Legal Research

The Perfect Library Only Needs 110 98 Books
From classics and sci-fi to poetry and biographies, The Telegraph lists 110 titles for the perfect library. If you don't want any children's books in your library, the title counts can be reduced by 10...

Keep Track of Library Books with Library Elf
I was reminded again yesterday of how much I love Library Elf, a handy little service which tracks your account at the public library. Just enter your library card number and pin number, and Elf will send you an alert via email or RSS* before your books are due...

Milwaukee Public Library Considers Express Libraries for Supermarkets, Airport, Etc.
According to JS Online, Milwaukee Public Library is investigating the idea of creating three express libraries where patrons could access library materials and services at convenient places, such as supermarkets, coffee shops, or the airport...

In re: Why so hard to renew
So we live in an era where I can renew my library books merely with a mouse click (even if they are already overdue - basically stops the bleeding) yet for some reason I still end up with overdue books and massive (by library standards I don’t know) fines...

Learning Along With Your Library Community
Check out this cool innovation from Yarra Plenty Libraries in Australia: A Taste of Web 2.0: Connecting Online @ Your Local Library They link to it from their homepage. What Yarra Plenty Library is doing is that they're running a 6 week Web 2...

Latest SirsiDynix OneSource Article
Part one of my latest column in SirsiDynix OneSource is out today. Here's the provocative title: So You Say Your Library is Really about Books, so ?Who needs anything 2.0?? Part two will be in the July issue...

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...