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Whither the law library
Law librarians were quick to comment when Carolyn Elefant on Legal Blog Watch posed the question Are Law Libraries Becoming Obsolete? Steve Matthews was first up: “it does bug me that every other department in the law firm can evolve, but when Libraries do, they’re suddenly obsolete”; and the next: “this posting does take a very [...

61 Reforms to C-61, Day 23: TPMs - No Exception for Obsolete or Broken Digital Locks
The inclusion of a right to circumvent in the event that the TPM breaks or becomes obsolete should be relatively uncontroversial.  The U.S. Registrar of Copyrights has included a specific exception that addresses this situation since 2000...

Are Law Libraries becoming obsolete...
...well the good news is no according to this article from the Birmingham Business Journal, the bad news is that more and more Libraries are being "downsized" in favour of less "traditional" means of finding information, in other words electronic databases...

Obsolete Skills
Ther's been a meme running throujgh the blogosphere lately on things we learned in the past that are now best forgotten. Indeed, I think this is one of those times where I feel like a geezer - I've forgotten more than I know now...

Building Libraries in the Age of Google
Slate has an interesting piece concerning the architecture of public libraries and how the communal meeting place that libraries have always been, enhanced by unique and often historical styles, maybe the salvation of disappearing libraries in the Age of Google...

Boston Tea Party Deja Vu!
Up here, in the land of the Boston Tea Party, the anti-tax activists are pushing a measure that would remove income tax in our state. Talk about an item that would impact libraries! Mass Libraries Association is pushing hard against it (here)...