Law Libraries http://lisnews.org/taxonomy/term/44/all en AALL Executive Board Election http://lisnews.org/aall_executive_board_election <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Note to members of AALL: <a href="https://vote.aallnet.org/aall/" rel="nofollow">Polls are now open for the 2013 AALL Executive Board election.</a></p> </div></div></div> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:53:58 +0000 Bibliofuture 42481 at http://lisnews.org PACER Survey Shows Rise in User Satisfaction http://lisnews.org/pacer_survey_shows_rise_in_user_satisfaction <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>PACER has seen a sharp rise in overall user satisfaction since a comparable survey was conducted in 2009, with 90 percent of users saying they are satisfied or highly satisfied with the internet-based public case information system. That compares with 75 percent satisfaction with the overall user experience in the previous survey.</p> <p>Full story: <a href="http://news.uscourts.gov/pacer-survey-shows-rise-user-satisfaction" rel="nofollow">http://news.uscourts.gov/pacer-survey-shows-rise-user-satisfaction</a></p> <p>Not familiar with PACER? Read about PACER <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PACER_(law)" rel="nofollow">here.</a></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:40:23 +0000 Bibliofuture 42351 at http://lisnews.org Dwight Opperman, key figure in Westlaw’s launch in 1970s, dies at age 89 http://lisnews.org/dwight_opperman_key_figure_in_westlaw_s_launch_in_1970s_dies_at_age_89 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dwight Opperman, a Drake University law graduate who rose to the top job at West Publishing after starting work there as an editor and was a key figure in the company's development of the Westlaw online legal research site in the 1970s, died Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 89 years old.</p> <p>“He was instrumental in leading West from a book publisher and moving into electronic publishing,” former West executive Grant Nelson told the Star Tribune. “Dwight had the vision that there was something else on the horizon. He really felt in his core that West Publishing was providing a vital service to the courts, to the legal system and to the country, and he took great pride in that.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dwight_opperman_key_figure_in_westlaws_launch_in_1970s_dies_at_age_89/" rel="nofollow">Full piece</a> at the ABA Journal</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:23:40 +0000 Bibliofuture 42241 at http://lisnews.org Justice Scalia Writes Guide for Interpreting the Law http://lisnews.org/justice_scalia_writes_guide_for_interpreting_the_law <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D3pcNmuK0mU" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p>Interview with Scalia on the PBS News Hour about his new book - Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:47:55 +0000 Bibliofuture 41217 at http://lisnews.org LexisNexis Announces LexisNexis Digital Library http://lisnews.org/lexisnexis_announces_lexisnexis_digital_library <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/141">Ebooks</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Agreement with OverDrive creates customized eBook lending and management service offering the largest collection of electronic books for legal professionals</p> <p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lexisnexis-announces-lexisnexis-digital-library-2012-04-23">Full story</a></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:49:45 +0000 Bibliofuture 40742 at http://lisnews.org Old-School Prisoner Wants Books, Not Westlaw http://lisnews.org/oldschool_prisoner_wants_books_not_westlaw <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.lasisblog.com/2011/09/20/old-school-inmate-sues-prison-for-providing-him-with-westlaw/" rel="nofollow">Old-School Prisoner Wants Books, Not Westlaw</a><br /> Since 1989 a prisoner has been serving time in an Ohio state prison for rape, kidnapping, felonious assault and aggravated assault convictions. Frustrated that the prison library replaced law books with computer access to Westlaw, her has sued the prison, requesting $80,000 in compensatory damages and up to $200,000 in punitive damages for the violation of his constitutional right to a law library.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:42:56 +0000 Blake 40447 at http://lisnews.org SOPA shelved until consensus is found http://lisnews.org/sopa_shelved_until_consensus_found <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18">Technology</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51">Internet</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80">Politics</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found" rel="nofollow">Controversial online piracy bill shelved until 'consensus' is found</a><br /> House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill.</p> <p>"While I remain concerned about Senate action on the Protect IP Act, I am confident that flawed legislation will not be taken up by this House," Issa said in a statement. "Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote."</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:01:27 +0000 Blake 40222 at http://lisnews.org Everything Must Go From Law Libraries http://lisnews.org/everything_must_go_law_libraries <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/Articles-Articles-c-2011-11-30-210342.112113-Everything-Must-Go-From-Law-Libraries.html" rel="nofollow">Everything Must Go From Law Libraries</a></p> <p>It's not fair to say that area law schools, libraries, historical preservation societies and other groups interested in North Carolina law and Guilford County history are circling like vultures around the remains of the law library at the Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro – which recently closed its doors due to funding cuts and other considerations. However, it is fair to say there's a great deal of interest among those groups as to who ends up with the library's contents.</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:12:43 +0000 Blake 40045 at http://lisnews.org New Mobile Application launched at the New York Law School http://lisnews.org/new_mobile_application_launched_new_york_law_school <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>New York Law School's Mendik Library is proud to announce the release of Mendik Mobile, a smartphone app that gives library users mobile access to some of our key services. The app enables users to search the library catalog for books and course reserve materials. It provides channels for following the library’s blogs, and for contacting reference staff by phone, email or text. Users may review a list of books they’ve borrowed, and renew loans with just a click. Another channel links to the library’s popular DRAGNET feature, offering Google custom searching in free and reliable law-related Websites.</p> <p>We created Mendik Mobile in conjunction with Boopsie, Inc., a major developer of library mobile applications. The app is a free download on all major smartphone platforms, including Apple, Android and Blackberry. Visit your app store, or point your smartphone’s browser to <a href="http://www.bit.ly/mendikmobile" rel="nofollow">http://www.bit.ly/mendikmobile</a>, and you will be automatically routed to the correct app store. We believe that we are the first law school in the nation to launch a fully featured library app for smartphones.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bit.ly/mendikmobile" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://libftp.nyls.edu/mm.jpg" /></a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:39:07 +0000 terryballard 39965 at http://lisnews.org Bloomberg buys legal research company for $990 million http://lisnews.org/bloomberg_buys_legal_research_company_990_million <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112">Publishing</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bloomberg LP is buying legal tax and regulatory research company BNA for about $990 million in an all-cash deal.</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/25/us-bloomberg-bna-idUSTRE77O4UC20110825" rel="nofollow">Full article</a></p> </div></div></div> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:20:17 +0000 Bibliofuture 39650 at http://lisnews.org The days of the law library being a showpiece of a firm are over http://lisnews.org/days_law_library_being_showpiece_firm_are_over <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.geeklawblog.com/2011/04/take-these-books-please.html?utm_source=LISNews" rel="nofollow">Take These Books... Please</a><br /> "A Chief Operating Officer in the crowd backed me up and said that the days of the library being a showpiece of a firm are over. I asked him what is the "touchstone" of a firm these days (some central place where everyone feels connected). Is it the library? Is it the break rooms? Conference Center? Bathrooms?? I think we finally agreed that in this day and age, the touchstone of a firm isn't something that is based on a physical space."</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:55:00 +0000 Blake 39105 at http://lisnews.org New AALL Caucus on Consumer Advocacy http://lisnews.org/new_aall_caucus_consumer_advocacy_0 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>New AALL Caucus on Consumer Advocacy<br /> A group of law librarians has begun the steps to create a Caucus on Consumer Advocacy. The caucus' statement of purpose reads:<br /> "Statement of Purpose of New AALL Caucus on Consumer Advocacy<br /> Business practices of legal information vendors (LIVs) warrant more vigorous consumer advocacy than our profession has pursued. Our caucus may: (1) recommend or implement improved disclosures of LIV practices that harm consumers or weaken LIV competition; (2) determine if law librarians and their supporters should renew efforts to investigate unfair, or anti-competitive, business practices by LIVs; (3) recommend further investigation to AALL, interested parties (such as library and attorney associations), or government agencies; (4) examine whether voluntary guidelines have provided adequate remedies to unfair, or anticompetitive, business practices by LIVs; (5) propose legal remedies to AALL, interested parties, or government agencies; (6) encourage law librarians to discuss or pursue these options among themselves and attorneys; and (7) partner with all parties seeking stronger consumer protections from unfair, or anti-competitive, business practices of information vendors. Our caucus may also take other actions to advance the strongest consumer advocacy allowed by law.