Criminal Law Library BlogMarch 2009 Volume 34 Number 3.
The March 2009 TSLL issue is published and now available for your viewing. Check out the current news.
Articles Posted in Library News and Views
News from the Metropolitan New York Library Council
March-April 2009 Issue:
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is the largest of New York State’s nine reference and research systems, multi-type library organizations often known as “3R Cooperatives” METRO serves a region that includes the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester County.
METRO has a broad and expanding array of member libraries, including law libraries, METRO provides services to its members and assists them to work together and meet the reaearch and informational needs of the people in the region; it is committed to resource sharing, library professional development, and has one of the largest and most effective library advocacy programs in the region.
From the Library Journal Academic Newswire
March 19, 2009
Intentional Upheaval: ACRL Report Says Libraries Must Turn Crisis into Opportunity
Q&A: To What Extent and Under What Conditions Are Congressional Research Reports Official Documents? *
Q\UESTION::
In a recent e-mail, someone from Canada asked asked how she could obtain an “official copy” of a Congressional Research Service report, “one from Congress,” not one from the website of an organization such as the Federation of American Scientists. The responses which follow are very interesting; they address a variety of related issues including the following: Are Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports that contain added designations such as watermarks, trademarks, or copyright notices official and are they in the public domain? Does the U.S. Government have any special rights to use copyrighted materials? and can CRS reports always be freely disseminated as government documents?
RESPONSES:
New York Public Library: Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
Frances FitzGerald: The Religious Right and Why it Grew
Wednesday, March 18, 7:00 PM
Legal Division Quarterly: The Winter/Spring 2009 Issue
The Legal Division Quarterly is the Newsletter of the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association:
The 2009 Winter/Spring issue of the Legal Division Quarterly is now online at:
http://units.sla.org/division/dleg/Newsletter/LDQ%20Winter%20Spring%20v16n1&2.pdf
Q&A: Spanish Vietnamese Versions of Court Websites
QUESTION*
For courts who have translated their public website into the Spanish and/or Vietnamese languages:
Do you have a Spanish and/or Vietnamese version of your court public website?
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO): Strategic Plan 2009-2014
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), the New York State reference and research library resource system serving New York City and its metropolitan area, has just released its Strategic Plan 2009-2014. This stragetic plan which was developed through a broad consultative and inclusive process (including input from law libraries), addresses the needs of its member libraries, the demands of a changing library/information world, and the course METRO should take. As for disclosure, I participated in the planning and development of this Stragetic Plan as a member of the METRO Professional Planning Group. In the past I have also served as a member of the Board of Directors of METRO.
In view of the importance and urgency of issues addressed I am posting the entire Strategic Plan here with the hope that it will be distributed widely among libraries, their parent organizations, and other organizations concerned about libraries and librarianship. We would also appreciate comments.
David Badertscher
From the Americqan Libraries Direct
American Libraries Direct is the e-newsletter of the American Library Association (ALA),
March 11, 2009.
Highlights:
New Books: New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department Library
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: