The GD-SIS Publications Committee is proud to announce three new bibliographies ready for purchase.
1. State Documents Bibliography: Washington, DC (series # 3-74)
2. Selective Annotated Bibliography of Delaware State Documents and Other Resources Used in Delaware Legal Research (Series # 3-73)
Findlaw Criminal Law Center Provides “information and help if you or a loved one are faced with a legal need related to the criminal justice system…”
Cornell University Law School: Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Criminal Codes and other subjec categories of statutes
Washlaw, A free service of Washburn University School of Law. For links to governmental and non governmental criminal justice information, click here
This ABA voting information website, www.abavoteinfo.org, is a project of the ABA Division for Public Education and the Standing Committee on Election Law, in cooperation with the Section of Administrative Law, the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, the Judicial Division, the Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, and the Office of the President. It also provides materials for the bar including a call for attorneys to serve as nonpartisan election officials, Election Protection Project hotline volunteers and materials for the public that includes information on the importance of voting and how to register to vote.
All are encouraged to visit this new website.
One of the historic functions of libraries has been preserving and providing access to information in various media. In many ways, digitization of information has positively altered the information landscape. However, with the dynamic nature of such information, vital information preservation issues arise.
In a timely September 13, 2008, New York Times article by Robert Pear that is entitled “In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion,” the issue of institutional preservation of digital information is addressed. The author maintains that many federal records created by email, word processing, or posting on the Internet are being lost to history. This is due to federal employees failing to preserve such material due to the incredible volume being generated. Dramatic examples of these preservation issues include, the appearance of non-functioning links on government websites and removal of important reports such as those critical of the Bush administration.
There is another concern about information loss not addressed directly in Robert Pear’s article. The issue Mr. Pear raises regarding the apparent failure of federal employees to implement adequate procedures to preserve the huge amounts of significant digital materials being generated may also relate to the ongoing necessary maintenance of such information to keep it trustworthy and authentic. No matter how carefully information in digital formats is maintained on an ongoing basis there is always a possibility that it may become corrupted or otherwise tainted, making it untrustworthy and therefore “lost” in terms of its value and relevancy to users. The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is very concerned about this issue because the trustworthiness of all online legal resources, including federal. is fundamental to permanent public access and is inherently a matter of great concern to the legal community
The e-newsletter of the American Library Association*.
Critics revisit library incident that paints Palin as censor
“Journalists and bloggers scrutinizing Sarah Palin’s record of public service have made national news out of a 1996 library incident in Wasilla, Alaska, where the Republican vice-presidential nominee was then mayor. The story that has emerged-in countless reports, from the blogosphere to the New York Times-paints Palin as a would-be censor and then–city librarian Mary Ellen Emmons as nearly losing her job for disagreeing….”
This is not a political blog and we do not endorse people for office; but we do try to provide information in an impartial manner of interest to our readers. The following is a compilation of links from various sources throughout the web we have been able to identify quickly and links to documents we have obtained through subscriptions to Gallerywatch.com and others. We are grateful to all for making this information accessible.
In compiling this small selection of items we have deliberately rejected sources that might sensationalize the issues surrounding Sarah Palin. That is not our purpose. Instead, we want to provide information that will help everyone to rationally to work through the issues in their own way during this election season.
Careers
How Michelle Obama’s ‘Savvy Sacrifice’ Helped Her Husband Aug 25, 2008, 01:28 pm CDT
“Working as an associate at a powerhouse international law firm based in Chicago, Michelle Obama had what many would have considered a dream job for a lawyer. But she gave up the Sidley Austin job to pursue a public interest career. This “savvy sacrifice” has provided her husband, presumptive Democratic.”
Among the issues of public concern with a philosophical dimenion addressed in some of the articles published in Philosophy & Public Affairs are matters related to criminal law and justice.:
“Issues of public concern often have an important philosophical dimension. Philosophy & Public Affairs is published in the belief that a philosophical examination of these issues can contribute to their clarification and to their resolution. It welcomes philosophical discussion of substantive legal, social, and political problems, as well as discussions of the more abstract questions to which they give rise. In addition, it aims to publish studies of the moral and intellectual history of such problems. Philosophy & Public Affairs is designed to fill the need for a venue in which philosophers with different viewpoints and philosophically inclined writers from various disciplines-including law, political science, economics, and sociology-can bring their distinctive methods to bear on problems that concern everyone”.
Here are some questions and responses about Twitter. I have followed the usual practice of deleting any personal information about any of the respondents. That being said I have already found these responses very useful and would like to share them with readers of this blog.
David Badertscher
QUESTIONS: :
TITLE: Three Generations, No Imbeciles
SUBTITLE: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
AUTHOR: Paul A. Lombardo
Criminal Law Library Blog