News from ALA and the world of libraries: New York librarian becomes embedded journalist in Iraq “Twice in the past two years, librarian Shelby Monroe persuaded the 101st Airborne Division to let her be an embedded war correspondent and blogger. In those articles and accompanying photographs, she tries to capture…
The Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science at River Forest, Illinois (near Chicago) has been conducting a series of innovative workshops on this topic, including the following: March 17, 2008: 4-6pm “Get a Voice: Why Writing, Blogging and Speaking Out Are Crucial to Advancing Your LIS Career”…
QUESTION: I am interested in finding out the types of assignments that other Heads of Tech Services (or equivalent titles) are responsible for, besides just running the tech services dept. I’m wondering if there is a future for those of us in this position. Is this position part of the…
From: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Welcome to the second issue of the Routledge Library Newsletter! The aim of the Newsletter is to provide you with the latest news about all our products including reference books, eBooks, online products, and major works. We want this Newsletter to be an interesting…
NEW YORK (AP) – Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Wednesday that he is resigning, completing a spectacular fall from power for a politician whose once-promising career imploded amid allegations that he paid thousands of dollars for high-end prostitutes. “I look at my time as governor with a sense of what might…
Tammy Raum is: Senior Research Librarian, New York City Law Dept. Library and may be contacted at: tammyraumprof@gmail.com Research Information for State Administrative Code: NYCRR and Litigation Protocol Consultation of the complete unofficial New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) is now available on a complimentary basis on the New…
“more than $1 million in alleged prostitution proceeds laundered through two front accounts. For additional information click on links below to the Press Release and the Complaint Press Release To view the Emperors Club complaint, U.S. v Mark Brener et. al. click here.
BY: Ruest, Danielle and Nelson Ruest. ‘Windows Vista Virtulization: What You Need to Get Started,” Informationweek.com News. (March 10, 2008). “Running Vista in a virtual machine gives users access to all of the operating system’s features while avoiding hardware and application-compatibility obstacles. Here’s a primer to get you started, with…
William S. Hein & Co., Inc. & the American Association of Law Libraries are Looking for Proposal Ideas for the AALL Publications Series Do you have an idea for a new publication? The AALL Publications Committee, together with William S. Hein & Co., Inc. welcomes proposals relating to law librarianship…
March 7, 2008 Our Top Ten Stories of the Week Evidence Test to Spot Liars Takes Center Stage in Personal Injury Cases Mar 5, 2008, 06:20 am CST Expert witnesses are citing a test designed to spot those who are faking their pain in hundreds of court cases, prompting debate…