In his Law.com article entitled Viewing Law Blogs as a Vast Amicus Brief, Howard Bashman consideres “what should judges do if, while visiting the legal blogosphere, they encounter discussions about how pending cases ought to …
Month: July 2006
Status Report on RSS Use Among Legal Publishers
Cindy Chick of LawLibTech, reports on her conversations with legal publishers at AALL about content delivery via RSS. She writes, “I found some serious progress is being made on the RSS front.” Here’s more: First, …
Free Directory Assistance
From Librarian in Black: Free411 (1-800-Free 411 / 1-800-373-3411) is a completely automated free directory assistance service that works on cell and land lines. I know my cell phone carrier charges $1.50 for each directory …
Law Librarians Featured in Google's Tips of the Trade Campaign
The latest edition of the Google Librarian Newsletter is now available. Featured is the “Tips of the Trade” campaign in which Google invited librarians to send them tips, ideas, and stories about innovative ways they’ve …
Silly Government Document Titles
Free Government Information (FGI) has compiled a list of silly titles of government documents. The list based on an exchange among GovDoc-L subscribers. Some of my favorites are (title followed by SuDoc number and link …
LawClinic.TV – A Video Blog About Legal Clinical Education
From BoleyBlogs: Fordham University School of Law has recently created LawClinic.TV, a video blog whose purpose is “to showcase the clinical community and provide a place for one piece of our ongoing conversation about legal …
Listening to Podcasts from Bloglines
Bloglines has recently announced that you can now listen to your podcast subscriptions directly in your list of feeds. This is pretty handy for the occasional podcast listener who either doesn’t have an iPod or …
New Library Express Forms!
For UW Law School Students, Faculty & Staff Only: Library Express users will notice that the LX form has been redesigned. (Library Express is the UW Madison Libraries system for Inter-Library Loan and campus document …
Picture-Based Computer Manuals Free
Are you a visual learner? Does the thought of a text-heavy computer manual leave you wanting? Then check out In Pictures, a publisher of computer manuals which go heavy on the screen shots. And until …
The Changing Nature of Law Librarianship & What It Means for a Law Firm's Bottom Line
If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend that you take a look at Beyond the Books which appeared in the July issue of The American Lawyer. Author Alan Cohen discusses the changing nature …