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Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs

13 Nov

Maryland Injury Lawyers Blog http://www.marylandinjurylawyersblog.com/ http://www.marylandinjurylawyersblog.com/index.xml Examines personal injury cases, news, and opinions in Maryland. Published by Goldberg, Finnegan & Mester, LLC Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog http://www.mesotheliomalawyers-blog.com/ http://www.mesotheliomalawyers-blog.com/index.xml Discusses Mesothelioma cases, news, and reports nationwide. Published by Law Offices of Jeffrey…

 

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…

 

Short Takes On The News: Some Tech, Some Scandal And Outrage, And Some Law

11 Nov

CNET has a positive review of a new reader for Google Books that is not from Google. Called GooReader, the product is described as “is a desktop application that allows you to read Google Books online and offline, add Bookmarks,…

 

University of Illinois Issues Report on Admission Data Manipulation

08 Nov

The University of Illinois has issued its report on the Law School’s revelation that it reported of false student profile data to the ABA and US News. A copy is available here. Principle findings from the Executive Summary show these…

 

Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs

06 Nov

Santa Rosa Family Lawyer Blog http://www.santarosafamilylawyerblog.com/ http://www.santarosafamilylawyerblog.com/index.xml Discusses family law cases, news, and related matters in Santa Rosa, California. Published by Beck Law, PC Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Blog http://www.illinoisnursinghomeabuselawyersblog.com/ http://www.illinoisnursinghomeabuselawyersblog.com/index.xml Examines nursing home abuse cases, news, and related…

 

GPO Access Goes Archive Only Once Today’s Edition of Daily Updated Content Has Been Uploaded

04 Nov

From Cynthia Etkin’s Nov. 3, 2011 message posted on multiple listservs: GPO Access Goes Archive Only On Friday, November 4, 2011, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) draws one step closer to shutting down GPO Access. Once the Friday editions…

 

Copyright Office Issues Report On Mass Digitization

04 Nov

Anyone who may have read my post on BNA content being available through Google News may have clicked on the link I gave to the specific BNA content. If so, the story Copyright Office Report Outlines Issues Surrounding Mass Digitization…

 

Over 175 AALL Members Support the Consumer Advocacy Caucus Petition

03 Nov

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 19 are law firm librarians, 30 are academic law librarians, 6 are county…

 

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…

 
 

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…