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21 Resources for Library Marketing with Social Media

2012-03-14T11:06:00.002-05:00

There are so many good (and free!) marketing opportunities on social media channels. Here are some articles and blog posts which offer advice for making the most of these. 21 Resources for Library Marketing with Social Media

RivalEdge

2012-03-14T10:43:00.002-05:00

RivalEdge is a private company based in Silicon Valley, California that specializes in monitoring the legal industry by tracking press releases, news, events, publications, social media and etc. The company also keeps users inform of changes attorneys and other professionals profiles in the legal field. RivalEdge is a member of the Better Business Bureau.

FreeSources: Zimmerman’s Research Guide

2012-03-14T09:47:00.004-05:00

Zimmerman's Research Guide (published by LexisNexis) is an online encyclopedia and legal research guide that functions like a huge index with terms and phrases listed alphabetically. These terms and phrases are hyper-linked to articles that define or provide more information. Many law librarians contribute to its content and volunteer to keep the entries up-to-date along with other contributors and editors who are professional researchers in the legal field.

Managing the Law Firm Risk Role in Outsourcing

2012-03-14T09:21:00.000-05:00

Managing the Law Firm Risk Role in Outsourcing Toby Brown at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog discusses risk and ethics for legal outsourcing

Google Scholar Legal Citations

2012-03-13T09:10:00.001-05:00

Google Scholar is changing the way they display significant legal citations. Read the whole post (it is short), but this is the gist below:

Now, instead of sorting the citing documents by their prominence, we sort them by the extent of discussion of the cited case.

GlobalData

2012-03-12T12:42:00.004-05:00

GlobalData is an intelligence strategic business solutions database that provides in-depth primary and secondary search in a wide range of professional industries such as Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Alternative Energy, Clean Technology and etc. In addition, GlobalData draws insights and analysis of company and industry profiles, along with competitive data and market trends.

Lexis for Microsoft Office - Check and Update Citation Formats

2012-03-12T12:28:00.004-05:00

12 Most Useful Free iPhone Apps for Business

2012-03-08T13:57:00.001-06:00

Doug Rice of 12most.com provided a list of 12 iPhone apps that can be useful business for people in a variety of industries.

Using the Factiva Snapshot

2012-03-08T13:07:00.002-06:00

How to find a SWOT Analysis | bizologie

2012-03-08T09:42:00.002-06:00

How to find a SWOT Analysis | bizologie

You may be able to find these through your local public library. Check the post for details.

LawHelpMN.org

2012-03-07T17:20:00.001-06:00

Need help translating legal terms or phrases used in Minnesota law? Try LawHelpMN.org.

10 Google Search Tricks You Might Not Know

2012-03-06T15:32:00.002-06:00

Christine Erickson of Mashable Tech provides a list of Google Search tricks that you didn't know existed by the search engine giant.

Factiva iWorks

2012-03-06T13:15:00.002-06:00

CaseCheck+ Casemaker's Negative Treatment Citator

2012-03-06T09:14:00.001-06:00

Introducing The New Casemaker

2012-03-06T09:13:00.001-06:00

Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk

2012-03-05T16:05:00.003-06:00

Alex Knapp of Forbes Magazine present 5 Leadership Lessons from Captain James T. Kirk from the TV Series, Star Trek.

Bloomberg Law and BNA

2012-03-05T10:29:00.000-06:00

Guest post at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog.

Could BNA Content Integration with Bloomberg Law Be a Match Made in Heaven for Your Law Firm?
Cheryl Niemeier, Director of Library Services
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
3/5/2012

Cheryl Niemeier discusses different Bloomberg Law options and what it might mean for libraries and law firms.

Libraries and Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster

2012-03-04T19:29:00.002-06:00

Here is the online video presentation of Libraries and Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster by Jaye H. Lapachet and Camille Reynolds.

The Infinite Viscosity of Managerial Brain Droppings

2012-03-02T13:22:00.000-06:00

The Infinite Viscosity of Managerial Brain Droppings

Friday humor from 3 Geeks and a Law Blog.

DART parking

2012-03-01T10:49:00.000-06:00

DART has an information page on their "Fair Share" parking service at http://www.dart.org/riding/paidparking.asp.

LexisNexis eBooks

2012-03-01T10:43:00.001-06:00

Most Admired Companies

2012-03-01T10:19:00.001-06:00

Money Magazine's survey of the top 50 most admired companies, led by Apple, Inc.

Open Site Explorer

2012-03-01T10:03:00.003-06:00

Open Site Explorer is a free search engine tool that performs competitive and marketing research. You can search 65 billion URLs and 9.2 trillion links.

Copyright kings are judge, jury and executioner on YouTube

2012-03-01T09:28:00.001-06:00

Copyright kings are judge, jury and executioner on YouTube

YouTube user posts video that was shot out of doors. ContentID flags background as music - only it isn't, it's just bird calls and other outdoor sounds. Music licensing group Rumblefish files a takedown notice, and YouTube grants it. Read more at Ars Technica.

Copier humor

2012-02-29T08:54:00.000-06:00

Man and Woman Versus Machine
Amy F. Goodusky
The Connecticut Law Tribune
February 29, 2012

Tales of an emotionally sensitive copier and the men and women who deal with it.

This reminds me of one of my professors, who said librarians would always be expected to know how to unjam printers and copiers, simply because these machines resided in the library. And because librarians are very good at deciphering instructions.

25 Game-Changing iPad Apps for Law Students & Lawyers

2012-02-28T15:50:00.002-06:00

OnlineCollege.org provided a list of iPad Apps for Law Students and Lawyers.

Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Annual Conference

2012-02-28T13:27:00.002-06:00

The Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Annual Conference & Exhibition is May 14-17, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. For information on registration, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors, please go to this link below:

http://www.scip.org/content.cfm?itemnumber=10422

Bloomberg NEXT?

2012-02-28T09:18:00.002-06:00

Law Librarian Blog - Bloomberg NEXT launched. Maybe the end of the DOS screen/unique keyboard?

Viewing Factiva Results

2012-02-28T09:10:00.001-06:00

How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google's New Privacy Policy Takes Effect

2012-02-27T16:31:00.002-06:00

Eva Galperin provides a list on how to remove your Google search history before the Unified Privacy Policy takes place on March 1st. Here's the article.

Elsevier Withdraws Support for the Research Works Act.

2012-02-27T13:45:00.001-06:00

Elsevier's response regarding their withdrawal from the Research Works Act.

Pondering Changes

2012-02-27T13:37:00.004-06:00

Interesting and thought-provoking article by Jenny Wondracek about the changes that are taking place in the legal informatics world and Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

More on briefs and copyright

2012-02-27T13:19:00.002-06:00

Copyrighted Legal Briefs Continued - Law Librarian Blog, 2-27-2012.

Legal Research: Tips on How to Get More Out of Google Scholar

2012-02-27T09:15:00.002-06:00

Jay Pinkert of Shatterbox has an article on how to conduct legal research using Google Scholar. The illustrations are provided by HackCollege.com.

Top 10 Most Useful iPad Apps for Lawyers & Law Students

2012-02-27T08:41:00.001-06:00

SkytechGeek's Top 10 Most Useful iPad Apps for Lawyers & Law Students

Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives

2012-02-24T16:13:00.000-06:00

Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives

Ars Technica article discussing several recent cases involving encrypted hard drives, and when the government can compel production of the password, and when it cannot.

Brief quote:

Two rulings this week helped to clarify the circumstances under which a defendant can be compelled to reveal the contents of an encrypted hard drive. On Wednesday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals let stand a judge's ruling in a Colorado case that the defendant in a mortgage fraud case could be compelled to produce the contents of her encrypted laptop. But on Thursday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Florida contempt of court charge against a suspect in a child pornography case who refused to decrypt the encrypted contents of several hard drives. (cont)

Copyrighted briefs?

2012-02-24T16:10:00.000-06:00

Something I saw over at the Law Librarian Blog:

Lawyer Copyrights Briefs, Sues West And Lexis for Distributing Them
February 24, 2012
Law Librarian Blog
Two lawyers have opened a can of copyright worms by filing a class action suit against West and Lexis for using briefs in the brief banks sold by their respective companies. (cont)

Google+: a basic overview

2012-02-23T16:20:00.002-06:00

Legal bloggers Kevin O'Keefe and LexBlog presents, Google+: a basic overview

Knowledge Management Introduction

2012-02-23T13:10:00.001-06:00

Hey, Google, what happened to Advanced Search?

2012-02-23T11:17:00.000-06:00

I went to Google a few minutes ago to run a search in the Advanced Search template, only to find the little gear icon missing! Google is making it more difficult to find their Advanced Search and Scholar features (just overnight), but I found ways around this.

Advanced Search - http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/

The ROI of Social Media

2012-02-22T16:36:00.001-06:00

America's Largest Private Companies

2012-02-21T15:09:00.000-06:00

Forbes has published their list of largest American private companies here. Clicking on the company name will bring up a brief synopsis of the company.

Hat tip to Bizologie!

LexisNexis Introduces CaseMap 10 with Full-Text Search

2012-02-21T14:26:00.002-06:00

LexisNexis announced the introduction of CaseMap 10, a new version of the company’s award-winning fact and issue management software that now features full-text search capabilities and bulk importing of electronic documents into the CaseMap database. For more information, read the article.

Pinterest stands apart in a crowded social network world

2012-02-21T10:00:00.002-06:00

Introducing The New Casemaker

2012-02-21T09:56:00.001-06:00

LexisNexis Rolls out Newly Re-designed Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Index App for iPhone

2012-02-21T09:05:00.003-06:00

Lawyers are becoming more and more mobile – working remotely, traveling to meetings, back and forth to court and speaking at conferences – so it is no wonder that applications which aid in productivity have gained enormous significance. For lawyers who are always on the go, LexisNexis recently released a completely redesigned Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Index app for iPhone to help them connect with other lawyers or referral sources.

The app provides direct access to the renowned Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms so that legal professionals can quickly refer cases to an attorney in another jurisdiction, check out an opposing lawyer’s credentials or search for outside counsel then quickly connect with the most appropriate person or firm. Its features include:

Options to search for lawyers and law firms according to Martindale-Hubbell Ratings, law school, name, area of practice and location
Ability to call a firm or lawyer directly from the search results page
Access to comprehensive profile listings with contact information, Martindale-Hubbell Peer and Client Review ratings, bar admission details, website link, and more
Maps and driving directions to a lawyer’s office
Ability to create and store notes on lawyers and law firms for future reference

“We developed this iPhone app with lawyers in mind and rolled it out quietly last year, so we were amazed when there were nearly 1,000 downloads of the app within weeks,” said Len Gilbert, vice president, Customer Experience. “Since the initial soft launch, we redesigned the app to bring the user experience to the next level, including all-new screen images for easier viewing, location detection functionality and additional search fields for finding the right attorney or law firm. This app is a great mobile tool that allows legal professionals to find, evaluate and connect with the right lawyer while they’re on the go.”

To download the Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Index app for the iPhone, click here.

Stealth-Search engine

2012-02-20T13:58:00.003-06:00

Stealth is a a new privacy search engine that has no tracking, ads, recording of IP addresses, and cookies. You can search in secret. Want to learn more? Here's how it works, please view here.

