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…
Reminder: Keynote Speech for AALL Futures Summit Webcast Live at 1 PM CDT Today
03
Nov
The two-day AALL Futures Summit starts today. Andy Hines, Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Future Studies, will open the Futures Summit with a keynote address and a Q &A session. His keynote speech will…
Beyond MARC: Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework Plan for the Digital Age
03
Nov
The Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control at the Library of Congress has released its initial plan for its Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative for dissemination, sharing, and feedback. Although the MARC-based infrastructure is extensive, and MARC has been…
Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to Work with Dead People, Psycho Therapy, & 30 Days Jail
02
Nov
Lindsay Lohan violates probation by being terminated from women’s shelter, then sent to work with dead people, 30 days in jail. Continue reading
Some BNA Content Showing Up in Google News
02
Nov
Maybe I’ve been missing something all these years with BNA. I was surprised to see some BNA news reports showing up in Google News. I was even more surprised when I discovered that the referenced text was completely accessible without…
SF Public Defender’s You Tube Channel Highlights Police Misconduct, Rights
02
Nov
Public Defender videos show illegal police searches, false police reports, and great information on a defendant’s rights. Continue reading
Julian Assange Loses Extradition Case – Here’s the Text
02
Nov
The news that Julian Assange has lost his latest appeal to prevent his extradition from the United Kingdom to Sweden is all over the news sources. The Guardian has posted the judgment of High Court of Justice for that case…
Taking the Pulse of WestlawNext Sales
02
Nov
According to Thomson Reuters’ 2011 3Q financials released yesterday WestlawNext sales increased by approximately 5,000 customers since 2011 2Q and now represents 46 percent of Westlaw’s revenue base. This means since WLN’s launch in February 2010 approximately 54 percent of…
The Patron-Driven Licensing Model: Turning the law library into a demand center for law eBooks
02
Nov
On Inside Higher Ed, Steven Kolowich reports: The [Education] Advisory Board report, a thick primer covering a range of trends in digital librarianship, predicts a shift in the way academic libraries provide book content to their patrons that mirrors a…
Are Law Schools Facing a Crisis? NLJ launches new blog on legal education
02
Nov
Quoting the “About the Blog” Statement Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training. Law schools have faced plenty of criticism for their role in the struggles of young lawyers today. The National Law Journal has assembled a panel of…
