justinian code in the recent Law Library Journal, you might find this web site interesting.Annotated Justinian Code (http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/blume&justinian/default.asp)By Fred H. BlumeEdited by Timothy KearleyDiscussed in: Timothy Kearley, Justice Fred Blume and the Translation of Justinian?s Code, 99 LAW LIB...

FOIA Update...New Act

Posted on January 08, 2008
From the NOCALL Listserv:"Last week, President Bush signed the OPEN Government Act into law, updating FOIA to bring greater transparency to a government that, in recent years, has increasingly made its decisions out of public view. "The OPEN Government Act will improve the FOIA process by:1...

Future DALL Meetings

Posted on January 07, 2008
Feb: Spring Session (topic and speakers TBA)Wednesday, Feb. 20thDallas Public Library11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Parking is available at the library for about $3Price: $12/individual for lunchMarchWednesday, March 19thPatton Boggs2001 RossSuite 3200Noon-1:15 p.m...

Librarian Wins Couch Potato Award

Posted on January 04, 2008
In NYC, a Manhattan librarian, Stan Friedman, won the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition which began on New Year's Day. After 29 hours of continuous sports viewing, in Times Square, Friedman won a $5,000 prize package including a huge TV, a cozy recliner and a trophy with a potato on it...

Thomas Jefferson's collection.

Posted on January 04, 2008
File under better late than never.According the the LibraryThing.com blog, Thomas Jefferson has finally finished cataloging his books (with a little help from his friends.)

Goodbye to Netscape

Posted on January 02, 2008
Netscape...the browser of choice for...1994 and beyond!An announcement was made this week that AOL will no longer be supporting Netscape as their browser for the Internet. It will disappear on Feb. 1st.Netscape was the second browser I learned in the 1990s...

Gen Y has lots of library users

Posted on December 31, 2007
Seen on Reuters:Generation Y biggest user of U.S. libraries - surveySun Dec 30, 2007 4:00pm ESTWASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - More than half of Americans visited a library in the past year with many of them drawn in by the computers rather than the books, according to a survey released on Sunday...

Librarian to the stars

Posted on December 31, 2007
The Library?s Helpful Sage of the StacksBy SAM ROBERTSPublished: December 31, 2007New York TimesArticle about David Smith, a supervising librarian at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Interesting, short read, lots of kudos from writers.

Remember WordPerfect?

Posted on December 28, 2007
Ed Foster has a post about WordPerfect gripes on his GripeLog blog. I still miss reveal codes, and many other features of WordPerfect, but the reality is that they lost ground when the first Windows version wasn't quite ready for prime time. (Yes, my opinion, not that of DALL or my employer...

EPA Libraries

Posted on December 27, 2007
Thanks to Laura Orr at Oregon Legal ResearchPress release from the American Library Association (ALA) here:?This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was ordered by Congress to re-open many of its libraries that had been closed over the course of the past year, as written into the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill sent to President Bush this week...

For your Calendar: DALL's Jan. Meeting

Posted on December 21, 2007
DALL's January Meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 16th at Noon at Carrington, Coleman.Lunch will be $12/person.Thanks to Sue Johnson for hosting!More information on the meeting including the topic will be posted next year (and can you believe it, which is in about 12 days!).

Radio Blog

Posted on December 21, 2007
If you need something to listen to while you are working on those year-end projects like:1. Cleaning your office2. Revising the budget3. Writing your lists for next year's activities4. Creating pathfinders5. Cleaning up the online catalogHere's a great blog for listening to the radio:http://www...

The Present for this Holiday: Wii

Posted on December 21, 2007
I heard that the Wii is the "coolest" present for this holiday season and there is a shortage!Joy of Tech has a great cartoon explaining why there is a shortage:http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1048.htmlEnjoy!

Article on Martindale Hubbell

Posted on December 20, 2007
I saw this on law.com - looks like more firms are questioning whether or not to continue paying MH a la carte pricing for listings.Martindale-Hubbell Faces ChallengesGina PassarellaThe Legal IntelligencerDecember 20, 2007Ten years ago it was still a rite of passage...

Energy bill signed today

Posted on December 19, 2007
Posted on the New York Times web site:Bush Signs Broad Energy BillBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: December 19, 2007Filed at 12:15 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush signed into law Wednesday legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol, calling it ''a major step'' toward energy independence and easing global warming...

LCSH browser

Posted on December 19, 2007
http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/db/lcsh/index.htmThis database contains about 5.2 million Library of Congress Subject Headings, set up for browsing by the authority headings themselves but also by phrases and even words contained in the headings.Tip of the hat to Nicole at the What I Learned Today? blog.

ABA Journal online

Posted on December 18, 2007
The ABA Journal is now available at http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/ back to 2004. No membership required.

Watch those receipts

Posted on December 17, 2007
Federal Law Requires All Businesses to Truncate Credit Card Information on ReceiptsBeSpacific.com, Dec. 14, 2007.Links to consumer information about credit card information and fighting identity theft.Be extra safe - keep all of your receipts and shred them with a good cross-cut shredder...

Gift Card Tracker Website

Posted on December 12, 2007
It's that time again when the gifts are gift cards!Get the latest info on gift cards:http://www.giftcardtracker.com/radarFind out the latest state laws on gift cards, what a retailer is offering, etc.Free registration.

Thinking like a librarian

Posted on December 11, 2007
A friend pointed me to this blog entry, where a software engineer ponders the best system to use to catalog his home library. The winner? LC. Read the entire entry at http://zgrossbart.blogspot.com/2007/11/library-problem.html.

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