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Tips for Writing a Successful AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant Proposal

2012-01-30T16:13:00.001-06:00

Do you have a bright idea? We’d love to fund it! Please join the Continuing Professional Education Committee on February 7 at 11am central for a special learning opportunity to explore how to get funding for an upcoming program. Learn about the program, the application process and hear about program successes all just in time to meet the deadlines for submission. The AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant can assist you in providing ongoing quality continuing education programming outside of the AALL Annual Meeting. All AALL chapters, special interest sections, member institutions, caucuses, and individual AALL members are encouraged to apply. Here is the webinar registration website.

WestlawNext iPad App Adds New Collaboration Capabilities

2012-01-30T15:29:00.003-06:00

Thomson Reuters has a new version of WestlawNext's iPad app available. The app features enhanced folders for sharing responsibilities, users can save their research results including notes and KeyCite warning flags along with folders that can be shared with other others and much more.

Legal App Resources

2012-01-30T15:03:00.002-06:00

Tim Baran of Legal Productivity provided a list of legal apps and resources that can be useful to the mobile attorney:

- iPhone JD
-Mobile Legal Apps
-Law Sites
-Law Firm Mobile

Market to Market: A Commentary

2012-01-24T14:52:00.002-06:00

Our member Linda Will of Thompson & Knight has a feature article on AALL's Spectrum Online. Here is the link to the article:

http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Spectrum-Online/market-to-market.html

LexisNexis News Search App

2012-01-24T13:41:00.006-06:00

LexisNexis News Search App is available on iPhone and iPad. Subscribers can download the application your News Direct or Nexis.com ID and Password. Users can search, browse, and email news content. There are features that will make your search more efficient and precise:

-Exact phrase or word and commands
-Excludes words, non-business news and newswires
-Restrict by date
-Show stories of more than 500 words

Death index no longer free

2012-01-23T08:56:00.001-06:00

Take note if you need to verify date of death: Andy Zimmerman reports in his blog that the death index, sponsored by Ancestory.com, is no longer free.

Call for Speakers – Gov on the Go: Mobile Apps

2012-01-22T14:59:00.003-06:00

The Government Information Division of SLA is looking for speakers for a session on mobile apps in government libraries. The session is called Gov on the Go: Mobile Apps and will take place at the 2012 SLA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, Wednesday July 18, 2012 at Noon. If you are interested in being a speaker, please contact Kim Schultz, Division Chair, at kim.yall@gmail.com.

More Than Just Words: This Is What It Really Means to Talk Like a Lawyer - Magazine - ABA Journal

2012-01-19T09:19:00.000-06:00

More Than Just Words: This Is What It Really Means to Talk Like a Lawyer - Magazine - ABA Journal

Hat tip to Mark Estes for posting this link in the AALL Annual Meeting Special Committee eGroup. It's worth the few minutes that it takes to read this column, very good points about making effective presentations. Biggest takeaway:

List your points or topics up front
Announce or restate each point or topic before discussing it
Stop when you are done

Congresional Record App

2012-01-18T15:50:00.002-06:00

The Congressional Record by the Library of Congress has an app for iPad. You can browser editions of the Congressional Record from January 4, 1995 to present. Perform keyword searches, share documents via email, save documents to the iPad PDF reader, and identify the latest bills and resolutions from the House and Senate.

AALL's Fact about SOPA

2012-01-18T15:02:00.003-06:00

Stop Online Piracy Act

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R. 3261, is intended to address the legitimate and growing problem of international intellectual property infringement, piracy and counterfeiting through new and expanded enforcement mechanisms and criminal penalties. These activities mainly exist through so-called “rogue websites” that provide access to or serve as distribution mechanisms of infringed, pirated, or counterfeit materials.

However, SOPA threatens to change the protections available to internet users and libraries. It has the potential to weaken the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbors that have allowed the internet to thrive, and threatens the privacy and freedom of speech of internet users.

Section 101 of SOPA provides new definitions, including distinctions between domestic and foreign internet sites and domain names, definitions for internet advertising services and search engines, and definitions of internet site owners and operators.

