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PSU (and Library) Temporary Closure Due to Budget Cuts

Posted on December 16, 2010
Portland State University (PSU) and the PSU Millar Library will be closed from Saturday December 18 through Sunday December 26, 2010, due to budget reductions.PSU affiliates will continue to have access to the Library's extensive online resources and to 24/7 online chat assistance through the Oregon Libraries Network (L-Net) (a service funded by the Oregon State Library and staffed by Oregon librarians, and others around the U...

U.S. Congress: Free, Online House Staff Directory

Posted on December 16, 2010
The Sunlight Foundation releases a beta version of a House (Congressional) Staff Directory.(Note: Clicking on the Members List (at bottom of the search screen) seems to work better right now, at least for me.)The have a lot of additional news on government transparency at their blog.

Bibliophile Alert: Excellent Holiday Book Events (Portland, Oregon)

Posted on December 16, 2010
As if bibliophiles didn?t have enough to do in December, here are more things to do FOR or WITH the bibliophiles in your life:1) Museum of Contemporary Craft, exhibit: Object Focus: The Book (through Feb 26, 2011)2) Holiday Author Event, Oregon Humanities, December 20, 2010: Ursula LeGuin, Brian Doyle, Guy Maynard, Live Wire, etc...

Free Online Database of Supreme Court of California Cases, Annotated

Posted on December 15, 2010
Online, FREE, access to cases from the Supreme Court of California (annotated).Read many more great legal research tips at Legal Research Plus.

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Oregon Electronic Portal Advisory Board

Posted on December 15, 2010
Governor Kulongoski and the 2009 Oregon Legislature created an Electronic Portal Advisory Board (EPAB) (see ORS 182.126 et seq).The Board includes state agency staff, legislators and members of the public. The Board will advise the Governor on how the State of Oregon manages and operates its web portal services...

Oregon Supreme Court Defines "Arthritis"

Posted on December 15, 2010
On December 9, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court decided:Barbara L. Hopkins v. SAIF Corp., et al., (WCB 0407794) (CA A138825) (SC S058081)"... On review from the Court of Appeals in a judicial review from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board. Hopkins v...

Where Do Your Federal Tax Dollars Go?

Posted on December 15, 2010
(If you want to call your federal and/or state Legislator(s), use the Find Your Legislator tool at the Oregon Legislature?s website.)I always wince a bit when I hear people say that someone in "Washington D.C." steals their tax dollars. Yes, sometimes it?s true that a crime against us taxpayers has been committed, but sometimes our communities get a lot of those dollars back, though only after Congress takes out money for fighting wars, national security, diplomatic missions, economic development, social security, medicare, corporation subsidies, international medical aid, etc...

Librarians on Traveling and Leaking (Information)

Posted on December 14, 2010
Librarians tend not to get their whatsits in a twist when it comes to information leaks. Maybe because leaks, censorship, privacy, and related issues are things we think about and deal with every week, every year, decade, century, in our libraries, our databases with patrons' personal information, with literature, with book-buying, with library boards, parents, etc...

Vote on your Favorite Legal Blogs: 2010 ABA Annual Blawg List

Posted on December 14, 2010
ABA Journal's annual Blawg 100 list is ready for you. You can vote for one in each these 12 categories. (This is also an excellent opportunity to visit some new blawgs, for your own edification, of course.)Court WatchLaw BizNewsLaw Prof PlusTortsIn LaborIP LawCriminal JusticeIMHONicheFor FunLegal Tech

Doctrine of First Sale and the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on December 14, 2010
The Willamette Law School?s ?United States Supreme Court News: Willamette Law Online? service, with case summaries and law updates, tells us about this latest U.S. Supreme Court decision:"On December 13th, 2010 the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the case sumarized below:Copyright Law (The first sale doctrine of 17 U...