American Jurisprudence vs. Google Search

2012-02-20T13:56:00.001-06:00

Pecha Kucha - answer to Death by PowerPoint?

2012-02-17T08:15:00.000-06:00

Bore me,no more! - Why A PK is the answer...
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
2/16/2012
Zena Applebaum
Post about the Special Libraries Association Competitive Intelligence Division webinar on Pecha Kucha.

Related articles from AALL Spectrum (vol 15, issue 1) regarding PK sessions for AALL 2010

Pecha Ku-What?
Japanese Performance Art Adds New Life to Presentations
By Donna M. Fisher

Harnessing the Power
Three Principles for Great PowerPoint Presentations
By Jennifer S. Stephens

DuckDuckGo

2012-02-16T14:48:00.003-06:00

DuckDuckGo is a search engine that uses information from crowd-sourced websites that provide instant answers, improved search relevancy, less spam and emphasizes privacy by not sharing or recording one's information online.

SLA 2012 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Chicago

2012-02-16T10:05:00.001-06:00

February DALL Meeting

2012-02-15T18:35:00.005-06:00

This month's DALL meeting will be February 29th at Fulbright & Jaworski from 12-1PM:

Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800
Dallas, Texas 75201

Topic: Lexis E-Books, The Evolution of E-Books in the Legal World

E-Books Basic Features & Linking Functionality
Content availability
Lending
Pricing & Licensing

Speaker: Scott Meiser, Director of Product Planning

RSVP to the Evite invitation or to Charles Woodard (cwoodard@hunton.com) by Monday, February 27, 2012.

GPO Makes Avaiable the Federal Budget for the 1st Time as an App

2012-02-13T17:06:00.005-06:00

The GPO released a mobile app for the FY 2013 budget of the U.S. Government. The app will provide users access to text and images of the budget, including messages of the President, information on the President's priorities, and overviews organized by the agency. In addition, the app is free to the public and be downloaded with the following mobile devices: iOS 4.3 and above, Android 2.2 and above, and Blackberry OS version 6.0 and above. For more information about the GPO App, read here.

Westlaw Drafting Assistant – Transactional

2012-02-13T16:02:00.002-06:00

Join AALL in Boston!

2012-02-13T15:22:00.002-06:00

Apps for Legal Research & News LibGuides at UCLA School of Law Library

2012-02-09T14:30:00.001-06:00

Here is a list of official sources available at the Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library at the UCLA School of Law.

Free Legal Research

2012-02-09T13:48:00.002-06:00

The Cleveland-Marshall College Law Library provided a list of Free Legal Research.

BLOOMBERG LAW ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH DLA PIPER FOR LEGAL RESEARCH

2012-02-09T13:20:00.000-06:00

Bloomberg Law to Provide DLA Piper’s US Lawyers with Legal Research and Business Information Platform. Read the article here

Factiva Newsletter Builder

2012-02-09T13:15:00.001-06:00

100 Ways to Become a Twitter Power User

2012-02-08T13:57:00.001-06:00

100 Ways to Become a Twitter Power User

Staying Relevant - Series Concludes

2012-02-08T12:28:00.002-06:00

Toby Brown concluded his "Staying Relevant" series on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog today. Here's a recap of the links to the eight entries.

LexisNexis VP and MD Suzanne Petren-Moritz Discusses New Practice Adviso...

2012-02-07T10:35:00.001-06:00

Law Library Briefs Part 3: Free v. Fee: Resources for Competitive Intelligenc...

2012-02-07T10:22:00.007-06:00

Law Library Briefs: Free v. Fee: Resources for Competitive Intelligenc...: Perhaps a little known fact is that most public libraries in large citiesand towns offer corporate library cards for the businesses that res...

Law Library Briefs Part 2: Free v. Fee: Resources for Competitive Intelligenc...

2012-02-07T10:22:00.006-06:00

Law Library Briefs: Free v. Fee: Resources for Competitive Intelligenc...: This is Part 2 of a 3 part series and it takes a look at the advantages and limitations of free Web resources for competitive intelligence. ...

Law Library Briefs Part 1: Free v. Fee: Resources for Competitive Intelligenc...

2012-02-07T10:22:00.005-06:00

Law Library Briefs: Free v. Fee: Resources for Competitive Intelligenc...: This is part 1 of a 3 part series on free v. fee based resources for competitive intelligence research. Part 1 showcases single search fee-b...

Survey: Got Embedded Librarian??

2012-02-07T08:49:00.000-06:00

Survey: Got Embedded Librarian?? 3 Geeks and a Law Blog is running a survey on embedded librarians in preparation for the ARK Group Conference on Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services.

Advanced Case Law Searching with Google Scholar

2012-02-06T12:59:00.001-06:00

Staying Relevant - the ongoing series of posts

2012-02-06T09:45:00.000-06:00

Toby Brown has an interesting series of posts on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog on how law firms can or should stay relevant.

Case Law Research with Google Scholar

2012-02-06T09:04:00.001-06:00

Using Google Scholar for Legal Research

2012-02-06T09:02:00.001-06:00

Social Pulse

2012-02-04T13:13:00.004-06:00

Reuters has launched the news media social site, Social Pulse. The website uses trends from Twitters account Reuters and other journalists that follow news headlines. Sectors include: Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Industrial, and etc. One key section that Social Pulse has is that they posted with Klout to track the most social CEOs and you can view their profile and access their Twitter page.

