In case you missed it, the results from the 2008 version of Marshall Breeding’s Library Automation Survey are available at http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2008.pl. This Survey is international in scope. There were 1,450 responses.
January 21, 2009, President Obama also released the following Memoranda on January 21: “the Memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act, which re-establishes a presumption of openness under FOIA and orders the Office of Management and Budget to ‘update guidance to the agencies to increase and improve information dissemination to…
Governor David Paterson has nominated Jonathan Lippman, currently presiding justice in the Appellate Division First Department of the State Supreme Court, to fill the chief judge’s post that was vacarted when Judith Kaye retired. See Press Release announcing the nomination.
QUESTION: We as a court are in the process of looking under every rock for potential funding sources. To that end we are interested in getting ideas and tips about short- or long-term legislation and policies around the nation that have provided directed funding to court programs or projects. Specifically,…
On December 22, 2008 we posted a list of House committee assignments preferred by many freshman in the 111th congress. Although we have heard nothing more about House commitee assignments, we have heard from the Senate. Senate Majority Harry Reid has announced a partial list of the committee assignments he…
See the Proposed Report of the Special Investigation Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives regarding the possible impeachment of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich.
From: Quinlan Law Enforcement eNews Alert, January 8, 2009. Encounter between officer and defendant in parking lot of convenience store was consensual “An encounter between a police officer and a defendant, as the defendant was walking to his car at a convenience store, in which the officer asked the defendant…
TITLE: The Sodomy Cases SUBTITLE: Bowers v. Hardwick and Lawrence v. Texas AUTHOR: David A. J. Richards PUBLICATION DATE: February 17, 2009 PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas PAGE COUNT: 232 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7006-1636-7 (Cloth) 978-0-7006-1637-4 (Paper) PRICE: $35.00 (Cloth); $16.95 (Paper) NYU law professor Richards is a widely published and…
Top Ten Stories of the Week January 9, 2009. Layoffs Clifford Chance Plans to Ax Up to 80 Associates, Asks Partners to Ante Up Jan 8, 2009, 07:18 am CST Attorney Fees Judge Finds Dewey’s $100K-a-Day Fee Application is Excessive Jan 6, 2009, 09:15 am CST ABA Journal Some People…
January 2009 Happy New Year! The January 2009 issue of WSLL @ Your Service has been published at http://wsll.state.wi.us/newsletter/0901.html In this issue: * What’s New: Upcoming classes; WSLL now offers Wi-Fi; Program highlights services/resources for attorneys * Your Library Resolutions for 2009: A few ways WSLL can help you out…