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Vermont Law School Publishes Top 10 Environmental Watch List for 2011

Posted on January 06, 2011
On Jan. 3, Vermont Law School launched its first annual Top 10 Environmental Watch List spotlighting the nation?s most critical environmental law and policy issues of 2010 and how they may play out in 2011. The report evaluates 10 judicial,...

Opening: Cornell Law Library Director

Posted on January 06, 2011
Cornell University Position Announcement Title: Edward Cornell Law Librarian Cornell University seeks an experienced and innovative academic leader to serve as Director of its Law Library. The Law Librarian provides strategic vision, fiscal stewardship, operational management, and ensures outstanding service...

First Day at AALS

Posted on January 06, 2011
Today was the first day of the annual meeting for the American Association of Law Schools. The conference is not yet in full swing, but for Law Librarians there was a 2 to 3:45 session for New Law Library Directors....

2010 CLawBies ? Canadian Law Blog Awards

Posted on January 06, 2011
And the winner in the Law Librarian Blog category is Library Technician Dialog. Check out the 2010 CLawBies ? Canadian Law Blog Awards annoucement for details. Congratulations to all. [JH]

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Library Renewal

Posted on January 06, 2011
Bad Librarian Confession #1: I lived in Valparaiso for over six months before I bothered to get a public library card. Why? Because during the time I was transitioning from Kentucky to Chicagoland, I discovered the ease of reading books...

NCBE Loses ADA Accommodation Case in Bar Exam Squabble

Posted on January 06, 2011
The Ninth Circuit is a busy place lately. There was the first sale case I wrote about yesterday. There was the decision to punt the issue of standing to the California Supreme Court in the case concerning the validity of...

OpenCongress Users' 10 Most-Opposed Bills Expected to be Reintroduced in the 112th Congress

Posted on January 05, 2011
In 10 Unpopular Bills That We'll Be Seeing Again Next Year, Donny Shaw reports on the most-opposed bills of the previous Congress that are likely to be introduced again in 2011. These are the bills with the most ?no? votes...

An Alternative to Using a Suggested Westlaw "Power String"

Posted on January 05, 2011
In A power search string to find the elements of a cause of action (Westlaw Insider), a West Reference Attorney suggests that the next time you need the elements to an action try the following search: ELEMENTS PRIMA-FACIE (STATE +1...

For Book Publishers, the eBook Nirvana May Finally Arrive in 2011

Posted on January 05, 2011
"For book publishers, it may seem like digital nirvana is finally about to arrive?and the uptick in e-books sold will be considerable," because one of the eight predictions in paidContent's Our Bets for Digital Media in 2011 feature is that...

First Sale Doctrine Covers Promotional CDs

Posted on January 05, 2011
A significant first sale doctrine case came out of the Ninth Circuit yesterday. The Court upheld the right of an individual to resell promotional compact discs even though the discs were labeled as a grant of license rather than a...

Time to Reinstate the FTC?s Guidelines for the Law Book Publishing Industry

Posted on January 04, 2011
By now, most of the law library profession has heard about the case of Rudovsky v. West Publishing Corp. (E.D. Pennsylvania, No. 09-cv-000727-JF), in which Professors David Rudovsky (University of Pennsylvania) and Leonard Sosnov (Widener Law School) received $5...

How to turn a whiney lunch into a valuable contribution to our profession

Posted on January 04, 2011
Out of 100 nominated blogs in the 4th Annual ABAJ Blawg 100, here's the winners by category: Court Watch: SCOTUSblog Torts: Abnormal Use In Labor: Work Matters News: Above the Law Law Prof Plus: Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog...

Scalia on the Constitution and ... Pizza

Posted on January 04, 2011
News and commentary is hitting the intertubes over Justice Antonin Scalia's remarks that the Constitution does not prohibit discrimination against women, or men for that matter. The whole thing comes from an interview published in the California Lawyer...

Law Profs Launch Website for Wealthy to Donate Bush Tax Cuts to Charities

Posted on January 03, 2011
Daniel Markovits, Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Yale Law School, Robert Hockett, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, and Jacob Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, have launched Give It Back for Jobs in response to...

It's 2011: Isn't It Time for the Legal Academy to Add Some Legal Tech Skills to the Mandatory Curriculum (even if only on how to perform document review)?

