Month: August 2005

Thanks to ublaw phoenix & Out of the Jungle’s James Milles (University at Buffalo Law School), we have a cool new Law Libraries button that links to the list of Law Library Blogs and Blogs by Law Librarians or Law Library Associations. Check out the bottom of the right sidebar. I highly recommended that other …

The New York Times reports: Stung by a publishing industry backlash, Google Inc. has halted its efforts to scan copyrighted books from some of the nation’s largest university libraries so the material can be indexed in its leading Internet search engine. [The suspension is effective until November.] Google wants publishers to notify the company which …

Two from the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) newsletter: The Depository Library Council (DLC) has developed the DLC Vision Outline blog so that the library community and general public may post their comments on “Toward a Vision of the Government Information Environment of the 21st Century: A Draft Outline.” An RSS Feed for FDLP Desktop …

Paula Seeger, of DCLRC Blawg, announces a new blog called Burning Ears which will track stories about law libraries and law librarians in local news reports across the United States. Reports that are available for free will be linked, while fee-based articles will be cited and summarized. Feel free to submit stories you find in …

The Law Library of Congress has compiled a lengthy bibliography of resources by and about Supreme Court Nominee, John G. Roberts. The guide includes materials in the following categories: articles/books, cases, opinions by, cases – argued, cases – Deputy Solicitor General, nomination hearings, nominations in general, secondary sources and web resources. Source: Law Librarian Blog

The next time you use Google, check out the wildcard feature. Include an asterisk in your query and Google will match one or more words of text so that the query matches a contiguous sequence of words. Huh? Think back to those “fill in the blank” quizzes at school. Here are a couple of examples …

This morning, I’m teaching a class at the Wisconsin State Law Library entitled, “Conquering the Invisible Web.” The class will be repeated on Wednesday September 21st, although I’m told that this section is full also. I will introduce the concept of the invisible (and visible) Web, explain what can and cannot be found in the …

From Cindy May’s Recommended Readings, LLAW Newsletter, Summer 2005 Brown, Cynthia L. “Online Legal Research Billing Policies.” Legal Information Alert 24(1):1, 4-6, 15 (January 2005). The author requested sample online legal research billing policies via the law-lib discussion forum. In this article, she describes what she learned from the many variables she found in such …

Thinking about starting a blog? Check out the free webinar, “Blogs for Lawyers: Building an Audience to Build Your Practice,” hosted by blawgers Dennis Kennedy, Tom Mighell and Raza Hasan from FindLaw. The webinar will cover: How blogs can help attract clients to your law practice How blogs can showcase your expertise and establish you …

Legal Technology has an interesting article on ways to use your iPod for business applications, such as voice recording and on-the-go language translation. Source: Inter Alia