Get A Library Card in Prince George & Renew Your Books Online
The Prince George Courthouse Library has a new automated circulation system!
As part of an ongoing project, Prince George is the latest courthouse library to be converted to an online circulation system, with an additional three libraries scheduled to be automated this year. This means that now when you use the library catalogue to look for a book you can:
- see if a book in Prince George (or Victoria or Vancouver) is reserved for ?In Library Use Only?- see if a book in Prince George (or Victoria or Vancouver) is available ?For Loan?- see if a book in Prince George (or Victoria or Vancouver) is checked out and if so...
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - March 31, 2008
Q+ A with Tomorrow's Luncheon Guest, Allison Fine
Allison Fine will join us tomorrow as part of our Tuesday Luncheon
Series, and as a primer to her talk, Berkman intern Yvette Wohn sat
down with Allison for a Q+ A, where they discussed social change
through social networks, online activism, and millenials.
Q. Does connectivity make things easier/harder for an activist?read more
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Berkman Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: ashar
Send Email to be Delivered in Future
"TimeMachiner is a new mini-app that lets you email people in the future. Use it to remind yourself to do something that you'll more than likely forget, keep your future self on the straight and narrow, even wish your friends happy birthday...the possibilities are endless!"
Source: MakeUseOf.com
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - March 31, 2008 Tags: Tools
Notice to the Profession Re: Commercial Division of the Court
On March 28, 2008 Chief Justice Donald Brenner issued a Notice to the Profession regarding the establishment of a Commercial Division in the Vancouver Westminster Judicial District.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - March 31, 2008
Court Sets Protocol for Production and Review of Text Messages
Flagg v. City of Detroit, 2008 WL 787061 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 20, 2008)
Plaintiff in this case is the minor son of a murder victim, whose murder remains unsolved. The complaint alleges that the defendants engaged in a laxity in investigation, deliberately ignored and actively concealed material evidence, and deprived the plaintiff of an opportunity to bring a wrongful death suit against the murderer.
In a separate order on March 20, 2008, the court denied defendants’ motion to quash subpoenas to SkyTel for the production of certain text messages. The court found that the plaintiff was entitled to pursue...
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Electronic Discovery Law - March 31, 2008 Tags: Case Summaries
"An internet security paradox"
From the StopBadware.org blog:
This morning, StopBadware released the results of a recent poll we commissioned through Zogby on internet users’ attitudes about their safety online.
From our release:read more
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Berkman Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: syoung
Madison Street Views Added to Google Maps
Last month I reported that street views of Milwaukee were available in Google Maps. Well, now Madison street views are available as well. Check out the interactive view of the UW Law School below.
View Larger Map
Simply do a Google search for an address in Madison and click on the "Street Views" link in the resulting map. You'll see a panoramic view from the street like the one above. Notice that you can pan, rotate and zoom, as well as, move forward or backward down the street.
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - March 31, 2008 Tags: Tools
Penny Postcards from Wisconsin
Take a trip back in time with Penny Postcards, featuring scenes from every state. There are some great ones for Wisconsin, including this one of City Hall in Milwaukee.
Thanks to Angela Henes for the tip.
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - March 31, 2008 Tags: Miscellaneous & Odd-ball
Josh Marshall Confirmed as a Keynote Speaker for Berkman@10
Dan Gillmor announces Josh's keynote speech at the Center for Citizen Media Blog...read more
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Berkman Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: ashar
Lincoln Presidential Library Suits Coming to an End
After years of arguments between the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois and building contractors concerning overruns on the $145 Million project a settlement has finally been reached. According to the Chicago Tribune the nations busiest Presidential Library was...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: LawLibrarian Blogger Tags: News
Opening: Research and Instructional Services Librarian, Pritzker Legal Research Center
The Pritzker Legal Research Center of Northwestern University School of Law solicits applications from highly motivated individuals for the position of Research and Instructional Services Librarian. The successful applicant will join an energetic and experienced reference department that provides the...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Google Books Releases New API
The new API, Books Viewability, gives web developers the ability, through a set of software protocols, to locate titles on Google Book Search and automatically embed links to those books on their own sites. Details. [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Information Technology
Patent Failure, Patent Reform Legislation
Bessen and Meurer's Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk (Princeton UP, 2008)(book details below the fold) "is a pioneering and heroic effort to quantify the ways in which our patent system has failed to live...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legislation in the News New Publications
POD Publishers Outraged by Amazon's New Restrictions
"Some Print on Demand (POD) publishers are privately screaming 'Monopoly!' while others are seething with rage over startling phone conversations they're having with Amazon/BookSurge representatives. Why isn't anybody talking about it openly? Because they're afraid - very, very afraid..." That's...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Publishing Industry
Dennis Kennedy on Competitive Intelligence
Insightful article from ABA Journal by Dennis Kennedy: "Gathering information on your client isn’t spying, and doing research on yourself isn’t egotism—it’s good business practice. Clients increasingly look to lawyers who know their business and industry well, and a common...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Education & Professional Development
Uniform Laws Commission To Study Online Authentication of Legal Materials
AALL is reporting that the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) recently approved the new Study Committee on Online Authentication of Legal Materials to investigate the issues and discuss the feasibility of a uniform law or model...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Law Schools Flipping Out Over Falling US News Rankings
Above the Law is reporting excerpts and in some instances the full text of emails sent by law school deans to their students about their ranking decline in this year's US News Law School ranking. The schools? Iowa, Minnesota, North...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
New Books at the Law Library - March 31st, 2008
E99.C88 M374 2008 Dawn Martin-Hill, The Lubicon Lake Nation: Indigenous Knowledge and Power (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008). HC120.E5 N385 2007 National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada), Response of the National Round Table on the...
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Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: New Books
"An Operating System for Law: Online Cases"
In the news: Carl Malamud and other digital activists are piling up case law in public archives, moving toward a...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Internet
"Now Online via GPO Access: Authenticated Public and Private Laws (110th Congress)"
From the blog: Authenticated Public and Private Laws GPO is pleased to announce the release of Authenticated Public and Private...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Government
"Committee Rejects Ban on Plea Bargains"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: The Judicial Conference's Committee on Court Administration and Case Management rejected the proposal to restrict online...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Government
"Law Firm Strategic Planning - An Overview of Models"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: When some talk of strategic planning, they are talking about retreats and consultants, about mission...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
"Do Something! Review Your Retainer Agreement"
Posted by allison Shields: "Aside from your jurisdiction's ethical rules, the single most important document that defines your relationship with...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
"The Place to Network: Jumpstart Client Development with Social Networking"
From the artcile: The internet is connecting people more than ever. Christy Burke discusses how you can use the internet...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 31, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Networking
ISLA Journal vol. 14 issue 1 table of contents
Congratulations to the NSU student authors (and ILSA Journal junior staff members) published in this issue, Jamie Rodriguez and Aylia Licor!
Torture on Trial: How the Alien Tort Statute May Expose the United States Government’s Illegal ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Program Through its Use of a Private Contractor
Jamie Rodriguez
Satellite Remote Sensing: Commercialization of Remote Sensing. Is the Use of Satellite Derived Information for Military Purposes in Violation of the Peaceful Purposes Provision of the Outer Space Treaty?
Aylia Licor
International Weekend Panel on the Dual System of Human Rights: The Eur...
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novalawcity - March 31, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
NSU Law Students Visit U.S. Supreme Court
Here is the story: NSU SharkBytes
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novalawcity - March 31, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