Posted on January 03, 2011
I have heard (but not confirmed) that 25% of recent law school grads are unemployed. If even close to being accurate, that is one very disturbing stat. Does it include or exclude, for example, temp hiring of recent grads for...

Short Takes On The News

Posted on January 03, 2011
As is typical, new laws take effect with the start of the new year. The National Conference of State Legislatures has a nice summary of those new laws with links to the text of the legislation. Marybeth Peters, the Register...

Public Libraries and the Internet

Posted on January 02, 2011
From the blurb for Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications by John Carlo Bertot, Charles R. McClure and Paul T. Jaeger (Libraries Unlimited, Nov 11, 2010) Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications explores the...

"And what have you done, another year over and new one just begun:" on the sixth anniversary of Law Librarian Blog

Posted on January 01, 2011
So this is 2011 (echoing John Lennon) and here LLB is. Launched on Jan. 1, 2005, today is this blog's sixth anniversary. Day in and day out, a hard working team of past and current co-editors and contributing editors who...

'Tis the Season for Year in Review Blog Posts

Posted on December 31, 2010
My favorite year in review post has to be Sarah Glassmeyer's 2010 Was an Interesting Year. She writes (and I intentionally omit the context): I got nailed by a lot of balls in 2010. I?ll wait for the #Iam12 crowd...

President Obama Announces Recess Appointment for Public Printer: CWA Senior Vice President, William J. Boarman

Posted on December 30, 2010
From yesterday's White House Announcement: About William J. Boarman: Boarman recently served as President of the Printing, Publishing & Media Workers Sector of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Senior Vice President of CWA. He has been associated...

eBook Trends That Will Change the Future of Publishing Sooner Rather Than Later (excluding, perhaps, WEXIS eBooks)

Posted on December 30, 2010
Philip Ruppel, president of McGraw-Hill Professional, identifies five eBook trends that will change the future of publishing: Enhanced E-Books Are Coming and Will Only Get Better The Device War Is Nearly Over The $9.99 E-Book Won?t Last Forever The Contextual...

Friday Fun on Thursday: Law School Fear Reckoning (Or wake up, it's almost 2011)

Posted on December 30, 2010

Want to be the Next Public Printer of the United States?

Posted on December 30, 2010
Sounds like there is an opening but I didn't see an ad for the gig, at least not yet. From the GPO press release: Public Printer of the United States Bob Tapella announces his resignation as head of the U.S....

Using eBooks and eReaders in Your Library

Posted on December 30, 2010
The Creekview High School Library (a/k/a The Unquiet Library) staff in Georgia have been documenting the library's process of acquiring and lending Kindles and Kindle book editions on The Unquiet Librarian blog and in a series of YouTube videos, which...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Drake University Law Library

Posted on December 30, 2010
Drake University Law Library is seeking a Reference Librarian with a strong service orientation to help provide patron services to members of the Law School, Drake University, the local bench and bar, and the public. Located in Iowa?s capital city,...

Voting for the 2010 ABA Journal Blawg 100 Will End COB Tomorrow

Posted on December 29, 2010
"The Blawg 100 is compiled by ABA Journal staff and is largely a favorites? list. Most are blawgs that are regularly updated, contain original content, opinion and/or analysis. Many are also on our radar because the Journal staff finds the...

US News Rankings Czar Urges Prospective Law Students to Use Rankings "Wisely"

Posted on December 29, 2010
According to a recent Kaplan Test Prep survey 30 percent of test takers say that a law school's ranking was the most critical factor in selecting a law school to apply to. US News rankings czar Bob Morse says this...

Putting the iPad to Work

Posted on December 29, 2010
Tablet Legal's Josh Barrett is posting a series of iPad apps reviews for lawyers which also may be of interest to law librarians who want to put their iPad to work for them. Here's Barrett's introduction to the series. So...

Opening: Assistant Director for Faculty Services, Univ of South Carolina School of Law

Posted on December 29, 2010
The Coleman Karesh Law Library, University of South Carolina School of Law, seeks motivated, experienced candidates for the position of Assistant Director for Faculty Services. The Law Library is an academic research library with the primary goal of supporting the...

Earl Borgeson: Passing of a Respected Best Friend to Many in the Law Library Community

Posted on December 28, 2010
In We Love to Help Each Other, 91 L. Libr. J. 195 (1999) Earl Borgeson wrote "everything you might want in a 'best friend' you will want to find in a mentor." Many who knew Earl Borgeson fondly remember him...

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