Section 102 gives the U.S. Attorney General new powers to bring actions against “foreign infringing sites that are „U.S.-directed.‟” These actions can be against the domain name registrant, website owner or against the domain name itself. Temporary or permanent injunctions can be obtained then used against internet service providers, search engines, payment processing systems, and internet advertising services, requiring them to block access or no longer provide services to enjoined websites.
Sections 103 through 105 give new powers to content owners to issue notice and take-down notices to payment providers, advertising services, and other intermediaries, which would require them to block “sites dedicated to the theft of U.S. property.”
Of particular concern to libraries, Section 201 adds a criminal penalty for unauthorized streaming of copyrighted works or making them available on a “computer network accessible to members of the public.”

AALL urges members of the House of Representatives to vote “No” on SOPA because:
 SOPA is overly broad. If used as intended, SOPA provides mechanisms for attacking websites that engage in infringing activities. However, the broad language opens too many websites to liability. For example, a library website that streams or posts content that is knowingly or unknowingly protected by copyright -- even if the post is arguably covered by fair use, or is reposted from another site -- could be subject to the sanctions by SOPA. Many websites that are neither rogue nor trying to enable infringement could be sanctioned.

SOPA threatens free speech and fair use rights. The expansion of content-owner notice and take-down powers could be used to target fair uses and chill willingness of users to fairly utilize copyrighted works.

SOPA inhibits free expression. SOPA discourages the use of copyrighted or potentially copyrighted works (e.g. orphan works) for any purpose, even legitimate, non-harmful ones. For example, the criminal penalties raise the specter of YouTube videos of individuals “covering” copyrighted songs being subject to criminal sanction even if their use of material is non-harmful and non-commercial.

Written by George H. Pike, AALL Copyright Committee
AALL Contact: Emily Feltren, (202) 942-4233, efeltren@aall.org
January 2012

Another view of whether or not Lexis should be sold

2012-01-18T08:19:00.000-06:00

Joe Hodnicki on Law Librarian Blog writes a long blog post regarding the whys and wherefores of whether or not it would be a good idea for Lexis to be put up for sale. Compare this to Jean O'Grady's post a few days ago that explored the idea of Bloomberg should think about purchasing Lexis.

Deep web resources

2012-01-17T09:33:00.000-06:00

Marcus P. Zillman has published an extensive list of deep web resourses on LLRX.com.

Lexis Advance App

2012-01-17T08:54:00.003-06:00

Lexis Advance App by LexisNexis is available for iPhone. Features include:

• Instant Search – run a search without having to select a specific source, delivering relevant results for both text and citation. Filter answer sets according to jurisdiction, date, legal topic, key word or court.
• Evaluate your Case with Shepard’s® – Validate whether cases and statutes are still good law and save your findings in your folders for easy access wherever you are.
• Stay Organized with Work Folders – Work folders let you save documents and access saved search, citations and Shepard’s® results which are shared with Lexis® Advance web-based application.

Note: To access this app, you must have a current LexisNexis subscription along with a valid ID/ password.

Phone Screenshots

The Legal Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Selected Resources

2012-01-16T11:47:00.003-06:00

A list of Resources provided by the University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library

The Influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Select Bibliography

Archer, Jules. They had a dream : the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. New York : Viking, 1993.

E185.96.A730 1993 Regenstein

Baldwin, Lewis V. The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. : the boundaries of law, politics, and religion. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.

E185.97.K5L35 2002 D’Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

To make the wounded whole : the cultural legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992.

E185.97.K5B3530 1992 Regenstein

Toward the Beloved Community : Martin Luther King, Jr. and South Africa. Cleveland, Oh. : Pilgrim Press, 1995.

Bell, Derrick A. Race, racism, and American law. 5th ed. New York : Aspen Publishers, c2004.

XXKF4757.B352 2004 D'Angelo Law Library

Branch, Taylor. Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

E185.61.B79140 1988 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-1965. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

E185.61 .B7915 1998 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Carnahan, Douglas G. "Dr. King's legal legacy : his work reshaped the justice system." The Los Angeles Daily Journal. 108 (January 13, 1995) : no.9, p.6, col.3.

Chappell, David L. Inside agitators : white southerners in the Civil Rights Movement. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1996.

E185.61.C543 1996 D’Angelo Law Library

A Stone of hope : Prophetic religion and the death of Jim Crow. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004.

E185.61.C5435 2004 D’Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Clark, Leroy D. “A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : a man of peace and wisdom.” Widener Journal of Public Law. 2 (1993) : 431-446.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/wjpl2&collection=journals&id=439

Cook, Anthony E. "Beyond Critical Legal Studies : the reconstructive theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Harvard Law Review. 103 (1990) : 985-1044.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hlr103&collection=journals&id=1003

"Critical Race Law and affirmative action : the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Harvard Blackletter Journal. 8 (1991) : 61-97.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hblj8&size=2&rot=0&collection=journals&id=69

"King and the Beloved Community : a communitarian defense of black reparations." George Washington Law Review. 68 (2000) : 959-1014.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gwlr68&collection=journals&id=975

The least of these : race, law, and religion in American culture. New York : Routledge, 1997.

