Carl Malamud (Public Resources.Org) and John Podesta (Center for American Progress) have launched a petition drive calling upon the federal government to create a Federal Scanning Commission. To date, thinking about digitization has been piecemeal. Individual agencies have thought about…
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“If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we launch the Library of Congress into cyberspace?” YES WE SCAN Petition
05
Jan
Carl Malamud (Public Resources.Org) and John Podesta (Center for American Progress) have launched a petition drive calling upon the federal government to create a Federal Scanning Commission. To date, thinking about digitization has been piecemeal. Individual agencies have thought about…
What is An “Expungement” of a Criminal Case? It is a Post Conviction Dismissal.
03
Jan
Expungement is the process of getting a conviction dismissed after probation in court. Continue reading
How to Write A Petition to Vacate Civil Assessment Under CA Penal Code 1214.1
11
Dec
How to Fill Out a Petition to Vacate Civil Assessment under Penal Code section 1214.1 with the best legal argument to win and/or set up a Traffic Court Appeal Continue reading
Reflections on AALL’s Approval of the Consumer Advocacy Caucus
16
Nov
It is certainly a step in the right direction that on Nov. 5, 2011, the AALL Executive Board unanimously approved the Consumer Advocacy Caucus petition for official recognition because no way was this a “sure thing.” See the Consumer Advocacy…
Over 175 AALL Members Support the Consumer Advocacy Caucus Petition
03
Nov
According to the recently filed amended petition reported on the Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus blog [download petition with attachments]: 57 AALL members signed the petition, of which of 19 are law firm librarians; 30 are academic law librarians; 6 are…
Time for "Robust Consumer Advocacy Equal to AALL’s Promise:" Consumer Advocacy Caucus Issues a Call to Support the Group’s Petition for AALL Recognition
12
Sep
On September 10th, the Library Consumer Advocacy Causus published the petition it will submit to AALL’s Executve Board for Caucus recognition. To allow the Board sufficient time to place the matter on its November meeting agenda, the Caucus is calling…
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…
Court Grants Petition to Unseal Nixon’s Watergate Grand Jury Testimony
04
Aug
On July 29, 2011, Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth (D.D.C.) granted a petition to unseal President Nixon’s grand jury testimony from June 23 and 24, 1975, plus related Watergate Special Prosecution Force materials. Judge Lamberth, however, denied a petition to…