NowRelevant

2012-02-04T12:34:00.006-06:00

NowRelevant is a search engine that can monitor millions of sources and fees to give users the most up to date pertinent information on a subject. It allows users to access a wealth of resources dated back to the past 14 days from the time of their search. Advantages of NowRelevant are:

Video Embedding as a PPC Ad - Use a video that is currently online as your PPC ad and have it show up next to search results as the user viewing listings pertaining to your video.
Banner Ad as a PPC Ad - Use a 250x250 banner as your PPC ad, as opposed to just text
Affiliate Network Friendly - Use hoplinks or affiliate links for your direct linking
20% Affiliate Referral Program - Earn 20% of all deposits from people you refer to the NowRelevant.com PPC program, forever. 2nd Tier earnings at 5% as well.
No Traffic Outsourcing - We do not outsource any ad space or take any other advertisers ads for NowRelevant.com. There is minimal chance of phantom clicks or fraud clicks due to this rule. Say goodbye to ad campaigns that received "700 clicks" and no sales or email opt ins. We only show ads that are put directly on our network and we NEVER outsource your impressions to meet a goal.

Here is a video to that demonstrates the comparison between Google and NowRelevant.

Developing and Using Stories to Teach Legal Research

2012-02-04T12:26:00.004-06:00

The Developing and Using Stories to Teach Legal Research webinar will be on February 22d and you must complete registration and payment by February 16th at 5 PM (CST).

Participants will be able to:

Discuss techniques to identify appropriate stories for teaching legal research
List ideas for developing a story narrative for use in their law libraries
Learn three of the essential elements of educational storytelling

Speakers:
Vanessa Christman (formerly Uribe) is the director of the El Dorado County Law Library and was previously a public reference librarian and director of the Roseville Public Library’s Adult Literacy Service. She is a contributor to AALL Spectrum and Public Libraries magazines and a regular conference presenter.

Beth Wrenn-Estes is a full-time lecturer in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University and teaches courses including: Young Adult Materials; Children's Programming and Services; Storytelling; Intellectual Freedom; and History of the Book. She is a storyteller, booktalker, collection development specialist and youth advocate.

Moderator: Mark E. Estes, Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library.

For more information, please go to the AALL Continuing Professional Education website here.

PLL-SIS Webinar Date Change

2012-02-01T15:29:00.005-06:00

Libraries & Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster webinar by the PLL-SIS has been changed from February 16th to the 29th. Here is the link for more information.

Tips for Writing a Successful AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant Proposal

2012-01-30T16:13:00.001-06:00

Do you have a bright idea? We’d love to fund it! Please join the Continuing Professional Education Committee on February 7 at 11am central for a special learning opportunity to explore how to get funding for an upcoming program. Learn about the program, the application process and hear about program successes all just in time to meet the deadlines for submission. The AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant can assist you in providing ongoing quality continuing education programming outside of the AALL Annual Meeting. All AALL chapters, special interest sections, member institutions, caucuses, and individual AALL members are encouraged to apply. Here is the webinar registration website.

WestlawNext iPad App Adds New Collaboration Capabilities

2012-01-30T15:29:00.003-06:00

Thomson Reuters has a new version of WestlawNext's iPad app available. The app features enhanced folders for sharing responsibilities, users can save their research results including notes and KeyCite warning flags along with folders that can be shared with other others and much more.

Legal App Resources

2012-01-30T15:03:00.002-06:00

Tim Baran of Legal Productivity provided a list of legal apps and resources that can be useful to the mobile attorney:

- iPhone JD
-Mobile Legal Apps
-Law Sites
-Law Firm Mobile

Market to Market: A Commentary

2012-01-24T14:52:00.002-06:00

Our member Linda Will of Thompson & Knight has a feature article on AALL's Spectrum Online. Here is the link to the article:

http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Spectrum-Online/market-to-market.html

LexisNexis News Search App

2012-01-24T13:41:00.008-06:00

LexisNexis News Search App is available on iPhone and iPad. Subscribers can download the application your News Direct or Nexis.com ID and Password. Users can search, browse, and email news content. There are features that will make your search more efficient and precise:

-Exact phrase or word and commands
-Excludes words, non-business news and newswires
-Restrict by date
-Show stories of more than 500 words

Death index no longer free

2012-01-23T08:56:00.001-06:00

Take note if you need to verify date of death: Andy Zimmerman reports in his blog that the death index, sponsored by Ancestory.com, is no longer free.

Call for Speakers – Gov on the Go: Mobile Apps

2012-01-22T14:59:00.003-06:00

The Government Information Division of SLA is looking for speakers for a session on mobile apps in government libraries. The session is called Gov on the Go: Mobile Apps and will take place at the 2012 SLA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, Wednesday July 18, 2012 at Noon. If you are interested in being a speaker, please contact Kim Schultz, Division Chair, at kim.yall@gmail.com.

More Than Just Words: This Is What It Really Means to Talk Like a Lawyer - Magazine - ABA Journal

2012-01-19T09:19:00.000-06:00

More Than Just Words: This Is What It Really Means to Talk Like a Lawyer - Magazine - ABA Journal

Hat tip to Mark Estes for posting this link in the AALL Annual Meeting Special Committee eGroup. It's worth the few minutes that it takes to read this column, very good points about making effective presentations. Biggest takeaway:

List your points or topics up front
Announce or restate each point or topic before discussing it
Stop when you are done

Congresional Record App

2012-01-18T15:50:00.003-06:00

The Congressional Record by the Library of Congress has an app for iPad. You can browser editions of the Congressional Record from January 4, 1995 to present. Perform keyword searches, share documents via email, save documents to the iPad PDF reader, and identify the latest bills and resolutions from the House and Senate.

AALL's Fact about SOPA

2012-01-18T15:02:00.003-06:00

Stop Online Piracy Act

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R. 3261, is intended to address the legitimate and growing problem of international intellectual property infringement, piracy and counterfeiting through new and expanded enforcement mechanisms and criminal penalties. These activities mainly exist through so-called “rogue websites” that provide access to or serve as distribution mechanisms of infringed, pirated, or counterfeit materials.