<br /> Once AALL approves our caucus application, we will welcome partnerships with other LIS consumers like attorneys, their affiliated associations, and LIS vendors who follow the letter and spirit of the law in their business practices."</p> <p>You can read more about the proposed caucus here: <a href="https://libraryconsumeradvocacy.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://libraryconsumeradvocacy.wordpress.com/</a> Please contact Sarah Glassmeyer at <a href="mailto:sarah.glassmeyer@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">sarah.glassmeyer@gmail.com</a> for more details. All inquires will be kept confidential.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:58:47 +0000 Blake 38971 at http://lisnews.org Monty The Dog Hits The Stacks At Yale Law http://lisnews.org/monty_dog_hits_stacks_yale_law <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Yale University Law School is an intense place, and its library is no joke: It has soaring vaulted ceilings, stained-glass windows and giant chandeliers that hang from chains. To help students unwind, the library is offering a rather unusual checkout option: Monty, a Jack Russell-border terrier mix.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/03/31/135011159/monty-the-dog-hits-the-stacks-at-yale-law" rel="nofollow">Full story</a></p> </div></div></div> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:26:10 +0000 Bibliofuture 38884 at http://lisnews.org What standards vendors use to measure the underlying quality of their product? http://lisnews.org/what_standards_vendors_use_measure_underlying_quality_their_product <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/45">Authors</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112">Publishing</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.jasnwilsn.com/2011/03/30/on-editing-updating-standards/" rel="nofollow">On editing &amp; updating standards</a><br /> "What is important about these excerpts (and in my opinion, I don’t believe these systems or approaches to be unique to West) is that they get to an underlying issue not being asked of lawyers and legal researchers generally, that is, what do you, the consumer, consider to be a quality update to a legal treatise? It’s rare to find lawyers talking about such things, and law librarians had a perfect opportunity to do so at the recent AALL Vendor Colloquium, but instead limited their focus to pricing and subscription models, vendor communications, digital v. print, etc. Honestly, what difference does all of that make if you don't know what standards vendors use to measure the underlying quality of the product?"</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:40:18 +0000 Blake 38882 at http://lisnews.org Mendik Library's DRAGNET wins AALL Law Library Publication Award http://lisnews.org/mendik_library039s_dragnet_wins_aall_law_library_publication_award <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Mendik Library’s DRAGNET has won the AALL 2011 Law Library Publications Award, Nonprint Division. The award honors "achievement in creating in-house library materials that are outstanding in quality and significance." DRAGNET (Database Retrieval Access using Google’s New Electronic Technology) is a Google Custom Search engine that only looks at 100 highly-recommended free legal databases and web sites. It was developed over the summer of 2010 in a highly collaborative effort with input from all librarians. It includes a mix of governmental and organizational sites with an emphasis on New York. </p> <p>A DRAGNET search bar is now included in the page the library has maintained since 2009 tracking 150 law journals with free online content, and there is a third DRAGNET that searches the constitutions and codes of the 50 states and federal government. All of these are found at <a href="http://www.nyls.edu/library/research_tools_and_sources/dragnet1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nyls.edu/library/research_tools_and_sources/dragnet1</a> . The library will be developing a web page that will give step-by-step directions for creating similar engines that could be created by law librarians to reflect their own regions.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/44">Law Libraries</a></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:25:57 +0000 Anonymous Patron 38800 at http://lisnews.org
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