Court Libraries Adapt to Deep Cuts, Changing Technology

Court Libraries Adapt to Deep Cuts, Changing Technology
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Law Collections - Special collections from Cornell University Law Library

http://lawcollections.library.cornell.edu/

Cornell Law Library's special collections has a newly redesigned portal and interface. Additionally the Nuremberg, Liberian, Scottsboro and Trial Pamphlets digital collections have augmented features including;

• Enhanced searching and filtering functions.
• New image viewing and display capabilities including social media sharing. Explore the excellent flip book feature.
• Enhanced integration with Cornell University Library catalog allowing for increased discoverability.

 

Is it Caselaw or Case Law? Twitter, and Everyone Else, Weighs In

http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2015/11/is-it-caselaw-or-case-law-twitter-and-everyone-else-weighs-in.html

Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/us/harvard-law-library-sacrifices-a-trove-for-the-sake-of-a-free-database.html?_r=1

From LLSDC: Quick Links and Sources to U.S. Court Opinions

From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

http://www.llsdc.org/quick-links-to-us-court-opinions

GPO to Digitize Two Million Pages of the Federal Register

“The project is expected to be completed in 2016. Currently, digital versions dating to 1994 to the present are available on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys).”

http://www.bespacific.com/gpo-to-digitize-two-million-pages-of-the-federal-register/

Now over 1,000,000 Items to Search on Congress.gov: Communications and More Added

http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2015/10/now-over-1000000-items-to-search-on-congress-gov-communications-and-more-added/

Save the Date: ALLUNY Annual Meeting Oct. 2 - 4, 2015

The ALLUNY 61^st Annual Meeting will be held October 2 – 4, 2015, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 800 Pittsford-Victor Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Scheduled speakers and programs include Tom Bruce of Cornell’s Legal Information Institute; Joe Gerken, author of the forthcoming “The Invention of Legal Research”; and Amy Emerson and Margaret Jane Ambrose on LEAN Process Improvement. Meeting check-in is scheduled to start Oct. 2 at 10 a.m., with the opening luncheon and vendor meet & greet beginning at noon. The annual banquet dinner with be Friday night at the hotel, and rumor has it the local arrangements committee is planning a post-dinner, outdoor s’mores party. Registration materials will be sent via the ALLUNY listserv in early August. You can also keep up with all things ALLUNY at the association web site: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/alluny/index.asp

Open Access to Law: A Talk at the UN

Tom Bruce will be speaking at the ALLUNY Annual Meeting, October 2-4, 2015, in Rochester.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-access-law-talk-un-thomas-bruce?trk=hb_ntf_MEGAPHONE_ARTICLE_POST

Congratulations to Theo Belniak: UB Chancellor's Awards

20 receive Chancellor's Awards

What ‘Wolf Hall’ highlights about states’ religious freedom laws

http://trove.com/a/What-%E2%80%98Wolf-Hall%E2%80%99-highlights-about-states%E2%80%99-religious-freedom-laws.FCIIj?utm_campaign=hosted&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=sns&ts=1428443101

Revealing the Secret World of Private Companies

http://www.icij.org/resources/revealing-secret-world-private-companies

Step by Step: Creating a Free Citation Alert in Google Schola

http://researchfreedom.com/2012/07/23/step-by-step-creating-a-free-citation-alert-in-google-scholar/

'Social Network for the Dead' Set to Expand Due to Mellon Grant

http://news.virginia.edu/content/revolutionary-research-tool-puts-historical-documents-researchers-fingertips

NCSL’s Ballot Measures database

NCSL’s Ballot Measures database includes all statewide ballot measures for more than a century. The database is searchable by topic area, with options such as abortion, bond measures, criminal justice, education, elections, health, labor and employment, natural resources, tax and revenues, transportation and more. The database is updated as new ballot measures qualify to be on the ballot. On election night, each entry is updated with “pass” or “fail.”

This database is provided for informational purposes only. For details on ballot measures, please contact the appropriate state’s election officials. For information about the database, contact NCSL’s elections team via email or at 303-364-7700. Also, read analysis by NCSL experts of statewide ballot measures on 2014 ballots.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/ballot-measures-database.aspx