However, SOPA threatens to change the protections available to internet users and libraries. It has the potential to weaken the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbors that have allowed the internet to thrive, and threatens the privacy and freedom of speech of internet users.

Section 101 of SOPA provides new definitions, including distinctions between domestic and foreign internet sites and domain names, definitions for internet advertising services and search engines, and definitions of internet site owners and operators.

Section 102 gives the U.S. Attorney General new powers to bring actions against “foreign infringing sites that are „U.S.-directed.‟” These actions can be against the domain name registrant, website owner or against the domain name itself. Temporary or permanent injunctions can be obtained then used against internet service providers, search engines, payment processing systems, and internet advertising services, requiring them to block access or no longer provide services to enjoined websites.
Sections 103 through 105 give new powers to content owners to issue notice and take-down notices to payment providers, advertising services, and other intermediaries, which would require them to block “sites dedicated to the theft of U.S. property.”
Of particular concern to libraries, Section 201 adds a criminal penalty for unauthorized streaming of copyrighted works or making them available on a “computer network accessible to members of the public.”

AALL urges members of the House of Representatives to vote “No” on SOPA because:
 SOPA is overly broad. If used as intended, SOPA provides mechanisms for attacking websites that engage in infringing activities. However, the broad language opens too many websites to liability. For example, a library website that streams or posts content that is knowingly or unknowingly protected by copyright -- even if the post is arguably covered by fair use, or is reposted from another site -- could be subject to the sanctions by SOPA. Many websites that are neither rogue nor trying to enable infringement could be sanctioned.

SOPA threatens free speech and fair use rights. The expansion of content-owner notice and take-down powers could be used to target fair uses and chill willingness of users to fairly utilize copyrighted works.

SOPA inhibits free expression. SOPA discourages the use of copyrighted or potentially copyrighted works (e.g. orphan works) for any purpose, even legitimate, non-harmful ones. For example, the criminal penalties raise the specter of YouTube videos of individuals “covering” copyrighted songs being subject to criminal sanction even if their use of material is non-harmful and non-commercial.

Written by George H. Pike, AALL Copyright Committee
AALL Contact: Emily Feltren, (202) 942-4233, efeltren@aall.org
January 2012

Another view of whether or not Lexis should be sold

2012-01-18T08:19:00.000-06:00

Joe Hodnicki on Law Librarian Blog writes a long blog post regarding the whys and wherefores of whether or not it would be a good idea for Lexis to be put up for sale. Compare this to Jean O'Grady's post a few days ago that explored the idea of Bloomberg should think about purchasing Lexis.

Deep web resources

2012-01-17T09:33:00.000-06:00

Marcus P. Zillman has published an extensive list of deep web resourses on LLRX.com.

Lexis Advance App

2012-01-17T08:54:00.004-06:00

Lexis Advance App by LexisNexis is available for iPhone. Features include:

• Instant Search – run a search without having to select a specific source, delivering relevant results for both text and citation. Filter answer sets according to jurisdiction, date, legal topic, key word or court.
• Evaluate your Case with Shepard’s® – Validate whether cases and statutes are still good law and save your findings in your folders for easy access wherever you are.
• Stay Organized with Work Folders – Work folders let you save documents and access saved search, citations and Shepard’s® results which are shared with Lexis® Advance web-based application.

Note: To access this app, you must have a current LexisNexis subscription along with a valid ID/ password.

The Legal Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Selected Resources

2012-01-16T11:47:00.003-06:00

A list of Resources provided by the University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library

The Influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Select Bibliography

Archer, Jules. They had a dream : the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. New York : Viking, 1993.

E185.96.A730 1993 Regenstein

Baldwin, Lewis V. The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. : the boundaries of law, politics, and religion. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.

E185.97.K5L35 2002 D’Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

To make the wounded whole : the cultural legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992.

E185.97.K5B3530 1992 Regenstein

Toward the Beloved Community : Martin Luther King, Jr. and South Africa. Cleveland, Oh. : Pilgrim Press, 1995.

Bell, Derrick A. Race, racism, and American law. 5th ed. New York : Aspen Publishers, c2004.

XXKF4757.B352 2004 D'Angelo Law Library

Branch, Taylor. Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

E185.61.B79140 1988 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-1965. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

E185.61 .B7915 1998 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Carnahan, Douglas G. "Dr. King's legal legacy : his work reshaped the justice system." The Los Angeles Daily Journal. 108 (January 13, 1995) : no.9, p.6, col.3.

Chappell, David L. Inside agitators : white southerners in the Civil Rights Movement. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1996.

E185.61.C543 1996 D’Angelo Law Library

A Stone of hope : Prophetic religion and the death of Jim Crow. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004.

E185.61.C5435 2004 D’Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Clark, Leroy D. “A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : a man of peace and wisdom.” Widener Journal of Public Law. 2 (1993) : 431-446.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/wjpl2&collection=journals&id=439

Cook, Anthony E. "Beyond Critical Legal Studies : the reconstructive theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Harvard Law Review. 103 (1990) : 985-1044.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hlr103&collection=journals&id=1003

"Critical Race Law and affirmative action : the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Harvard Blackletter Journal. 8 (1991) : 61-97.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hblj8&size=2&rot=0&collection=journals&id=69

"King and the Beloved Community : a communitarian defense of black reparations." George Washington Law Review. 68 (2000) : 959-1014.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gwlr68&collection=journals&id=975

The least of these : race, law, and religion in American culture. New York : Routledge, 1997.

