LLAGNY CLE PROGRAMS -- 2012

Wish I could be in NY December 14 for this program alone:

New York Legal Research: Finding Legislative Histories & Regulations, with William Manz, Esq., St. John’s University Law School Library

http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llagny/CLE_2012.html

Annual Meeting - Register Now!

On behalf of the officers and board of directors, you are cordially invited to the 58th annual meeting of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York to be held September 28-30, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Buffalo, New York.

To register, or for more information, visit the ALLUNY annual meeting website.  We hope you will be able to join us!

Legal Blawg Archive from Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/law/find/web-archive/legal-blawgs.php


The Law Library of Congress began harvesting legal blawgs in 2007.  The collection has grown to more than one hundred items covering a broad cross section of legal topics.  Blawgs can also be retrieved by keywords or browsed by subject, name, or title.

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Antitrust
• Business, Commercial, & Corporate Law
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Courts
• Criminal Law & Procedure
• Family & Estate Planning Law
• Foreign, International, & Comparative Law
• Government, Administrative Law, & Politics

• Intellectual Property
• Law Review
• Legal Academia
• Legal Ethics
• Legal History & Philosophy
• Miscellaneous
• State & Local Law
• Taxation
• Technology & Law

Pronouncing Dictionary from Yale Law students

http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/blog/law/?p=1719

Thanks to Christine George from UB's Sears Law Library for this information.

A Rilly Big List of Competitive Intelligence Resources from LLRX

http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm#searchengines

Did the British burn all the books? Remembering the war of 1812 and the first Library of Congress

http://www.llrx.com/features/librcongresswar1812.htm

NYT article on Google Street View

As a follow-up to Andrew Kloc's presentation on privacy at last week's terrific Spring Institute, I present the article below. Does anyone else skim a news story and then go directly to the reader comments? I believe they are the best part.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/technology/google-privacy-inquiries-get-little-cooperation.html?_r=1&hp#commentsContainer

2012 Spring Institute - May 18 - Syracuse, NY

You are cordially invited to the 2012 Spring Institute on Friday, May 18, 2012 from 9:30 am to 3:15 pm at the H. Douglas Barclay Law Library at Syracuse University College of Law.  We will enjoy a varied program of QR (Quick Response) codes and it’s applications in libraries; The Erosion of Privacy – a brief history; and ALLUNY’s journey to tax exempt status. A continental breakfast and buffet lunch are included in the registration fee. Discount parking will be available for $4.50.

The deadline for registration is May 11. Registration form, program brochure (including agenda), and directions to Syracuse are included with this invitation and online at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/si2012.

Thanks and praise are heaped upon the staff of Barclay Law Library for graciously giving their time and resources  to hosting another Spring Institute.

Please let me know if you have questions or need assistance. I look forward to seeing you in Syracuse on May 18.

City of Buffalo releases technical report on proposed zoning changes

The report outlines the City's proposed approach to overhauling its zoning ordinance, a use-based or "Euclidean" code that dates to 1953.

http://fixbuffalo.blogspot.com/2012/04/code-green-city-releases-zoning.html