Latest Edition Of Law Librarians News / excited utterances published

Issue 179 dated 21 August 09 has now been published



Here’s the Table of Contents

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Editorial

excited utterances

Articles
The Knowledge Management Robot
Knowledge sharing at Allen & Overy: Using Blogs and Wikis
Knowledge Structure Mapping

White Papers, Surveys and Reports
Folio on Intranet Management

Books
Method in the Madness?: Research Stories You Won’t Read in Textbooks

LLN News Stories

Nebraska AG Changes Mind On MultiState Antitrust Case Against Lexis Nexis After Closed Door Meeting With Management

Law Librarian Blog Publishes Article Suggesting Legal Publishers New Content Delivery Platforms Don?t Actually Save Law Libraries A Great Deal Of Money

Swets Launches eDeal Renewal Service

Lexis Nexis Australia Launches First e-book

LexisNexis Launches LexisCheck That Alerts Subscribers To Changes In The Law

Hein Has New Sales Director
Florida Court Dismisses LN Suit Against Asher
New Law Librarian of Congress Appointed

Features / Vendor Articles
In our new section vendor articles/features we will feature pieces written by employees at legal publishing, legal technology, legal KM and legal web 2.0 companies. If articles have been paid for we will always let you know

Ross Wishart of IPP in Australia ?.recently supplied us this list of various Aus sites that provide access to free state and federal information. We thought it worth reprinting


Conferences and Events

BIALL (Call For Papers)
ALLICE Workshops (UK)

Collective Intelligence: Nurturing and Capitalising on Your Information Ecosystem

International Legal Technology Association

Customizing and governing SharePoint search (Teleconference)

Australian Law Librarians? Association

Collective Intelligence: Nurturing and Capitalising on Your Information Ecosystem

International Association of Law Libraries

Internet Librarian International 2009


Hitwise
UK Business and Finance – Legal ? All sites ? Weekly rankings for the week ending 01/08/2009 ? Ranks by ‘Visits’


Charon QC
More Free Online Law Texts & Resources
Free online resource for Intellectual Property Law
UK public spied on ?1,500 times a day?

Blogs Du Jour
Article: The Next Big Thing In Mobile ? 5 Trends We?re Watching
Article / Slaw : Law Firm Landing Pages
Blog:
New Blog on Public Legal Education: Blogosaurus Lex (SLAW Update)
Blog: West Australian ? Medical Negligence Blog

Blog Post:
World’s Oldest Blawg Turns 10
Firefox Extension : Zotero
Search Engine: Spezify
Twitter
100 Useful Twitter Feeds for Book Lovers

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Trawling

Amusing Anecdote Story: Life Imitates Westlaw Natural Language Searches
Article: After Settlement in Amtrak Case, Opinions Erased From Lexis and Westlaw

Article: When it Comes to Transparency, Supreme Court?s Web Site is Dark
Article: The Reinvention of Legal Research: The Future Is Now

Blog Article: Just in case
Blog Article: The Value of Legal and Other Online?Resources

Blog Post: Annotated Statutes on Westlaw
Blog Post:
Are Librarians Professionals
Blog Post: Harvard Law School Library Re-engineered
Blog Post: Law Library Of Congress Changes Its Name
Blog Post: Legal publishers suffer as law firms cut library budget by 12%
LLRX Article:
Law Practice Technology Information Sources and Tools
Podcast: AALL Conference Round Up
Rankings: America?s Fastest-Growing Companies: Lists & Rankings, Online Database: 2009 Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 Released
Webcast: Webcast: Lawrence Lessig on Alternative Approaches to Open Digital Libraries in the Shadow of the Google Book Search Settlement

Legal Technology Insider News
Asia-Pacific news round-up

E-purchasing software upgrade

Kestrel flies into Australia

Reckon publishes half-year results

Law Librarians, Legal KM & Legal Publishing Jobs Board

Law Librarians Of Leisure Jobs Listings (USA)

JOB POSTS

Access Services Librarian, University of Minnesota Law Library, MN

Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis, Atlanta, Georgia

Legal Data Analyst, Bloomberg, NJ

Library Assistant, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, NY

Reference Librarian (temporary), UCSD, CA

Law Librarian, Social Security Administration, MD

Assistant Director for Public Services, Charlotte School of Law, NC

Full Posting: Director, Rittenberg Law Library, St. John?s School of Law, NY

Research Manager (Congress and Judiciary ), Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, D.C.

Reference/Instructional Services Librarian, University of Miami Law School, FL

Jobs Board

UK / EUROPE

Knowledge Management Systems Manager, Field Fisher Waterhouse, London

Information Officer
Part Time Law Librarian
Know How Team Assistant
USA
Director, St. John?s University School of Law Library

New & Forthcoming Titles / Products

Kluwer

Gower
Hein

OSWALD