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…
Posts Tagged ‘Law’
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…
Copyright Office Identifies Libraries, Mass Digitization as Priority In Copyright Policy
31
Oct
Maria A. Pallante, the Registrar of Copyrights, released a report last week identifying the legislative priorities for October 2011 through October 2013. These are, as the proverb goes, interesting times for copyright law, what with every interested party staking out…
Who’s Up For Some Dumpster Diving at the Library of Congress?
31
Oct
Did you know that the Library of Congress gets at least two copies of everything copyrighted in the United States? And that includes law journals? And that they don’t keep everything that they get deposted through this program so they…
Librarians, Vendors and AALL: Is anyone really asking (or expecting) AALL to do their jobs for them when conducting business with vendors?
31
Oct
In calling upon AALL to doing something in terms of consumer advocacy for its institutional buyer members in the commercial marketplace, some, well at least one, professional law librarian, apparently thinks law librarians are not performing their jobs: Asking AALL…
Opening: Reference/Electronic Services Librarian, Stetson Univ. College of Law
28
Oct
Stetson University College of Law seeks applications for a Reference/Electronic Services Librarian. With its main campus in Gulfport, which is adjacent to St. Petersburg, Florida, the College of Law was established in 1900 and is Florida’s oldest law school. The…
Opening: Law Librarian & Director, Hamilton County Law Library, Cincinnati
26
Oct
The Hamilton County Law Library (Cincinnati, Ohio) is seeking applicants for the position of Law Librarian & Director. In service to Hamilton County’s legal community since 1837, the Law Library is governed by the Hamilton County Law Library Resources Board…
Friday Fun: Lego Law for Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad
21
Oct
Got to love law student creativity. Product of utter boredom? [JH]
AALL Distinguished Lectureship Award Nominations Due by Nov. 1
20
Oct
From the announcement: The AALL Distinguished Lectureship is an opportunity for members with a unique perspective on the history, practice, or philosophy of law librarianship to share their knowledge and expertise with other members in a prestigious setting. The lecture,…
New and Updated GlobaLex Research Guides
20
Oct
New research guide: Nuclear Law Research Guide by Linda Tashbook Updated guides: An Introduction to Sources for Treaty Research by Mark Engsberg and Mary Beth Chappell Intute: Law – the What? Why? How? Where? and Who? by Steve Whittle The…