BR115.P7C646 1997 D’Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

The dangers of domestic spying by federal law enforcement : a case study on FBI surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King. Washington, D.C. : Washington National Office, American Civil Liberties Union, 2002.

http://www.aclu.org/congress/mlkreport.PDF

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=10610&c=207

"Dr. Martin Luther King's life in proactive engagement : the lawyer as social activist in the community." (Symposium, Southeast/Southwest Teachers of Color Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 7-9, 1998) Alabama Law Review. 50 (1998) : 1-133.

(articles by Steven H. Hobbs, Helen Bishop Jenkins, Blake D. Morant, and Cheryl L. Wade)

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/bamalr50&collection=journals&id=9

Dudziak, Mary L. Cold War civil rights : race and the image of American democracy. N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.

E185.61.D85 2000 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Dyer, Edgar. "A 'Triumph of Justice' in Alabama : the 1960 perjury trial of

Martin Luther King Jr." Journal of African American History. 88 (2003) : 245-267.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=12449917

Eyes on the Prize : America at the racial crossroads. PBS Home Video, 1992.

[VidCass]E185.61.E956 1992 D’Angelo Law Library, LawMic

Eyes on the Prize : America’s civil rights years. Alexandria, Vir. : PBS Video, 1986.

[VidCass]E185.61.E955 1986 D’Angelo Law Library, LawMic

Garrow, David J. Bearing the Cross : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. New York : W. Morrow, 1986.

E185.97.K5G360 1986 Regenstein

The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. : From "Solo" to Memphis. New York : W.W. Norton, 1981.

E185.97.K5G370 1981 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Protest at Selma : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1978.

JK1929.A2G370 Regenstein

Greenberg, Jack. Crusaders in the courts : how a dedicated band of lawyers fought for the civil rights revolution. New York : Basic Books, 1994.

XXKF4757.G6990 1994 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

(covers the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund's civil rights reform initiatives).

Crusaders in the courts : legal battles of the Civil Rights Movement. New York : Twelve Tables Press, 2004.

XXKF4757.G6992 2004 D'Angelo Law Library

"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Law". Congressional Record. 114 (1968) : 17109.

J11.R D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Haines, Andrew. “Why law schools should celebrate the contribution of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” National Black Law Journal. 10 (1987) : 224-236.

KA1.B65 D'Angelo Law Library

Hampton, Henry and Steve Fayer with Sarah Flynn. Voices of freedom : an oral history of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s. New York : Bantam Books, 1990.

E185.61.H2240 1990 D'Angelo Law Library, Harper

Kennedy, Randall. “Martin Luther King’s Constitution : a legal history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.” Yale Law Journal. 98 (1989) : 999-1067.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ylr98&collection=journals&id=1017

Klarman, Michael J. From Jim Crow to civil rights : the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

XXKF4757.K58 2004 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Kotz, Nick. Judgment days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the laws that changed America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Bernard Grofman, ed. Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000.

XXKF4757.L44 2000 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Lewis, Harold S., Jr. and Elizabeth J. Norman. Civil rights law and practice. 2d ed. Hornbook series. St. Paul, Minn. : Thomson/West, 2004.

XXKF4749.L495 2004 D'Angelo Law Library, Reserve Reading Room

Luban, David. “Difference made legal : the Court and Dr. King.” Michigan Law Review. 87 (1989) : 2152-2224.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/mlr87&collection=journals&id=2174

Oppenheimer, David Benjamin. "Kennedy, King, Shuttlesworth and Walker : the events leading to the introduction of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." University of San Francisco Law Review. 29 (1995) : 645-679.

http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/usflr29&collection=journals&id=661

"Martin Luther King, Walker v. City of Birmingham, and the Letter from Birmingham Jail." U. C. Davis Law Review. 26 (1993) : 791-851.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/davlr26&collection=journals&id=803

(includes the text of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" at pages 835-851)

"Martin's march." ABA Journal. 80 (June 1994) : 54-57.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9501061412

Peake, Thomas R. Keeping the dream alive : a history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from King to the nineteen-eighties. New York : P. Lang, 1987.

E185.61.P40 1987 Regenstein

Perea, Juan F. and Richard Delgado, Angela P. Harris, and Stephanie M. Wildman. Race and races : cases and resources for a diverse America. St. Paul, Minn. : West, 2000.

XXKF4755.A7P47 2000 D'Angelo Law Library

Pillsbury, Samuel H. “Creating freedom : Birmingham, 1963, a legal sermon in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, January 15, 1999.” Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. 33 (2000) : 747-774.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/lla33&collection=journals&id=773

Reflections of the dream : 1975-1994, twenty years of celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Clarence G. Williams, ed. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1996.

E185.97.K5R44 1996 Regenstein

Smith, Beverly McQueary. “Ethics, the legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and the movement toward environmental justice.” Environmental Law Journal. 1 (1994) : 1-14.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/envtc1&collection=journals&id=7

Sunstein, Cass R. "What the Civil Rights Movement Was and Wasn't (with Notes on Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X)." University of Illinois Law Review. 1995 : 191-209.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/unilllr1995&size=2&rot=0&collection=journals&id=205

“Symposium in Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Columbia Law Review. 68 (1968) : 1011-1048.

(articles by David L. Bazelon, Charles L. Black, Jr., Stanley H. Fuld, William T. Gossett, Earl Johnson, Jr., Louis Lusky, William D. Rogers, Albert J. Rosenthal, and J. Skelly Wright).

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clr68&id=1039&collection=journals

"Symposium : Thirtieth Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act." University of San Francisco Law Review. 29 (1995) : 631-740, 875-910.

