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Women Legal Magazine’s new report Women in Business: Professional Development Strategies for Women in the Modern Workplace released in 2 weeks time is an unbiased look into strategies and techniques employed by successful women in today’s current workforce, the direct effects they have on their careers, and the impact they have on the organizations they work for.

Below is a brief overview of the report, and a full executive summary and table of contents is available on request.

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The following link leads to the Spring 2009 list of new books that can be found on the new book shelf of the New York Appellate Division Fourth Department Library:

http://www.nycourts.gov/library/ad4/datas/newbklst.pdf

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By Cynthia H. Cwik and Clifton T. Hutchinson

“This eighth book in the best-selling monograph series offers a complete update of Monograph No. 6 focusing entirely on state and federal court expert evidence issues, including the Daubert-Joiner-Kumho Tire trilogy. The easy-to-read format provides quick access to the governing expert evidence rules in federal and state courts throughout the United States. The monograph consists of papers from each of the federal circuits. These papers analyze and summarize the key cases in each circuit and the state courts within the circuit. The book also includes in-depth commentary on the qualifications and increased scrutiny of experts, and the jurors’ perception of expert testimony. New to this edition is an invaluable list of scientific evidence resources on the web by Carol Henderson. ”

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The following is from the Introduction to the 2008 Annual Report: Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, New York State Assembly.* A link to the entire Report follows.

I. COMMITTEE JURISDICTION The Libraries and Education Technology Committee was created in 1997 under the leadership of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The Committee has jurisdiction over legislation introduced concerning the many issues affecting public, academic, school and private libraries.

The Committee develops and reviews legislation affecting the administration and funding of libraries and library systems across New York State. As today’s explosion in information technology has placed new demands on libraries, we are mindful of our responsibility to ensure that New York’s libraries will be able to meet the challenges of the information age. The work done by the Committee assists libraries to sustain the infrastructure and staff resources necessary to allow all New Yorkers access to technological advances available through New York’s vast library community.

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Georgia K. Briscoe* of the University of Colorado School of Law Library has sent the following announcement which we are please to post here for the benefit of all law librarians and perhaps some others as well. Here is her announcement:

In case you haven’t heard, there is a new online SSRN journal which academic technical services librarians will find useful. LEGAL INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY eJOURNAL is edited by Randy Diamond and Lee Peoples. I am pleased to be a member of the editorial board representing technical services issues. The archive already includes over 150 papers and is growing daily. This ejournal provides another avenue for TS librarians to publish.

Subscribers to SSRN will soon start receiving email issues announcing works in progress and recent publications. SSRN will issue a formal announcement soon, but the editors are pleased to provide a pre-launch viewing. Detailed information from Randy and Lee follows. I hope you will check out this new opportunity for professional growth and development.

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