From the Introduction: “On the Record, the report from the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, describes a new technological environment in which libraries have exciting opportunities for making information resources available and useful to new and demanding audiences. The Working Group has spent a year studying how…
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Wisconsin State Law Library June 2008 Newsletter
The June issue of WSLL @ Your Service has been published at http://wsll.state.wi.us/newsletter/0806.html In this issue: *What’s New: Please take a 5-minute survey about our website; Library news and upcoming events *Start Here: A Selected List of Resources on … Estate Planning in Wisconsin *This Just In…: Selected new and…
HeinOnLine: Monthly Recap for May 2008
World Trials Library With the addition of 99 new trials in the May content release, HeinOnline’s World Trials Library now contains 1,300 titles. If your library does not already subscribe to one of the most astounding online trials collection in the world, now is the time. Click here for the…
New York Unified Court Law Librarian Association Newsletter
May 2008 issue: The May 2008 Pro Se Newsletter, the newsletter of the New York State Unified Court System Newsletter, is being distributed because it contains at least two articles of possible interest. One article “Web-Based Services at the Supreme Court Criminal Term Library New York County” by me describes…
New Publications from Thomson West – Criminal Law and Procedure
May 2008 Product Media List Price Gillespie Michigan Criminal Law and Procedure: Search and Seizure, 2008 ed. – NEW Analyzes Michigan search and seizure law in light of the Fourth Amendment. $132.00 Gillespie Michigan Criminal Law and Procedure with Forms: Practice Deskbook, 2008 ed. – NEW Quickly locate pertinent Michigan…
Recent Publications Announced by William S. Hein and Co. May 2008
REFLECTIONS OF A LAWYER’S SOUL The Institutional Experience of Professionalism at Thomas M. Cooley Law School Edited by Amy Timmer & Nelson Miller “Professionalism is, as the title suggests, a reflection of the lawyer’s soul. It suggests a self-reflective and transformative way of examining and shaping the professional identity, consciousness,…
Directory of European Union Information Sources
Published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group: The Directory of EU Information Sources “This is a new seventeenth edition of The Directory of EU Information Sources. It brings together a broad range of information sources, comprising not only the various constituent institutions of the European Union, their personnel, publications, information…
Recent ABA Book Publishing Announcements May 2008
Never Enough: One Lawyer’s True Story of How He Gambled His Career Away By Michael J. Burke “I heartily recommend this book for every lawyer in America and to anyone whose life is being sadly touched by a loved one undergoing an addiction of any kind.” –John W. Reiser, President,…
AALL State-by-State Survey and Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources
An Introduction* David Badertscher How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web? The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) published the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources (Authentication Report) that answers this very important and timely question. The comprehensive report examines and draws conclusions from the…
Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control – Resource Description and Access (RDA)
As information becomes available to us, we post information about the status of various initiatives including the Working Group for Bibliograph Control and RDA. On May 1 we received the following correspondence from Richard Amelung, the AALL representative to this group: Dear all– As your AALL representative on the Working…