ALA has launched E-Content, a blog to provide “information on e-books, e-readers, e-journals, databases, digital libraries, digital repositories, and other e-content issues. The blog complements the new section on e-content that appears in the weekly e-newsletter American Libraries Direct (free…
Archive for the ‘New Publications’ Category
Two Great Names. Reuters and Westlaw … and One New Site
05
Oct
Thomson Reuters News and Insight “provides legal news from Reuters with supporting documentation and analysis from Westlaw.” Yes, of course, you must have a user account to access the Westlaw material. Free Reuters news to push Westlaw usage, oddly interesting…
A Little Weekend Reading for the Vinyl Gen: The Jurisprudence of Bob Dylan
30
Sep
Perhaps also of interest to the Post-Vinyl Gen, New York Law School prof Michael L. Perlin’s Tangled Up in Law: The Jurisprudence of Bob Dylan [SSRN]. From the abstract: A careful examination of Bob Dylan’s lyrics reveals a writer -…
Checking Out Exotic Scraps and Marvellous Rarities on The Public Domain Review
20
Aug
A project of the Open Knowledge Foundation made possible by funding from the Shuttleworth Foundation, The Public Domain Reivew “aspires to become a bounteous gateway into the whopping plenitude that is the public domain, helping our readers to explore this…
Providing Legal Services to the "Masses" in the 21st Century, Part Three: A View from the Legal Academy
15
Aug
Marsha Mansfield and Louise G. Trube (both U of Wisconsin Law School) open their recent article, New Roles to Solve Old Problems: Lawyering for Ordinary People in Today’s Context [SSRN] (New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 2,…
Positioning "One’s Self as an Insightful Chameleon Rather Than as an Isolated Purveyor of Facts and Figures"
15
Aug
I guess that’s the gist of Ari Kaplan’s Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace (Wiley, June 8, 2011) [Amazon]. I haven’t read it yet but perhaps I should. “This book expertly showcases the multitude of opportunities…
As Satisfied and Well Paid Tenured Profs Lounge, Adjuncts Carry the Teaching Load
11
Aug
In Hello, Adjunct, Meet Prof. Cozy: Instructors teaching six courses may earn less than $20,000 a year; they can only dream of tenure’s perks, Frank Gannon writes The reason that academic politics are so bitter, as the quip goes, is…
A Little Light Reading from the ABA: Rantings of a Partner … and Pushback from the Associate
29
Jul
From the blurb: Law firm partners have no shortage of opinions about associates. And associates have plenty to say about working with partners. This new book gives both parties a forum to express their views about the current practice of…
