Most every academic law library director knows that when their institutions need more space, the law library’s big footprint on the blueprint becomes an attractive target for a land grab. Law firm directors too. At least since the hiring boom…
Posts Tagged ‘Cornell’
Duke, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Emory To Offer Orphan Works Electronically
29
Aug
I wrote at the end of June about the decision by the University of Michigan Libraries to give campus access to electronic versions of orphan works scanned by Google from the school’s collection. See University of Michigan To Allow Campus…
Cornell Student Wants Unlimited Campus Internet Access
18
Aug
I read, with some amusement, a story in the Wired Campus blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education about Cornell University sophomore Christina Lara’s petition for the school to drop Internet bandwidth caps. Lara apparently goes beyond her allotted quota…
Tom Bruce to Congress: Get Your Data in Order
22
Jun
Reporting on last week’s hearing of the Committee on House Administration’s subcommittee on oversight in Congress Mulls How iPads, XML Can Cut Costs, Elizabeth Montalbano featured Cornell LII Tom Bruce’s presentation. Bruce suggested use of smart XML-based word processing, better…
Femi Cadmus Appointed Cornell Law Librarian
01
Jun
Congratulations to Femi Cadmus who has accepted the position of Law Librarian and Associate Dean for Library Services at Cornell Law School and will succeed Claire Germain later this summer. For the past three years, Femi has served as the…