Oregon 2011 Legislative Session

Posted on December 13, 2010
Starting in January 2011 Oregon Legislature will meet annually:In 2011, opening ceremonies will take place Monday, January 10th. The Legislature will be in session for three days (until January 13th) to organize committees and adopt rules. The full-session begins on February 1st and expects to adjourn by June 30, 2011...

National Inventory of Legal Materials Bug Tracker

Posted on December 13, 2010
If you?re not keeping up with the National Inventory of Legal Materials, then you?re not keeping up with the effort to make all online U.S. laws easily accessible to everyone. (But you are forgiven. It?s definitely a project for the government or law wonk ? at least until you need to do some legal research of your own...

How to Find Legal Information and Lawyers in the United States

Posted on December 12, 2010
Do you need to find a lawyer in another state? Do you need to find the laws of another state?Think about it. If you?re looking for reliable legal information, a law library is one good place to begin, online or on the phone or in person.I posted previously about other state?s law libraries:State and County Law Libraries and Legal Information to the PeopleIf you?re looking for legal information about a state?s laws or a state?s lawyers, why not go to that state?s law libraries?For example, if you need to find a lawyer licensed and in good standing in another state and want to know if that state has a referral service, you are a mere web search away from finding that information...

Oregon Foreclosure Assistance under Homeownership Stabilization Initiative

Posted on December 12, 2010
Oregon?s Department of Housing and Community Services Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative:Homeowners can apply online for the Mortgage Payment Assistance program at oregonhomeownerhelp.org. Applications for the program will be accepted until Jan...

?What If? in Law and Literature ? and ?Lives Like Loaded Guns?

Posted on December 08, 2010
Life, which is not Black or White or On or Off, and that may or may not be ?as it is written,? gives us much to think about if we are so inclined.In Law: Anyone who teaches law, thinks about law, or is faced with the law has to think about the ?What Ifs? in life...

Legislative Redistricting in Oregon

Posted on December 07, 2010
If you?re interested in redistricting, among other places to learn about the process, attend the Oregon Legislature?s December 14, 2010, hearing:SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON RULESAGENDA: ISSUED 12-02-2010December 14, 20101:00 P.M., Room: HR C900 Court Street NE, Room 453, Salem, Oregon 973011:00 PM Overview on Redistricting- National Standards & LawPeter Wattson, Senate Counsel, State of Minnesota- Redistricting Law in OregonGina Zejdlik, Office of Legislative Counsel- Population in OregonCharles Rynerson, Population Research Center, Portland State University (PSU)Sheila Martin, Ph...

Oregon Library Job: Content Librarian

Posted on December 06, 2010
I?ve written before about the difference between the public perception of ?library work? and the reality of working in a library.One needs to do little more than read library job descriptions to get the point. Here is a recent job posting for a Content Librarian in Washington County (Oregon)...

Finding Local Newspaper Articles in Oregon

Posted on December 03, 2010
I picked up the paper Multnomah County Library brochure on Finding Local Newspaper Articles and thought the information might be useful to my readers here at the OLR blog.1) You can see their online list of newspaper and other media web resources.2) A similar list is at the University of Oregon website, Finding Articles in Oregon Newspapers3) Your own public library will have its own lists and guides of local and online resources...

Justice Bedsworth and Trial Continuences: Sometime a Great Motion

Posted on December 03, 2010
Justice Bedsworth, in his Criminal Waste of Space column in the OC Lawyer Magazine, gives litigants some advice from the bench (and the stadium sidelines):December 2010: "Take Me Out to the Pre-Trial,? by Justice William W. Bedsworth:Excerpt: ??I have a particular interest in continuances...

Bibliography for Attorneys (Lawyers) Setting Up a Solo Practice

Posted on December 02, 2010
The Multnomah Law Librarian has graciously allowed me to post her Solo Lawyers bibliography here (and in PDF format, from my Law Library?s website):HOW TO START AND BUILD A LAW PRACTICE. Platinum 5th ed. by Jay Foonberg. [KF 300 F65 2004]FLYING SOLO: A survival guide for the solo and small firm lawyer 4th ed...

