Western Australian Legislation Updated On AustLII
The Western Australian Consolidated Acts on AustLII were updated on February 15, 2008. The database is expected to be update monthly. The Consolidated Regulations are expected to be updated on AustLII by the end of February 2008.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 19, 2008
Lexology ? Legal Newsfeed Service
Lexology is a free (upon subscription) legal newsfeed service of law firm publications. The daily newsfeed can be limited by jurisdiction, including Canada, subject and/or law firm.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 19, 2008
Law Library of Congress RSS Feeds
The Law Library of Congress is now offering a handful of RSS feeds.
News & Events
Research Reports
Webcasts
Global Legal Monitor
Source: AbsTracked
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - February 19, 2008 Tags: Blogs & RSS
John Palfrey Featured on This Week in Law Podcast
Berkman Center Executive Director John Palfrey participated in the latest podcast installment of "This Week in Law," a production of the This Week in Tech TV netcasting empire (created by Leo Laporte). Along with Ernie Svenson, Cathy Kirkman and Chris Johnston, and ZDNet blogger Denise Howell, Palfrey discussed the Draft Lessig Facebook group which he created, the tech-savvyness of presidential candidates, Lazy Web v. Twitter, social graphs and more. On the tech policy of political candidates, Palfrey comments:"I think the involvement of Larry Lessig, Julias Genachowski , Beth Noveck and others...
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Berkman Blog - February 19, 2008
Wikileaks and Points of Control
From Berkman co-founder Jonathan Zittrain...Wikileaks is a set of strategically placed wikis around the world. Its designed to accept leaked documents, generally from anonymous dissidents around the world, and to get them into circulation.A Cayman Island bank and its Swiss parent company filed for an emergency restraining order in a California court asking the registrar for wikileaks.org to change its entry in the .org registry so that people can no longer get to the corresponding IP address for Wikileaks. It worked: trying to visit wikileaks.org results in a page not found, even though the server that...
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Berkman Blog - February 19, 2008
Berkman Luncheon Series: Lewis Hyde on Reclaiming Fair Use for Scholars and Teachers
Berkman Fellow and Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College Lewis Hyde today gave a Tuesday Luncheon Series presentation on "Reclaiming Fair Use for Scholars and Teachers."Fair use is a legal doctrine creating what has been called a situational public domain within the exclusive rights that copyright gives to content owners. Fair use rights have turned out to be hard to exercise in practice, however, partly because the fair use statute is vaguely worded and partly because specific guidance has arisen only from narrowly-focused case law.How might fair use be reclaimed as an expressive right? One answer has b...
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Berkman Blog - February 19, 2008
Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group - Tonight!
The monthly Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group will meet this evening in room 32-155 of the Stata Center at MIT at 6PM. Here are the presenters for this evening: From Yale ISP:Stephen Wilmarth, Co-Founder, Center for 21st Century SkillsFive Socio-Technology Trends that Change Everything in 21st Century Learning and TeachingFrom Harvard Berkman Center:Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, FellowDefining Taxonomies for Access and Reuse of Creative Works and Scientific DataFrom MIT Comparative Media Studies:Colleen Kaman, Graduate Student in CMSThe World Earth Catalog Redux: Environmentalism in the Age of Global Climate...
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Berkman Blog - February 19, 2008
Harvard University Unanimously Votes 'Yes' for Open Access
Harvard Universitys Faculty of Arts and Sciences has unanimously approved a motion for finished academic papers to be posted for free online, in an open access repository, on an opt-out basis. The New York Times reported on the measure before the vote, where Stuart Shieber, a professor of computer science and who spearheaded the initiative, commented "As far as I know, everyone Ive ever talked to is supportive of the underlying principle." Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library, expressed his enthusiasm in an op-ed to the Harvard Crimson, and stated "It will be a first step toward freeing scholarshi...
