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By: Raneta Lawson Mack
“This NEW work from William S. Hein & Co., Inc. will take readers one step further than other texts on the market. Most other comparative works in the area of criminal justice are primarily dedicated to the issue of reforming criminal procedure. This work, on the other hand, forgoes a reform-oriented analysis in favour of clarifying the criminal process in other countries as they exist today. Mack offers readers a deeper look into five international legal systems: France, Russia, Spain, Germany and England. This work is unique and distinctive as it provides readers with a retrospective launching point from which to understand and compare current processes. Comparative Criminal Procedure is not just another criminal procedure casebook!” Continue to brochure.

List Price: $95.00 Published: Buffalo; William S. Hein & Co., Inc.; 2008

The Federal Register has announced the launch of a new Electronic Public Information Desk to Provide free public access to public documents.*

To view these documents, go to www.federalregister.gov (link opens in a new window). See “View Documents on Public Inspection” (link opens in a new window) on the left hand side. This new desk grants the public access to documents that will be published in the next day’s Federal Register as early at 8:45 a.m. EST. Previously, such documents could only be seen by viewing the documents physically located at the Office of the Federal Register in Washington, DC.

See Press Release at: http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2009/nr09-06.html

On Thursday November 6, 2008 the Law Library Association of Greater New York (LLAGNY) presented in conjunction with the Electronic Legal Information Access and Citation Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) a program at the New York County Lawyers Association in New York City regarding how findings of the 2007 authentication report published by AALL and its ELIAC Committee can be adopted in the State of New York.

The program consisted of a panel of representatives of AALL, its Electronic Legal Information Access and Citation (ELIAC), and two agencies of New York state government, the New York State Reporting Bureau and the Office of General Counsel of the New York State Department of State discussing the AALL Authentication Report, published in 2007 and approaches, strategies, and challenges to adopting its findings to authenticating and otherwise validating in accordance with accepted standards New York State primary source legal information published on the web.

The following are links to the opening remarks of the moderator, David Badertscher, Slides frm the presentation of Mary Alice Baish,and a summary of the program kindly provided by Theodore Pollack, Senior Law Librarian at the New York County Public Access Library, who attended the program, and to the program announcement from LLAGNY. Other links will be added if they become available.

2009 LARRY J. HACKMAN RESEARCH RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT THE NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust announce the availability of awards for qualified applicants to conduct research using historical records at the New York State Archives. The Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program is intended to support advanced research in New York State history, government, or public policy. The program encourages public dissemination of research products. The Hackman Research Residency Program honors the New York State Archivist who headed the dramatic development of the State Archives between 1981 and 1995.

Applicant/Project Eligibility – Applicants must be engaged in an original research project using historical government records held by the New York State Archives. Preference will be given to projects that: (1) have application to enduring public policy issues, particularly in New York State, (2) rely on holdings that have been little used and are not available on microfilm or electronically, and (3) have a high probability of publication or other public dissemination. Research in records held by other institutions is not eligible for support.

Previous residents have included academic and public historians, graduate students, independent researchers and writers, and primary and secondary school teachers. Projects involving alternative uses of the Archives, such as research for multimedia projects, exhibits, documentary films, and historical novels, are welcomed.

From The 411, November 2008 (The Newsletter of the Webby Awards).

This year, we have seen an even greater reliance on the Web for active involvement in the political process. With this in mind, the Webby Awards has created a special Top 10 list of political Web moments that have influenced this arena. Read about them and get engaged in this year’s election, by voting!

Also, check out Fox News’ coverage of our 10 most influential Web moments in politics.

With a historical presidential election only days away, William S. Hein & Co., Inc. is highlighting some of its presidential works:

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:

Containing the Public Messages, Speeches and Statements of the President

Electronic publlications from William S. Hein & Company:

HeinOnline’s U.S. Federal Agency Library

The U.S. Federal Agency Library is a complete collection of the official case law of some of the United States’ most important government institutions. This case law, also known as decision law, is the body of reported judicial opinions that are published by each agency and thereby become precedent and the basis for future decisions. This Library contains titles from various government agencies, including the FCC, NLRB, FTC, ICC, IRCB and many more. Continue to brochure.

The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008 is available at http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS0808/RS/ERS0808w.pdf.

Although this study was done with undergraduate students, it provides useful information relevant to all students in all fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Of particular interest to lawyers and law librarians might be Chapter 4: Ownership of, Use of, and Skill with IT; Chapter 5 IT and the Academic Experience; Chapter 6 Social Networking Sites, and the Bibliography included at the end of the study.

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