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On the Exclusive Right to Publish a Work "in book form" on "in any and all editions": Backlist Books and Digital Royality Rights

Posted on December 16, 2009
While most book publishers have included e-book rights in author contracts for 15 years, many backlist titles were originally published before e-books. With the e-book market for publishers' backlist books being one of the last remaining growth markets in the...

A Guide to Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals

Posted on December 16, 2009
Compiled by Maria Zilberman, Rachel Leven, Ben Protess and Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, A Guide to Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals provides brief summaries of how the current bills in the House and Senate approach three major problem areas...

Reminder: Year in Review on The Law Librarian Today

Posted on December 16, 2009
Connie Crosby, Marcia Dority Baker, Margie Maes, Tracy Thompson Pryzluki, Roger Skalbeck and Richard Leiter will discuss this year's developments in the world of legal bibliography and law libraries on BlogTalkRadio's The Law Librarian today at 1:00 PM Eastern...

Opening: Preservation Librarian, GPO

Posted on December 16, 2009
Librarian (Preservation) Salary Range: 102,721.00 - 133,543.00 USD /year Open: Monday, December 07, 2009 to Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Series & Grade: PG-1410-14 Position Information: Full Time Career/Career Conditional Duty Location: 1 vacancy - Washington DC Metro Area, DC Who...

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Scholarship alert: Legal Ref. Serv. Q. "Special Issue: Teaching Legal Research. Part II of II"

Posted on December 16, 2009
The most recent volume of the Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 28 Legal Ref. Serv. Q 179 (2009), is devoted to teaching legal research. Among the articles are: Legal Research: MacCrate's ?Fundamental Lawyering Skill? Missing in Action Barbara Bintliff Tubs, Buckets,...

Crunching the News with Graphics

Posted on December 16, 2009
A few months ago, Google Labs unveiled Fast Flip. This is a tool that helps you flip through the news as quickly as flipping through the paper (though, when I "flip" thorugh the New York Times, for example, it isn't...

A "Grand Canyon-Sized Divide" Between In-House and Law Firm Attorneys on State of the Legal Industry

Posted on December 15, 2009
Commissioned by LexisNexis, State of the Legal Industry Survey may be the first detailed survey of the legal industry since the start of the economic crisis. It highlights the deep divisions between corporate counsel and private practice attorneys, what the...

Give a Shout Out To Your Favorite, Hard-Working, Deserving of Recognition Vendor Reps!

Posted on December 15, 2009
There are plenty of damn good vendor reps "out there" deserving our recognition, particularly these days. They work hard for us and deserve to be acknowledged so I invite you to give them, current and past reps, a shout out...

Crunching Financials for UMass Dartmouth's Proposed Takeover of Southern New England School of Law

Posted on December 15, 2009
Can the University of Massachusetts expand Southern New England School of Law, keep tuition to $23,500, offer about half the student body scholarships that cut their tuition in half, achieve ABA accreditation by 2012, and do all this at no...

Is Law School Worth It, Again.

Posted on December 15, 2009
The National Law Journal does a lot of negative soul searching with an article published Monday on the job prospects for law graduates. The point seems to question the value of a law degree comparing to the time, money, and...

Time for a Diversion: CALI's Name That Case Tweet Contest

Posted on December 15, 2009
Think you can name a legal case based on a 140 character hint? CALI will give you a "fabulous prize" if you can. The only rules are: 1) only followers of our Twitter feed @CALILawSchool can win and 2) you...

Google's Real-Time Search Feature

Posted on December 14, 2009
Last week Google launched real-time searching, bringing live updates from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and more into a scrolling pane in your Google search results display. I know, I know, I'm probably the last person in the blogosphere to post something...

ABA Launches Law Reviews, Law Journals and Document Repositories Search Engine

Posted on December 14, 2009
The ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center has launched a free search engine for researching the free full-text of over 300 online law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories hosting academic papers such as SSRN and bepress, and...

Assessing Facebook's New Privacy Controls

Posted on December 14, 2009
Facebook launched of its new privacy settings last week. See A Guide to Privacy on Facebook. In her forthcoming The One-Way Mirror: Enhancing Participation and Securing Privacy for Government 2.0 [SSRN] 78 George Washington Law Review __ (2010), Maryland law...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Florida Coastal School of Law

Posted on December 14, 2009
The Florida Coastal School of Law is seeking candidates for a newly created position of Reference Librarian. The Reference Librarian reports to the Head of Reference, assists with the development of the library?s reference program policies, and is primarily responsible...