(articles by Quang D. Nguyen, John Minor Wisdom, Roger K. Newman, David Benjamin Oppenheimer, Llewellyn E. Thompson, II, Mary C. Dunlap, Jack W. Londen, Pedro A. Noguera, Robert F. Drinan, and John A. Powell; also called "Thirty Years Later . . . Civil Rights in America : Dreams vs. Reality")

http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/usflr29&id=647&collection=journals

Turner, Ronald. "The Dangers of Misappropriation : Misusing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy to Prove the Colorblind Thesis." Michigan Journal of Race & Law. 2 (1996) : 101-130.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/mjrl2&collection=journals&id=107

Weisbrot, Robert. Freedom bound : a history of America's Civil Rights Movement. New York : Norton, c1990.

E185.61.W3940 1990 Regenstein, Harper

Westin, Alan F. and Barry Mahoney. The trial of Martin Luther King. New York : Crowell, [1974].

KA653.Z9K38W3 D'Angelo Law Library

E185.97.K5W4 Regenstein, Harper

Whalen, Charles W. and Barbara Whalen. The longest debate : a legislative history of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Washington, D.C. : Seven Locks Press, 1985.

XXKF4756.A315A1680 1985 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Williams, Juan. Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years, 1954-1965. New York, NY: Viking, 1987.

XXKF4757.W520 1987 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Other Books and Articles:

"A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." (Long Island University)

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm

"The American Civil Rights Movement" (The British Library)

http://www.bl.uk/pdf/americancivilrights.pdf

Library Catalog Subject Headings on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,1929-1968 (also specific subdivisions such as –Influence, --Political and social views, --Views on law, etc.)

African American civil rights workers.

African-Americans—Civil rights.

African Americans—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States.

Afro-Americans—Civil rights.

Birmingham (Ala.)—Race relations.

Civil rights movements—Alabama—Birmingham—History--20th century.

Civil rights movements—Alabama—Montgomery—History--20th century.

Civil rights movements—Alabama—Selma—History--20th century.

Civil rights movements—United States.

Civil rights workers—United States.

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963.

Memphis (Tenn.) —Race relations.

Montgomery (Ala.)—Race relations.

Race discrimination—United States.

Race discrimination—Law and legislation—United States.

Racism—United States.

Segregation in transportation—Alabama—Montgomery (use for the Montgomery Bus Boycott)

Selma (Ala.)—Race relations.

United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964.

United States—Race relations.

Primary Source Documents

Act of November 2, 1983, P.L. 98-144, 5 U.S.C. §6103(a)

"To amend title 5, United States Code, to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday."

(see "M.L.K.: Living the Legacy" The University of Chicago Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Commemoration (January 10-January 17, 2005), at <http://mlk.uchicago.edu/index.html>, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Committee at <http://www.king-raleigh.org/>, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service page at http://www.mlkday.org)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

July 2, 1964, P.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, 42 U.S.C. §2000a note

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/civil_rights_1964.htm

http://library.cqpress.com/scc/lmkusc-0004829855

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

August 6, 1965, P.L. 89-110, 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C. §1971, 1973 et seq.

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/voting_rights_1965.htm

http://library.cqpress.com/scc/catn65-0000762725

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Walker v. City of Birmingham, 388 U.S. 307 (1967)

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.usreports/usrep388&id=343&collection=usreports

(violation of temporary injunction to prevent Martin Luther King, Jr. and others from protesting in Birmingham)

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" (April 16, 1963; reproduced by Stanford University)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

(Martin Luther King, Jr. responding to a letter from eight Alabama clergymen, "An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense," April 12, 1963, at

http://www.bplonline.org/Archives/faqs/letterrespondedtobymartinlutherking.asp)

"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" (April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. speech)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/Beyond_Vietnam.pdf

"The Quest for Peace and Justice" (December 11, 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture)

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html

Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts: Subject: Martin Luther King, Jr. (FBI files)

http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/king.htm

(see also FBI security investigation of Stanley Levison, an advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr. at <http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/levison.htm>)

Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, June 2000)

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/mlk/part1.htm

King Assassination Conspiracy Trial (CourtTV)

http://www.courttv.com/archive/trials/mlk-civil/120899_verdict_ctv.html

Websites

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

http://www.bcri.org/index.html

Black Studies (City College of New York; includes civil rights links)

http://origin.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/library/blacks.html

"Citizen King" (PBS' American Experience two-hour documentary film)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/

Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice)

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/

Civil Rights Documentation Project (University of Southern Mississippi)

http://www.usm.edu/crdp/index.html

(includes oral history transcripts and audio clips)

Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/resources.htm

Civil Rights (Cornell University)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/civil_rights.html

Civil Rights Movement Veterans

http://www.crmvet.org/

The Civil Rights Project (Harvard University)

http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/

Civil Rights Resources

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/society/crlinks.htm

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

http://www.core-online.org/

Internet Resources: "The Civil Rights Movement" (C&RL News, September 2004)

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2004/september04/civilrights.htm

The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change

http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

http://www.lawyerscomm.org/

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

http://www.civilrights.org/

Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project (Stanford)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

(includes links to selected full texts of the multi-volume series, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., at http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/papers/index.htm;

also biographical information, texts of documents, speeches, and audio clips, a "King Encyclopedia", an interactive timeline, chronologies of major events, classroom resources, etc.)

Multicultural/Civil Rights Links

http://www.willamette.edu/org/mlsa/web_links.htm

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

http://www.naacpldf.org/

National Association for the Advanced of Colored People (NAACP)

http://www.naacp.org/

"Racial Justice" (American Civil Liberties Union)

http://www.aclu.org/RacialEquality/RacialEqualityMain.cfm

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

http://sclcnational.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center (Civil Rights Memorial Online)

http://www.splcenter.org/crm/crmc.jsp

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

http://www.usccr.gov

We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

How One Bit of Stupidity Could Have Brought Down a Multi-Million Dollar Media Company

2012-01-13T09:35:00.001-06:00

Peter Shankman shares his experience on an airplane when he was sitting next to a gentleman who was viewing confidential company information. Shankman. He provided tips on how to avoid having private information from being hacked. Here's the article.

