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Archive for the ‘Administration’ Category

Thomson Reuters’ OnePass-YourAss Scheme, Part One: The sign on the wall says "Progress over [Software] Protocol"

07 Feb

Back on Dec. 15, 2011, a law firm librarian posted a warning on law-lib about how anyone who has a credit card or knows the firm’s Land of 10,000 Invoices account number can execute a transaction that will be billed…

 

The Value of Law Libraries and the Wise Latina

06 Feb

Last week I had the great honor and pleasure of meeting a big law librarian fan, Justice Sotomayor. I also had the great pleasure of hearing her wax poetically to my deans and faculty about how important the library is…

 

Changes in Library of Congress Management

11 Nov

On Nov. 4, 2011, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced that Roberta Shaffer will assume the postition of Associate Librarian for Library Services on January 3, 2012 in an employee new release. In a second employee new release it…

 

Are We/They Worth It? Collective Bargaining for Public Employees

24 Oct

In the October 14th Chronicle of Higher Education article “Faculty Unions Ponder New Strategies in Changed Political Climate,” author Schmidt reports on the largely successful campaigns in both Ohio and Wisconsin to defeat the right of faculty unions to engage…

 

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a TR Tax & Accounting Catalog on the Same Day as an Advance Renewal Invoice for a WG&L Print Title

19 Aug

I should add luckily both appeared before my wondering eyes on the same day … that would be yesterday. While any regular reader of LLB knows that I am less than delighted with the editorial quality and pricing of many…

 

The Law Librarian’s Bible: 2011 Edition of Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual

20 Jul

Usually when you see a publisher’s “Dear colleagues” message posted on AALL listservs, it is a push-back using a lot words to say nothing about institutional buyer complaints authored by TR Legal. Not this time. Of course, that’s because it…

 

"Data is to Information as Information is to Knowledge:" On Categorial Mistakes and Implementing Modern KM

13 Jul

“Last week someone tweeted a link to an article called “Who owns knowledge?” Fascinating title, right up my alley, couldn’t wait to read it. So I clicked away to the page hoping to find the answer to this esoteric question….

 

New Academic Law Library Directorship Appointments: Vicki Szymczak (Hawaii) and Teresa Stanton (Florida International)

11 Jul

Vicki Szmczak, Library Director at Brooklyn Law (and long-time LLB contributing editor) has accepted a faculty appointment at the Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, and will serve as the Law School’s library director. Vicki will be making the…

 

Sign of the Times and Trust in Law Library Relations with HeinOnline: No Shelving Units Required for Law Review and Journal Runs

24 Jun

Both Washington State Law Library and Case Western Reserve Univ. Law Library are offering law review and journal runs for the cost of shipping. For Case Western the scope of titles being removed from the collection can be measured by…

 

Susan Nevelow Mart Appointed Director of Univ. of Colorado’s Wise Law Library

09 Jun

From the press release: Susan Nevelow Mart has been named director of the William A. Wise Law Library at the University of Colorado Law School. Mart will begin her new role on July 15, 2011. Mart comes to Colorado Law…