Criminal Law Library BlogThe Organisation of South African Law Libraries (OSALL) is one of the sponssors and will be participating in this Conference:
NINTH Southern African Online Information Meeting
Tuesday 3rd of June to Thursday 5th of June 2008 CSIR Conference Centre
Articles Posted in Library Reference and Research
New on LLRX for April 2008
The following is a listing of articles which appear in the most recent issue of LLRX at the time of this posting. See http://www.llrx.com:
The Personal Information Trainer, by Stuart Basefsky http://www.llrx.com/features/personalinfotrainer.htm
Criminal Law Resources: Fingerprint Evidence Challenges, by Ken Strutin http://www.llrx.com/features/fingerprintevidence.htm
Sources of Information about Judges
On April 4, 2008 Patricia Barbone sent an e-mail to the Law Library Association of New York (LLAGNY) listserv in which she listed the following two excellent sources where information about judges can be found.:
Judicial Reports is an on-demand service that covers NY Judges. The first profile you request is $600, then second is $500, and the third is $400. All subsequent profiles are $400. Reports generally consist of
1. A sample profile of judge
Library Reference Renaissance Conference: August 4-5, 2008, Denver
Call for Participation
Deadline Extended to April 22, 2008
A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends August 4-5, 2008 Denver, CO Conference website: http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance
American Libraries Direct April 4, 2008
American Libraries Direct is e-newsletter of the American Library Association. Here is the Table of Contests for the April 4, 2008 issue:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
U.S. & World News ALA News Booklist Online D.C. Update Division News Round Table News Awards Seen Online Tech Talk Actions & Answers Poll Calendar
ABA Criminal Justice Section E-News April 2008
Every month I look forward to receiving the ABA Criminal Justice Section E-News. True to form, the April 2008 issue just received is filled with information to those involved with criminal justice issues. Here are some exampled highlighted in the April 2008 issue:
Net Neutrality: “Why the Internet Can’t Remain Free”
Net Neutrality: Why the Internet Can’t Remain Free *
“Most users want a free Internet, but that’s not going to be possible by 2010, Gary Beach argues. Without a major investment by those who own the pipes, the likes of Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, Internet traffic will come to resemble rush hour traffic in Los Angeles.”
________________________________ *From CIO Insider April 3, 2008
ABA Publications: Juries and Trials
The Litigation Manual: Jury Trials
Edited By Weyman I. Lundquist and Alyson Pytte The Litigation Manual has been valued as much for its refreshing style as its practical, how-to approach. This addition to The Litigation Manual library focuses on jury trials. The book takes you step-by-step through the stages of a jury trial, providing concrete, time-proven techniques and innovative ideas from many of the country’s preeminent trial lawyers and judges. And it contains some of the best legal writing available-clear, informal and never dull. Read it and you will learn how to deal more effectively with the situations you face in a jury trial.
Vouching: A Defense Attorney’s Guide to Witness Credibility, Law and Strategy
SLA Legal Division Quarterly
The Legal Division Quarterly is published four time a year as a Newsletter of the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association. Included in the WinterSpring 2007-08 issue is a very interesting article “Help – The Lifeguard is Drowning!: Thoughts and Reflections on How Librarians Can Stay Afloat in the Information Age” by T. Z. Maleef, (the article begins with a great quote from Linton Weeks of the Washington Post). In addition to this article the issue also includes the following which collectively highlight the broad range of activities of this organization:
Editor’s Letter Liz Smith
From the Board Room Nola Vanhoy
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to Form Study Committee on Online Authentication of Legal Materials
From the AALL E-Newsletter, March 2008:
“We have just learned of an exciting new outcome of AALL’s National Summit on Authentic Legal Information in the Digital Age convened by Immediate Past President Sally Holterhoff in April 2007. Delegate Michele Timmons, Minnesota revisor of statutes and a National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) commissioner, submitted a proposal to the Uniform Law Commission in June 2007 to create a study committee to explore the complex issues regarding digital authentication. The Law Revision Commission recently approved the new Study Committee on Online Authentication of Legal Materials to investigate the issues and discuss the feasibility of a uniform law or model act. The chair and members of the new study committee will be appointed in August, and AALL has been invited to name an observer…”