?Bad Behavior? in the Law Library

Posted on December 01, 2010
A lot of people think those of us who choose to work in libraries do so because we ?like to read? and ?don?t like noise very much.?Give us a moment to stop laughing, deposit those beer cans in the recycle bins, return from making a statement to the police about that ?incident in the stacks,? and wipe our brows after successfully and peacefully removing that badly behaving patron from the library to the relief of our other library patrons...

Employment Law and I-9 Requirements

Posted on November 30, 2010
Follow the links from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website for the latest requirements.

Oregon Governor-Elect Kitzaber Job Opportunities: Send in Your Resume

Posted on November 30, 2010
Governor-Elect Kitzaber?s Transition Team?s website offers one and all a chance to submit a resume.This free-form job application process seems a creative, though possibly ill-advised, approach given numerous factors that I most certainly hope can go without saying, but far be it from me to miss a chance to tell you to send you in your resume...

Lawyer & Pilot Talk about: Full-Body Scans, Pat Downs and the TSA

Posted on November 29, 2010
Robert Ambrogi, on his LawSites, links to his Podcast: Full-Body Scans, Pat Downs and the TSA(And, if you?re a nervous flyer, don?t forget to spend some time at the pilot?s website: Ask the Pilot)

Wanted in Oregon: One donated Android phone for a good cause

Posted on November 29, 2010
When one of our favorite law students (who contributes so much blood, sweat, and tears to the Oregon law librarian and legal research world, with smarts, good humor, and style) on his blog asks a favor from the world, the Oregon Legal Research blogger likes to do her bit to pass along the request:Wanted: One donated Android phone for a good causeRobb Shector has been a Partner in Oregon Legal Research with many of us since he was a first year law student (now he is a 3rd year) and before someone snaps him up and makes him a Lawyer, we want to do everything possible to make him want to stay in, or eventually return to if he leaves, the great State of Oregon...

State and County Law Libraries and Legal Information to the People

Posted on November 27, 2010
Some (most!) of my favorite sources of law library legal research services and self-help ideas come from other state and county law libraries and law librarian bloggers (these law librarian bloggers, too) of course.Here are some of my favorite state and county law library websites:My top-rated favorite, People?s Law Library, is from the great State of Maryland Law Library...

18 Crowdsourcing Ideas: Sometimes it Takes a Village

Posted on November 26, 2010
Sometimes we just need a little help from an e-friend:Brainstorming crowdsourcing, from Gigaom: 18 Tasks you can Crowdsource(Thank you to iLibrarian for the lead.)

Oregon Attorneys Fees

Posted on November 26, 2010
When researching Oregon attorney fee issues, these are useful (outdated, but still helpful) supplements to your primary and current law research:1) OLI CLE course book, ?Effective Litigation of Attorney Fee Claims and Defenses,? April 1, 20052) OLI CLE course book, ?Successful Prosecution and Defense of Claims for Attorney Fees,? April 25, 2003

Bankruptcy Clinic: Oregon State Bar (OSB) and Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO)

Posted on November 26, 2010
It?s time to update my June 15, 2008 LASO Bankruptcy Clinic blog post.The OSB Debtor-Creditor Section and LASO bankruptcy (and other) links to information and their brochure are from their Oregon Law Help webpages.You can also just telephone LASO at: 503-224-4086If these links break again before I get to update them again, just search (using your search engine of choice) for "Oregon bankruptcy clinic...

Copyright Law and Mark Twain?s Autobiography

Posted on November 26, 2010
For an interesting view of how complex copyright law has become, see the following, keeping in mind that Mark Twain?s Autobiography has this back-story, from the Mark Twain Papers and Project:??At the time of his death in 1910, Mark Twain left his last major literary work?an autobiography?unpublished and stipulated that the entire unexpurgated work should not be issued for at least a hundred years after his death...

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