Legal Research

New Wiki for Libraries and Museums

Posted on March 15, 2010
Here's a new wiki on the future of libraries and museums.http://imlsupnext.wikispaces.com/A great resource to share knowledge about this important topic.

AALL Spectrum presents

Posted on March 11, 2010
Our very own Ame Howard has an article in the March 2010 AALL Spectrum.Opening the Windows of OpportunityPreparing for career advancement in the coming decadeBy Ame Howard

State Bar Free Legal Resources

Posted on March 10, 2010
3 Geeks and a Law Blog posted an interactive map showing which state bar associations provided what free legal resources. Check it out!

Popular Science archive

Posted on March 08, 2010
Popular Science is partnering with Google to make their entire 137 year history available for free browsing. See more details in their announcement.

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March 15th: Filing e-Pleadings in 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

Posted on March 05, 2010
Effective March 15, attorneys must file pleadings electronically in cases before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals....According to the article, attorneys must register before Monday, March 15th...http://texaslawyer.typepad.com/texas_lawyer_blog/2010/03/prepare-now-for-looming-efiling-switch-at-5th-circuit...

Vendor-Neutral Citations in Canada

Posted on March 01, 2010
New information about vendor-neutral citations in Canada can be monitored through the following blogs:http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/ This is maintained by Robert Richards, a law librarian in Philadelphia. He is also the editor in chief of VoxPopuLII, published by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University Law School...

DALL Spring Institute

Posted on February 24, 2010
Mark your calendars!DALL Spring InstituteFriday, March 26th1 p.m.-5 p.m.Dallas Public LibraryMore information at a later date!

Interested in Seeing a WestlawNext Demo...

Posted on February 24, 2010
The WestlawNext team is hosting free preview breakfasts for the new legal research system.There have been six of the previews so far, since the official launch of WestlawNext on Feb. 1, and each one has brought out some big crowds of lawyers, librarians and other legal professionals...

DALL Feb. Meeting

Posted on February 17, 2010
Date: Feb. 23rdTime: NoonPlace: Hunton & WilliamsBrownbag LunchBeverages providedPresident-elect Terri DiCenzo cordially invites you to a regularly scheduled Dallas Association Of Law Librarians meeting next Tuesday.Allen Fuqua, Chief Marketing Officer for Winstead PC, will present an informative session about competitive intelligence in law firms...

First peek at LexisNexis MS Office integration

Posted on February 10, 2010
Greg Lambert of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog has a write up and screen shots of the LexisNexis Microsoft Office integration. Couple of interesting points: it is being developed by MS for Office 2010 and backwards compatible with Office 2007 (but not 2003), and cost recovery will be added in later versions.

Fastcase iPhone app

Posted on February 05, 2010
Yup, there's an app for that.Fastcase has announced their iPhone app for searching cases and statutes. Details at http://www.fastcase.com/fastcase-releases-first-legal-research-app-for-iphone/One of my fellow librarians, Riva Laughlin, sent me a short list of reviews:Robert Ambrogi's review:http://www...

Coming to a PC near you

Posted on February 03, 2010
This article from ABA Journal discusses the new versions of Westlaw and LexisNexis, as well as touching on Google Scholar and Bloomberg.Wired! -- The battle for your legal research dollars heats up.Posted Feb 1, 2010 4:50 AM CST(ABA Journal)

Need a New Appliance? Wait until April...

Posted on January 28, 2010
If you need a new appliance, wait until April! Texas will be offering (as part of the 2009 stimulus package) consumers rebates for their "clunker" appliances. If you trade in your old appliances for Energy Star appliances rebates are available for refrigerators, freezers, central air, air conditioners, washers, dryers, etc...

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

Posted on January 21, 2010
The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list came out today.http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/snapshots/1.html

As seen on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Posted on January 08, 2010
A little preview of the upcoming version of Westlaw:Westlaw's "Project Cobalt" Will Launch as "West Next" I found out a bit more information on the next generation of Westlaw. They have dropped the cool "Project Cobalt" name, and have picked "West Next" as the name of the product being released at LegalTech in February...

Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2009
Here's hoping everyone will have a very good 2010. By the way, is it pronounced "twenty ten" or "two thousand ten"? There was an article in the DMN today with the same question.

Free Shipping!

Posted on December 16, 2009
Reminder...free shipping day is Thursday, Dec. 17th on products bought online.Some 700 of them, will ship orders for free and vow to get them delivered to you by December 24.Consumer Reportshttp://blogs.consumerreports.org/money/2009/12/free-shipping-day-is-a-week-away...

Libel laws in Britain under review

Posted on December 11, 2009
This caught my attention this morning.Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews LawsBy SARAH LYALLPublished: December 10, 2009New York TimesLONDON ? England has long been a mecca for aggrieved people from around the world who want to sue for libel. Russian oligarchs, Saudi businessmen, multinational corporations, American celebrities ? all have made their way to London?s courts, where jurisdiction is easy to obtain and libel laws are heavily weighted in favor of complainants...

Update to IE 7

Posted on November 06, 2009
Now my office computer has Internet Explorer 7. Here's my initial thoughts:It seems more stableI love the tabs feature a la FireFoxIt seems faster than IE 6So far, it plays nicely with major online servicesThe look is differentYou have to lock the toolbars to get your links to stay - and I have multiple folders under the generic Links folderI haven't found a way to add ixQuick to my list of search engines for the tiny drop down in the upper right cornerI really like the new print - haven't had any problems with cut off text on right side yetThat's all for now.

Shepardizing App for iPhone

Posted on November 06, 2009
I saw this on Robert Ambrogi?s LawSites blog about LexisNexis releasing an app for Shepardizing from your iPhone. http://www.legaline.com/lawsites.htmlVery cool?Full story at the Martindale blog:http://blog.martindale.com/need-to-get-cases-and-shepardize-weve-got-an-app-for-thatAnd the app is free!

New Texas Media Makes Debate Tonight

Posted on November 03, 2009
"Sometime after midnight tonight, the Texas Tribune, a new nonprofit, nonpartisan public media organization headquartered in Austin, will launch its coverage of Texas politics and policymaking with stories, blogs, tweets and Facebook postings."--From the Texas LawyerFor more information see http://texaslawyer...

Survey says...

Posted on November 02, 2009
The folks over at Law Librarian Blog did a survey on customer service among the big legal publishers. Read the entire entry for the results and comments about customer service.LLB's Rate Your Legal Resources Vendors Survey: Customer Services Findings for BNA, LexisNexis, West and Wolters KluwerOn September 29 2009, LLB launched its Rate Your Legal Resources Vendors: BNA, LexisNexis, West and Wolters Kluwer...

Time Change

Posted on October 28, 2009
Time change this weekend - remember to fall back an hour.

LLRX CI resources updated

Posted on October 27, 2009
Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated and Revised October 2009By Sabrina I. Pacifici, Published on October 11, 2009 http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm

More choices

Posted on October 21, 2009
Now Barnes and Noble has an ebook reader.

Is it first sale or license? Still murky

Posted on October 07, 2009
Ars Technica has published articles before on the AutoCad case in the 9th circuit. AutoCAD resale ruling a messy win for first-sale doctrineDespite Autodesk's claim it has never "sold" a copy of AutoCAD to anyone, a federal judge found that restrictive software licenses can act much like sales...

Google Book Settlement

Posted on October 07, 2009
http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/google_book_settlement/This site presents a useful timeline with pros and cons about the settlement.Includes links to documents and other stories of note.Further, richly detailed information is found at http://thepublicindex...

New Federal Register site

Posted on October 06, 2009
Data.gov is now open, as well as FederalRegister.gov. See details in this Washington Post article.

Distracted driving

Posted on October 01, 2009
Driven to Distraction : At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk Chang W. LeeThe New York TimesPublished: September 30, 2009 Thought-provoking article on the issues with attempting to drive and use cell phones and/or computers for calls, texts, emails, and direction dispatchs.

Area codes

Posted on September 28, 2009
I found an area code look up this morning from Verizon. If you go to http://www22.verizon.com/areacodes/, you can search by area code or by state.

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