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Libraries toppled in devastating Chinese earthquake

The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan Province in western China on the afternoon of May 12 killed more than 40,000 people and left another 5 million homeless. In the week after the quake, the Library Society of China posted information on damage to libraries in the region on its Chinese-language website. The library building in Beichuan County collapsed, burying five staff members under the debris, but all were rescued after being trapped for more than 70 hours. The Chinese American Librarians Association has set up a website for donations to support earthquake recovery efforts in China

From: Findlaw Opinion Summaries May 20, 2008.

Court: Paper Money Discriminates Against Blind Users

AM. COUNCIL OF THE BLIND V. PAULSON

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Careers How Rookie Lawyers Can Avoid Big Mistakes

May 8, 2008, 06:48 am CDT

Diamond, Mark P. “Six Critical Steps to Manageing Electronically Stored Information Under FRCP,” : Findlaw for Legal Professionals.(April 8, 2008).

SIX CRITICAL STEPS TO MANAGING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION

“(Mark Diamond) – Litigation always, has been, and will continue to be, a reality of doing business. What is changing, however, is discovery and its focus on electronically stored information (often abbreviated ESI). Recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning the discovery of ESI coupled with the explosive growth of electronically stored documents are exposing organizations to new risks and costs during litigation and the subsequent discovery”

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CRIME AND HUMAN RIGHTSHOW POLITICAL PARANOIA, PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM, AND CONSTITUTIONAL OBSOLESCENCE COMBINED TO DEVASTATE BLACK AMERICA: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY 2007 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS*

MICHAEL TONRY pages 1–34

The following was posted on the LAW.COM: Legal Blog Watch on March 3, 2008 by Carolyn Elefant:

“Everyone in the blawgosphere knows that David Lat is Above the Law. Everyone, that is, except Facebook, which apparently has its own laws that even a blogger of Lat’s stature can’t transcend. Facebook recently banished David Lat from its site, without explanation, according to Daniel Solove at Concurring Opinions. Fortunately, the suspension didn’t last long — as of this afternoon, Lat reports that Facebook responded to Lat’s appeal and reinstated his account.

Lat’s sudden suspension has triggered a discussion among legal bloggers over what type of process is due customers of Facebook prior to ejection from the site. This isn’t the first time that a user’s expulsion from a Web site has generated controversy. Last year, a Second Life user challenged the site’s suspension of his account, with the judge invalidating the Terms of Service as an unconscionable contract of adhesion. But given Lat’s status as an A-list law blogger, his experience has attracted more discussion from the legal blogosphere.

This monthly summary of the www.probono.net/ny online calendar has been developed by Pro Bono Net in collaboration with The Legal Aid Society, Legal Services for New York City and Volunteers of Legal Service. We hope that this format will make it easy for you to keep abreast of upcoming events relevant to the delivery of legal assistance to low-income New Yorkers.

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Does anyone know when this new schedule is coming out?

Library of Congress classification schedule KIA – KIX for Law of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas.

From the AALL E-Newsletter, February 2008.*

David Pogue to be Keynote Speaker at AALL Annual Meeting

I am very pleased to announce that David Pogue, the personal-technology columnist for The New York Times, will come to Portland this July as the keynote speaker for the Opening General Session at the AALL Annual Meeting. Each week Pogue contributes a print column, online column, and an online video for the Times. His daily blog, Pogue’s Posts, is the Times’ most popular blog. He is also an Emmy award-winning technology correspondent for CBS News, a frequent guest on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and a regular on CNBC.

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How many of you have a wiki at your firm? What is it used for? Who is allowed to contribute?