Registration is now open for Lawberry Camp Midwinter, taking place January 16, 2010 at Harvard Law School Library. Visit the new and improved Lawberry Camp website to register and for details: http://lawberrycamp.com/ Lawberry Camp Midwinter will be an all day affair. The day …
Anurag Acharya, Chief Engineer of Google Scholar, will be the guest on this week's edition of BlogTalkRadio's “The Law Librarian.” The discussion will focus on Google Scholar's new Legal Opinions and Journals product. Co-hosts Richard Leiter, Marcia Dority Baker, Greg Lambert, and …
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Gov 2.0: a free 3-hour online conference that will show off some of the brightest examples of Web 2.0 technologies creating greater collaboration, transparency and efficiencies in government will be held on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 12 – 3:30 Eastern …
The next Law Librarian Radio show on Blog Talk Radio will be next Friday, Dec. 4, at 3 pm Eastern time with host Richard Leiter, Director of the Schmid Law Library at the University of Nebraska. Topics for discussion will …
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The blawgosphere has been abuzz the past week about a new feature in Google Scholar: you can now use Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search (still in beta) to find case law as well as patents and articles in legal journals. …
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Excellent news announcement from CS-SISizens Sarah Glassmeyer and Jason Eiseman: Save the Date When: January 16, 2010 9am – 5 pm (Casual dinner outing Friday evening) Where: Harvard Law School Library Why: Why wait until July to meet, learn and …
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts announced on November 2 that it is looking for feedback on PACER through an online survey to assess user satisfaction and generate suggestions for future improvements to the system. The survey is part …
The Congressional Research Service has published a report (37 page pdf) entitled Congressional Printing: Background and Issues for Congress. It is a must-read for gov docs librarians (and law librarians who deal with Congressional documents). The report gives an overview …
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AALL is sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, Nov. 19 from noon- 1 pm Eastern time titled “Global Legal Research: Routes to Success“. It features Jean M. Wenger of the Cook County (IL) Law Library and our own Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign …
This Friday, Nov. 13, at 3 pm Eastern time, CALI will host a free webinar for law school faculty about using CALI lessons in your course, including how you can integrate CALI lessons with TWEN. The presenters will be Prof. …
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