Top Ten Stories of the Week ending February 20, 2009: Law Practice Management Last Week’s Layoffs Saved Law Firms an Estimated $100M Feb 17, 2009, 06:52 am CST Law Firms A&O to Ax Up to 250 Lawyers and 200 Staff, Freeze Pay and Ask Partners for Capital Feb 19, 2009,…
BY STEVEN ESSIG* Library Trends Volume 57, issue 1 focuses on “Digital Books and the Impact on Libraries”. Issue Editor Peter Brantley, Executive Director for the Digital Library Federation (DLF), introduces the discussion by summarizing several cataclysmic developments in the library and publishing worlds that are forever changing the production,…
From: Resource Desk, Quinlan’s Law Enforcement Enews Alert, February 17, 2008. Last year was one of the safest years for U.S. law enforcement in decades. The number of officers killed in the line of duty fell sharply in 2008 when compared with 2007, and officers killed by gunfire reached a…
Volume 13, Number 2 of this Newsletter is being reproduced in full on this posting with the permission of its Editor and Publisher, Lesley Ellen Harris. I am grateful to her for granting us this permission. FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending February 13, 2009: Law Firms Bloody Thursday: 6 Major Law Firms Ax Attorneys; More Layoffs at Others? Feb 12, 2009, 01:54 pm CST More Partner Bloodletting Predicted for 2009 Associate Laid Off Twice in Four Months Looks at the Bright Side Hogan &…
DAVID BADERTSCHER Tomorrow is Lincoln’s birthday; it is also the 200th anniversary of his birth, all of which calls for a special celebration of the life, works, and thought of such an inspiring individual. Our current President has said that he has found the thoughts and deeds of Abraham Lincoln…
The following is posted as a service to those readers who still need to convert to digital television: An article by Peter Whorisky and Kim Hart published in the February 11, 2009 Washington Post, “500 TV Stations Still Plan to Make Digital Switch Next Week,”explains “…the onset of the digital…
I was going to post something about the comparative funding levels between the House and Senate versions of the stimulus legislation, but have just learned that ProPublica has already done so on their blog. Congratulations to ProPublica for a really good posting. Here is the link. http://www.propublica.org/special/the-stimulus-bills-house-vs.-senate
The following are links to issues of American Libraries Direct, the e-newsletter of the American Library Association from December 23, 2008 through February 4, 2009, including a special issue devoted to the “tough economy”. Each link will take you to a particular newsletter issue as noted below: http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=m292611&si=u98437424&cfc=3html December 23,…
Rob Richards an in independent law librarian and legal information consultant based in Philadelphia has pub together a Website listing resources useful in creating metadata for digital legal materials . According to Mr. Richards, “the site is intended for use by researchers studying legal information systems and by librarians building…