80 Great Twitter Feeds for Law Students

2012-01-13T09:27:00.002-06:00

These twitter feeds maybe geared toward law students, but these resources are useful to other legal professionals too.

http://www.onlinecollege.org/80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students

Webinar: Beyond Newsletters

2012-01-12T17:58:00.001-06:00

Beyond Newsletters: Better Ways to Inform Your Users

Tuesday, January 24th, 9 am CST

Register: http://web.freepint.com/5bfhgc

No Charge!

Whether you use newsletters in your mix today or are considering them for tomorrow, there are innovative new ways to simplify the internal newsletter creation process. Also, there are a few newsletter alternatives that you may want to consider when deciding how best to accomplish the goal of keeping users informed. In this webinar, you'll learn some tips and tricks you can apply today to give your newsletters the lift they are looking for.

January Meeting: HeinOnline

2012-01-12T13:02:00.001-06:00

Dallas Association of Law Librarians
Event Details
January Vendor Meeting: HeinOnline , which is the world's largest image-based legal research database.

Please join Roxanne Marmian from HeinOnline, who will discuss new and existing HeinOnline libraries, new enhancements, and new HeinOnline features. Lunch will be provided by Hein.

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 12:00n - 1:00pm
Location: Winstead
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75270

Please respond to Charles Woodard by January 13, 2012 so that we will have time to order lunch.

Mobile Ethics

2012-01-12T09:52:00.002-06:00

The New York Bar Association has a mobile app to locate legal ethical opinions is now available. Mobile Ethics is free and available on Apple iOS, Google's Android and Blackberry. There two other application that are in being developed.

Federal Agencies Using Social Media

2012-01-12T09:35:00.002-06:00

Here is a list of Federal Agencies using Social Media. These include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, RSS feeds, Flickr and etc.

Jerome Rubin Dies at Age 86

2012-01-12T09:28:00.003-06:00

Jerome Rubin, an attorney and physicist who help launched the online research company LexisNexis into the market died in New York at the age of 86 on Monday. Rubin was hired by the Ohio based company in the 1970s to promote the novel product a computer based retrieval system or database of case law.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/jerome-rubin-death-lexis-nexis_n_1201420.html

http://www.librarystuff.net/2012/01/12/jerome-rubin-helped-forge-lexisnexis-dies-at-86/

ABA Free Legal Research Training Session in New Orleans, LA

2012-01-11T11:53:00.003-06:00

ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress Offers Free Training Session on How to Conduct Free Legal Research Online in NOLA Next Month

Hat tip to Amy E. Horton-Newell, Director, ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress for calling this interesting education and professional development opportunity to my attention.

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress will host a free training program on how to conduct free legal research online at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans on Friday, February 3, 2012. Librarians, lawyers, law students and researchers are encouraged to attend.

Program Details

How to Conduct FREE Legal Research Online
Friday, February 3, 2012
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Fleur de Lis A, Lobby Level

This program will focus on the legal research services and resources available from the Law Library of Congress and other free online collections. Following a general overview of the Law Library and its services, there will be an explanation of the organization, structure and content of the two leading websites maintained by the Law Library—THOMAS, covering federal legislative information beginning with the 104th Congress (1995) with full texts of bills, resolutions, the Congressional Record, legislative calendars, committee information, treaties plus much more! Learn about the Law Library's global research services, vast collections in 195 languages from over 220 jurisdictions worldwide, and expert legal staff from Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. Expert legal researchers will also highlight other free online collections and search engines to equip participants with reliable sources for legal research.

Learning Outcomes:

Familiarity with the specialized services, websites, collections and expert legal research staff available from the Law Library of Congress free to all including solos, practicing lawyers, librarians, researchers and those new to the profession;
Understanding of the organization, structure, content, and search strategies to perform time‐saving legal research in THOMAS and other free legal databases from your own computer wherever you are in the world; and
Interactive research demonstrations and explanations of websites and other research products produced and maintained by the Law Library of Congress as well as other authoritative Web‐based collections and useful search engines.

Speaker: Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Download the Program Announcement.

Librarian recommended apps

2012-01-10T12:53:00.000-06:00

Camille Reynolds, Director of Knowledge Management at Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP, posted "...a brief column on Librarian Recommended Apps for Lawyers (no subscription req'd) as part of the NOCALL's "Beyond the Shelves" series in the local publication The Recorder an ALM publication." - quote from her email to PLL-SIS listserv dated 1/10/2012.

Reuters News Pro App

2012-01-09T12:22:00.003-06:00

Thomson Reuters has an app called Reuters News Pro for iPad. The app features access to breaking news from around the globe, provided detailed company profiles that includes business descriptions and director profiles, customize a list to monitor stocks and business, video coverage of news, easy to install application and more.

Barnes & Noble considering selling Nook Unit

2012-01-05T15:13:00.001-06:00

Barnes & Noble is considering selling their Nook ebook reader unit, according to the New York Times. This could be good news for the company, although -

... a spinoff of the unit would raise questions about Barnes & Noble’s ultimate fate. While holiday sales tied to the Nook, including both devices and digital content, rose 43 percent from the period a year earlier, the company’s brick-and-mortar sales rose just 2.5 percent.

TabuLaw

2012-01-05T10:57:00.003-06:00

TabuLaw is a new website that makes legal research and writing simple for users. When conducting a search, TabuLaw uses Google Scholar to locate cases. You are able to find the case, read it, and highlight passages. With those highlighted passages, the text can be saved automatically with the citation. In regards to legal writing, the website Google Docs to create and edit a document, can upload documents from your computer and have other features.