Articles Posted in Library Organization and Planning

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Kelly Sonora of the bestcollegeonline blog recently sent us an article by Jessica Merritt recently posted on their site and invited us to post it here we thought our readers would be interested. We do think it will be of interest to many of our readers, particulary those law librarians who serve public patrons and appreciate the opportunity of posting it here. Because the article contains many links we will include only the first paragraph here but will provide a link to the bestcollegeonline blog so you can read the entire article:

25 Important Legal Issues Every Librarian Should Research

By Jessica Merritt

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A list of forthcoming books scheduled for publication in 2008 selected from a subject search of BIP Professional on October 9, 2008:

Enforcing the Law: Police and Society

Author: Publisher: Wadsworth ISBN or UPC: 0-534-62343-3 (Active Record)

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U.S. Federal agencies join together to define digitization guidelines. For more information see the complete posting entry on the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Washington Blawg

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The following is from a letter announcing that Taylor & Franis Group has recently acquired the publishing portfolio of Haworth Press:

Taylor & Francis Group recently acquired the publishing portfolio of Haworth Press. I am writing to give you advance notification of our schedule for migrating the ejournals from www.haworthpress.com to www.informaworld.com to allow for a smooth platform transition for you and your users.

Timeline From November 2008 we will begin to load journal titles formerly published by Haworth Press to www.informaworld.com. From this point, no new content with a 2009 volume year will be added to www.haworthpress.com, nor will any new accounts be created on the site. We expect this load to be complete by mid-December, and for all Haworth content to be available on informaworld from this point.

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State Court and County (SCCLL) is a Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL):

The SCCLL Resource Guide #3 is now officially published and ready to be sent out from AALL HQ. The guide to ordering is here:

http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_insights.asp

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An e-newsletter of the American Library Association

Trenton library plans to close all its branches

A potential citywide budget deficit of as much as $28 million has led the Trenton (N.J.) Public Library to develop plans to close all four of its neighborhood branches. Library Director Kimberly Bray announced the library board’s decision, which followed an across-the-board 10% cut in funding to all city departments, in an email to staff September 10. Some 60 residents attended a September 23 city council meeting devoted to the closings-the third such meeting held over eight days-at which Bray described three options, all requiring staff layoffs….

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The following is from an announcement received from Emily Carr, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress, on September 24, 2008. It should be of great interest to all who need to follow foreign and international developments in the law.

Redesigned Global Legal Monitor Launched

The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned Global Legal Monitor [http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?home]. The Global Legal Monitor has transformed from a monthly published PDF to a dynamic continuously updated website. The new Global Legal Monitor has the ability to view legal developments by topic [http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?allTopics] (more than one hundred so far) and by jurisdiction [http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?allJuris] (over one hundred and fifty). The content of the Global Legal Monitor can also be searched through its advanced search interface.

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Law Library Association of Maryland Newsletter
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llam/publications/llamnewsletter/Llamnews200809%20(2).pdf

No password required. Please be patient if the document takes a little while to open.

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TITLE: Legacy And Legitimacy SUBTITLE: Black Americans And The Supreme Court AUTHORS: Rosalee A. Clawson and Eric N. Waltenburg PUBLICATION DATE: December 2008 PUBLISHER: Temple University Press PAGE COUNT: 224 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59213-903-3

PRICE: $23.95

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The Commission on Presidential Debates has partnered with MySpace to create a new Web site, www.MyDebates.org. This site will become available in the days leading up to the first Presidential debate on September 26. The more questions submitted, the more likely a library question will be asked. This is an opportunity for the library voice to become an important part of the 2008 Presidential election. Librarians need to submit questions to this web site in order for their voices to be heard.

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