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Berkman Blog - February 19, 2008
Researching Florida Initiatives
The Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, maintains a listing of current Florida Initiatives, Amendments, and Constitutional Revisions. The database is searchable and initiatives are archived back to 1978. DOS
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novalawcity - February 19, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
Opening: Associate Dean for Information Resoures and Law Library Director, Cecil C Humphreys School of Law, The University of Memphis
The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at The University of Memphis invites applications for the position of Associate Dean for Information Resources and Law Library Director ("Director"). The Director is the chief administrative officer in the law library, reporting...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
IP Bibliography Published by Copyright Society
Bibliography of recent articles from law reviews and copyright periodicals at 55 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 111-123 (2007) [Westlaw] [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Sidebar, the Blog for Court TV Junkies
When Court TV was replaced with truTV ("not reality. actuality" programming) this year [our post], fans were left with only six hours of trial coverage, In Session, which is aired from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (ET). But Sidebar, In...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Litigation in the News Web Communications
Gary Price on the Ask SE
Interesting article from Pandia Search Engine News: "The search engine Ask doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Pandia talks to Gary Price, Director of Online Info Resources at Ask about the soul of Ask and how this search engine works...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Information Technology
Professional Reading: Public Services in Law Libraries: Evolution and Innovation in the 21st Century
The theme for the latest issue of Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 26 Legal Ref. Serv. Q. 1-302 (2007), is "Public Services in Law Libraries: Evolution and Innovation in the 21st Century." The issue includes a number of interesting articles, including...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
Now Available The Bluebook Online
Recently launched, The Bluebook Online! At first glance it looks like a well-executed service. Please add your thoughts as comments to this post. Online Subscription for Individual and Multiple User Accounts Additional Subscription Information from the Help Section of the...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research Products & Services
Fidel Castro Steps Down
CNN is reporting that Fidel Castro, 81, announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander in chief of Cuba's military yesterday in a letter published by the state-run newspaper Granma. [text of letter | Castro's Wikipedia entry] Cuba's leaders...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Permanent Injunction issued against Wikileaks
LLB has previously brought a few documents to your attention, made available via wikileaks here and here. On Friday, a federal judge ordered the site shut down, issuing a permanent injunction against the wiki at a Cayman Islands bank request....
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Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Court Opinions
Library Laws Are Meant to Be Broken Up?
Blogging Partners Tom Boone & Joshua Brauer who have collaborated for the past couple years on Library Laws are Meant to Be Broken have decided to move on to solo efforts.Their new blogs respectively are at:Tom Boone dot com; andAdding Understanding (Joshua Brauer)Good luck to Josh & Tom. Let's call it an evolution, alright? I'll presume you two are still talking. :)
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Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Steve Matthews
"Stay Informed: It's Really Rather Simple"
From the e-newsletter: Lawyers have used current-events tools from Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis to monitor case law, statutes, regulations, even client...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: RSS
"Google Finds 3M Malicious Web Pages"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: Google says 3 million unique Web pages on more than 180,000 Web sites contain malicious code....
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: PC Security
"White Paper - Wireless Security: Past, Present and Future"
Posted by Sabrina I. Pacifici: CODENOMICON White Paper - Wireless Security: Past, Present and Future, by Sami Petäjäsoja, Tommi Mäkilä,...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: WiFi
"Free Online Access to U.S. Court Decisions"
In the news: Activist Carl Malamud invites you to enhance your federal case law library, free of charge. His latest...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Legal Research
"Lawyer Professionalism Tied To Value Billing?"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: It's not that I am against value billing. I am just against the proposition that...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Alternatives to the Billable Hour
"Lawyer Marketing"
From the site: What can lawyers do to market themselves and how do they rise above the competition? Join Ringler...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Marketing
"Business Development: You Gotta Do It!"
Posted by Tom Kane: I hate to exercise. I dont care what anybody says. Maybe hate is a little strong,...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business Development
"Do Something! The 15 Minute Procrastination Fix"
Posted by Allison Shields: Most of us, at one time or another, procrastinate. There are whole books about procrastination, what...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 19, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Uncategorized
