OCLC’s QuestionPoint and Mosio’s Text a Librarian announce virtual reference collaboration Project to offer text messaging reference options to QuestionPoint users. Here is the Press Release : DUBLIN, Ohio, January 15, 2010-OCLC and Mosio are working together to enable seamless integration of Mosio’s Text a Librarian text messaging reference software…
Top 10 Stories for Week Ending January 29, 2010. Law Firms EEOC Sues Kelley Drye Over Firm’s De-Equitization Policy for Older Partners Jan 28, 2010, 02:44 pm CST U.S. Supreme Court Alito Mouths an Objection During Obama’s Speech Jan 28, 2010, 06:25 am CST Careers Vinny of ‘Jersey Shore’ Says…
Includes both useful resources and a request for information from the courts. Nora Sydow reports that the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has recently developed a Social Media and the Courts web module. Included in this module is a state links page that links to courts that are using…
For Week Ending January 22, 2010 Law Students Deluged with Clerkship Apps, Some Federal Judges Don’t Look at All of Them Jan 19, 2010, 03:51 pm CST Law Firms Six Law Firms Make Fortune’s List of Top 100 Places to Work Jan 21, 2010, 08:29 am CST Careers 90-Year-Old Retiring…
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending January 15, 2010 Careers DLA ‘Working Lawyer’ Explains Why He and 8 Others Moved to Jackson Lewis Jan 14, 2010, 09:39 am CST Legal Ethics Unhappy Secretary’s Report Spurs Ethics Trouble for NJ Litigator Jan 13, 2010, 11:42 am CST Business of Law Jones…
David Badertscher Although not primarily a reviewer of legal materials, Kirkus Reviews is one of the most outstanding and respected review magazines devoted to book media. It was founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893-1981) a former head of the children’s book department of Harper & Bros. with the idea…
The New York State Office of the State Comptroller has issued it’s first Citizen-Centric Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. The format for the Citizen-Centric Report was developed by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and is intended to foster innovative means of communication between governments and…
There are a variety of webcasts of lecture series both law-related and general interest available from courts, law libraries, public libraries, and other organizations. Below is a non-comprehensive listing of links to transcripts and related videos (if available) of various types of programs compiled by our Senior Law Librarian for…
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending December 11, 2009 Editor’s Note: The 3rd Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 is now online! Readers are invited to browse the list and are encouraged to register to vote for their favorites. Legal Ethics Hiring Lawyer Rejects Federalist Society Members–and Columnist’s Advice Dec 7,…
Librarian (Preservation) Salary Range: 102,721.00 – 133,543.00 USD /year Open: Monday, December 07, 2009 to Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Series & Grade: PG-1410-14 Position Information: Full Time Career/Career Conditional Duty Location: 1 vacancy – Washington DC Metro Area, DC Who may be considered: US Citizens and Status Candidates JOB SUMMARY:…