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An Idiot Proof Guide to Creating eBooks

06 Feb

Wait, well, I shouldn’t really call it idiot-proofed because this idiot ran out of time last weekend to confirm that. However, thanks to CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmayer’s eBook Publishing for Dummies post, I can reality check that…

 

ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress Offers Free Training Session on How to Conduct Free Legal Research Online in NOLA Next Month

09 Jan

Hat tip to Amy E. Horton-Newell, Director, ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress for calling this interesting education and professional development opportunity to my attention. The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress…

 

Fighting for Open Access in Academic Legal Publishing

28 Oct

During this year’s Open Access Week, CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmeyer published the first post-launch announcement feature on the new CALI Spotlight blog. In Why We Fight, Sarah writes: I feel like OA doesn’t get as much traction…

 

To Fly Again…

09 Oct

Denied to me now, I’m afraid;  Judge Gold caused me to lose my Piper Cherokee 6.

However, that didn’t stop me from encouraging my son Ben to learn to fly it, and later – to keep him out of trouble and stop being a waiter – to consider a career in aviation.  That he did, became an instructor, married one of his students, and now flies international for Delta.  We don’t connect any more, but I hope he’s minding his Ps and Qs.

Went to the Huntington Library the other day with my first son Jonathan, and noticed the upcoming exhibit featuring the development of  U.S. Aviation, from its beginnings to the present.  What a glorious story that is!

Indeed, I whiled away the last ten dead years doodling for Wikipedia, and researched and wrote the story of the now defunct  and forgotten Glendale Airport, which was once the gateway to the West Coast. Frequented by the likes of Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, and the black Tuskegee Airmen, it later served as the training ground and repair station for thousands of WWII airmen and their fighting machines. The surviving classically designed control tower, surrounded by humdrum factories and warehouses, was acquired by the Walt Disney company, with headquarters nearby.  There many a movie was shot, and its current lack of maintenance and continued state of disrepair is quite shocking.  Shame on you, Walt Disney!  May one wish that the company and Glendale city provide funds and jobs to restore it?

Here, read this, it has such stories to tell.  Grand Central Airport, Glendale

At these times of hardship, us oldsters like to harken back to not so very long ago, to the years when America was industrious in manufacturing, and provided jobs for all.  When we were the New World, a shining light of hope for the less advantaged.

Perhaps our memories will help motivate and energize today’s youngsters to recapture the pride we’ve lost.  Pondering our history, at least they’ll get some perspective.

 

TR Legal’s Mike Dahn on WestlawNext, WestSearch, and Haters

03 Oct

I first met Mike Dahn, who is now SVP Marketing & New Initiative Development at Thomson Reuters Legal, last January in Eagan during a beta preview of WestlawNext (WLN), and since then, we have kept up with one another over…

 

Opening: Business Development & Research Specialist, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

12 Aug

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, one of the Rocky Mountain region’s most prominent law firms, enjoys a strong national reputation for its corporate finance, natural resources and energy law practices, with emphasis on securities and M&A transactions, complex commercial litigation…

 

Apparently the GPO Is Not Considered an Essential Government Service by Some Members of Congress

01 Aug

At least not if one views the issue in the context H.R. 2551, The Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill [Thomas]. Case in point, in response to the GPO’s request for $5 million to continue the development of FDsys, the House cut…

 

So Much for 2011 Being a "More Boring Year:" CALI Has a New Director of Content Development

27 Jun

… and I can think of no better person for the gig. John Mayer announced at this year’s CALI Conference that Sarah Glassmayer has accepted the position of Director of Content Development. She will start her new job on August…

 
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Opening: Librarian/Research Specialist, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., Milwaukee

14 Jun

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. law firm is currently seeking a Research Specialist/Librarian. Responsibilities include providing reference and research services to internal clients. Other responsibilities include business development research, presentation of research training, intranet development and some technical services. Required…

 

When One Library is in Trouble All Libraries are in Trouble: Grassroots and ALA Advocacy Campaigns

10 Jun

Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library’s Learning and Development Coordinator Lori Reed was inspirted to create SaveLibraries.org after an online grassroots fundraising and awareness campaign convinced trustees of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (NC) to rescind a vote that would have closed 12…