An Update on Google SLOJ Inclusion of HeinOnline's Law Journal Library Content

Posted on December 14, 2009
From HeinOnline Blog: Shortly after releasing our blog post titled "HeinOnline or Google Scholar? Why You Should Start Your Research in HeinOnline First", Google Scholar contacted us. We want to take a moment to share with you some of the...

Google's Schmidt Ruffles Privacy Feathers

Posted on December 14, 2009
I just want to add a few comments to Joe's post about the changes in Facebook privacy controls. Google CEO Eric Schmidt was recently quoted on CNBC about online privacy: If you have something that you don't want anyone to...

Editor & Publisher to Cease Publication After 125 Years

Posted on December 13, 2009
The Nielsen Co. informed Editor & Publisher staffers last Thursday that both the print and online editions of E&P were shutting down. See also Media Cover Sudden Demise of 'E&P' -- Readers Express Shock and Broad Support -- Hope Remains?...

Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Books of 2009

Posted on December 13, 2009
PW's Top 10 books generally plus additional best 2009 books in various categories, e.g., Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Religion, Mass Market, etc. is available at Best Books of 2009. [JH]

Google Launches Public DNS Resolver

Posted on December 12, 2009
Google has launched its own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS. Details here and the Official Google Blog announcement here. [JH]

UK Culture Minister Margaret Hodge on Securing the Future of Libraries

Posted on December 12, 2009
UK Culture Minister Margaret Hodge says radical modernization is required for English libraries if they are to remain relevant in the BBC's Libraries 'must modernise' to secure future. [JH]

Kudos to Yolanda Jones

Posted on December 11, 2009
Yolanda Jones has been appointed Assistant Director of the Wayne State University Library System?s Arthur Neef Law Library effective January 4, 2010. Most recently, Jones served as the Assistant Director of Electronic and Information Services at Villanova University School of...

Judges, Lawyers May Not Be Allowed to "Friend" Each Other in Florida

Posted on December 11, 2009
NYT reports this non-binding opinion, from Florida's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. The committee's reasoning was grounded, not surprisingly, on the appearance of impropriety. A minority would permit such Facebook friending. The NYT article quotes Prof...

Google Now Personalizes Search for ALL Users

Posted on December 11, 2009
Search Engine Land highlights a major change to Google search that apparently slipped under the radar for a lot of people. Google has introduced personalized search to everyone who uses Google for search. That means that search results are adjusted...

Friday Fun: Tour the Library

Posted on December 11, 2009
The LibVid Awards highlights some of the best library instructional videos out there, including this one nominated for Best Acting ? Librarian and Best Comedy. Hat tip to LISNews. [JH]

Obama Administration Issues Open Government Directive

Posted on December 11, 2009
Quoting from Open Government: A Progress Report to the American People (Dec. 2009): The Administration?s most expansive step toward a more accountable government is the Open Government Directive released by the White House Office of Management and Budget in December...

E-Government Satisfaction Index Reaches Record High

Posted on December 11, 2009
Citizen satisfaction with federal government websites surged to a new all-time high in the third quarter of 2009, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Government Satisfaction Index. The E-Government Satisfaction Index reached 75...

Rethinking the Unthinking Use of Stereotypes: On Being the "Standard Bearer of the Legal Profession" During Exams at Northwestern Law

Posted on December 11, 2009
A little more on exam period etiquette but outside of the law library context. Expressions like "that exam raped me," "I made property my bitch," "what an bastard the prof was by ..." are unacceptable during exam time according to...

Obama Accepts Noble Peace Prize

Posted on December 10, 2009
Check out the CNN story. Does Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? A recent CNN poll reports the following results: Accomplished enough: 19% Not accomplished enough but likely will: 35% Not accomplished enough and likely won?t: 43% No opinion: 3%...

Reader Privacy and Censorship Issues in the Amended Google Book Settlement Agreement

Posted on December 10, 2009
As previously mentioned EFF's Fred von Lohmann has examined the chief promised benefit (increased public access) as well as one of the chief potential drawbacks (impaired competition) of the Amended Google Book Settlement Agreement. Since then, he has tackled two...

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