Criminal Law Library BlogFebruary Content Release
This month’s content release includes the following NEW content:
12 years added to the Congressional Record Bound
Articles Posted in News from Organizations
News From ALA: American Libraries Direct
February 27, 2008.
Supreme Court rejects wiretapping suit
“The U.S. Supreme Court declined February 18 to consider whether plaintiffs who believed they had been spied on without a court order could challenge the legality of such surveillance without tangible proof-even if the proof is classified as a state secret. The rejection of the ACLU v. NSA appeal came two days after the expiration of the Protect America Act, which from August 2007 until February 16 legalized warrantless eavesdropping on phone and internet communications to U.S. homes, workplaces, libraries, and elsewhere….”
Ten Top Stories from the ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter
February 29, 2008:
Our Top Ten Stories of the Week
Implementing Virtualization: Techniques and Tools for Microsoft Windows
From Symantec
Summary:
Most IT professionals know or suspect that virtualization of computer systems may have an important role in their organization’s evolving infrastructure – though where and how are likely under investigation. Some organizations will decide that virtualization isn’t necessary. Others will find that they want to implement it in places, but not across the board. Sill others will move to implement it on a large scale. For those who decide to implement virtualization, the question is how to do it. Many people are not aware that a number of conversion tools and techniques are available now in the Microsoft Windows environment.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO): Standards Under Consideration
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’d largest developer and publisher of international standards. Many of these standards relate to matters of interest and concern to law libraries and law librarians. Part of their process for standards development is to prepare drafts to various interested groups for comment and review. The following are among the standards currently under review by various groups, including the American Association of Law Libraries.:*
ISO TC 46 Open Ballots These ballots are in progress. Please send your vote and comments to: nisohq@niso.org
ISO/DIS 23081-2, Information and documentation — Records management processes for Metadata — Part 2: Conceptual and implementation issues
ABA Publications Information
Information regarding selected publications of the American Bar Association received in February 2008:
Essential Rules for the Deponent You need to prepare your client for a deposition. Preparation is the key to successfully reconstructing what did or did not happen in the case. How many rules are there for a witness in a deposition? What are the essential dos and don’ts for the deponent? Don’t head into your next deposition without reviewing the essential rules.
Individual Responsibilities To be effective in decision-making and oversight activities, a director must understand the corporation’s operations, including its areas of business and the competitive environment in which it operates. This knowledge enables the director to evaluate independently corporate and senior management performance, to provide strategic guidance, to work with management and other directors in developing and evaluating corporate objectives and strategic plans, and to challenge, support, and compensate management as warranted.
User Created Lists on WorldCat.org Made Available as RSS Feeds
From: OCLC Updates. February 26, 2008.
WorldCat.org users who want to keep tabs on lists of items created by fellow users can now do so without having to return to the site: Public WorldCat lists are available as RSS feeds that can be monitored using any RSS-capable service or software.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an information format used by news-media sites, blogs and other Web services that are frequently updated. RSS feeds typically carry brief summaries of the information currently available at a specific Web location, so you can see what’s new without having to view the site in a browser.
Superior Direct and Cross Examination: Demonstrations from Trial Masters
The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and The South Carolina Bar Present:
Superior Direct and Cross-Examination: Demonstrations from Trial Masters of the ABA Criminal Justice Section and the S.C. Bar*
8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2008
American Libraries Direct February 20, 2008
News from the American Library Association:
House allows warrantless wiretaps law to expire
A dramatic showdown between House Republicans and Democrats February 14 has led to Congress beginning a one-week break without sending any surveillance legislation to the White House. The result is the February 16 expiration of the Protect America Act, which since its enactment in August 2007 has permitted the National Security Agency to eavesdrop without a court order on foreign communications, including phone calls and email exchanges, between someone “reasonably believed to be outside the United States” and a person on U.S. soil, as well as communications traveling to or from U.S. libraries…
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter February 22, 2008
Ten Top Stories:
Legal Ethics