Penguin announced on Monday that it was pulling its digital editions from Overdrive’s library lending program because of security reasons. This may have more to do with Overdrive’s relationship with Amazon, who angered publishers by offering free ebook loans to…
Right-sizing Academic Law Library Print Collections in and for the 21st Century: Cornell substituting print with digital like "all other top law schools are doing" but consequences need to be addressed
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Nov
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…
Friday Fun on Wednesday: Is it Time to Push a Food Truck instead of a Book Cart?
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Nov
Should law school libraries take advantage of their captive audience by selling food to students like airlines do to their passengers? Square Peg 1L thinks so. See Why Don’t They Have Catering in the Library? And all purchases could be…
In re SOPA: Library Copyright Alliance v. Register of Copyrights
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Nov
I would like to be very clear at the outset. It is my view that if Congress does not continue to provide serious responses to online piracy, the U.S. copyright system will ultimately fail. The premise of copyright law is…
AALL’s Technical Services SIS Awards Committee Seeking Nominations for the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award by Feb. 1, 2012
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Nov
The Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries to an individual or group in recognition of achievement in a particular area…
Opening: Assistant Law Librarian for Technical Services, Univ. of Akron
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Nov
Duties: Oversee all aspects of the law library’s cataloging and processing functions. Compile statistical data and coordinate technical services. Perform various cataloging procedures for all types of library resources. Supervise the work activities of the Technical Services staff while providing…
6 Questions You Should Ask Your Public Defender
23
Nov
Get the information you need from your public defender by asking these simple questions about your case that will help you make good decisions. Continue reading
Newsflash: Law Schools Don’t Teach Law Students To Be Lawyers
22
Nov
There was an article published in the New York Times last Sunday, What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering, and it’s worth reading, even if we knew most of it already. In summary, the legal academy doesn’t teach law students…
TR/Westlaw China Gobbles Up iSinolaw
22
Nov
Sadly, I must report about the latest so-called merger of online publishers. I just received a letter from Stephan Yao, CEO or Thomas Reuters Legal, China and Gordon Wong, Business Director of iSinolaw. According to this letter, the two companies…
Hello Catalogers of Graham’s Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell (2011)
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Nov
Hat tip to NKU Law’s Carol Bredemeyer for calling attention to the fact that “evidence” was omitted from the title page for the latest edition of TR Legal’s Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell. Quoting from her recent lawlib…