BR115.P7C646 1997 D’Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

The dangers of domestic spying by federal law enforcement : a case study on FBI surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King. Washington, D.C. : Washington National Office, American Civil Liberties Union, 2002.

http://www.aclu.org/congress/mlkreport.PDF

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=10610&c=207

"Dr. Martin Luther King's life in proactive engagement : the lawyer as social activist in the community." (Symposium, Southeast/Southwest Teachers of Color Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 7-9, 1998) Alabama Law Review. 50 (1998) : 1-133.

(articles by Steven H. Hobbs, Helen Bishop Jenkins, Blake D. Morant, and Cheryl L. Wade)

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/bamalr50&collection=journals&id=9

Dudziak, Mary L. Cold War civil rights : race and the image of American democracy. N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.

E185.61.D85 2000 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Dyer, Edgar. "A 'Triumph of Justice' in Alabama : the 1960 perjury trial of

Martin Luther King Jr." Journal of African American History. 88 (2003) : 245-267.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=12449917

Eyes on the Prize : America at the racial crossroads. PBS Home Video, 1992.

[VidCass]E185.61.E956 1992 D’Angelo Law Library, LawMic

Eyes on the Prize : America’s civil rights years. Alexandria, Vir. : PBS Video, 1986.

[VidCass]E185.61.E955 1986 D’Angelo Law Library, LawMic

Garrow, David J. Bearing the Cross : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. New York : W. Morrow, 1986.

E185.97.K5G360 1986 Regenstein

The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. : From "Solo" to Memphis. New York : W.W. Norton, 1981.

E185.97.K5G370 1981 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Protest at Selma : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1978.

JK1929.A2G370 Regenstein

Greenberg, Jack. Crusaders in the courts : how a dedicated band of lawyers fought for the civil rights revolution. New York : Basic Books, 1994.

XXKF4757.G6990 1994 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

(covers the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund's civil rights reform initiatives).

Crusaders in the courts : legal battles of the Civil Rights Movement. New York : Twelve Tables Press, 2004.

XXKF4757.G6992 2004 D'Angelo Law Library

"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Law". Congressional Record. 114 (1968) : 17109.

J11.R D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Haines, Andrew. “Why law schools should celebrate the contribution of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” National Black Law Journal. 10 (1987) : 224-236.

KA1.B65 D'Angelo Law Library

Hampton, Henry and Steve Fayer with Sarah Flynn. Voices of freedom : an oral history of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s. New York : Bantam Books, 1990.

E185.61.H2240 1990 D'Angelo Law Library, Harper

Kennedy, Randall. “Martin Luther King’s Constitution : a legal history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.” Yale Law Journal. 98 (1989) : 999-1067.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ylr98&collection=journals&id=1017

Klarman, Michael J. From Jim Crow to civil rights : the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

XXKF4757.K58 2004 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Kotz, Nick. Judgment days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the laws that changed America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Bernard Grofman, ed. Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000.

XXKF4757.L44 2000 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Lewis, Harold S., Jr. and Elizabeth J. Norman. Civil rights law and practice. 2d ed. Hornbook series. St. Paul, Minn. : Thomson/West, 2004.

XXKF4749.L495 2004 D'Angelo Law Library, Reserve Reading Room

Luban, David. “Difference made legal : the Court and Dr. King.” Michigan Law Review. 87 (1989) : 2152-2224.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/mlr87&collection=journals&id=2174

Oppenheimer, David Benjamin. "Kennedy, King, Shuttlesworth and Walker : the events leading to the introduction of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." University of San Francisco Law Review. 29 (1995) : 645-679.

http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/usflr29&collection=journals&id=661

"Martin Luther King, Walker v. City of Birmingham, and the Letter from Birmingham Jail." U. C. Davis Law Review. 26 (1993) : 791-851.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/davlr26&collection=journals&id=803

(includes the text of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" at pages 835-851)

"Martin's march." ABA Journal. 80 (June 1994) : 54-57.

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9501061412

Peake, Thomas R. Keeping the dream alive : a history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from King to the nineteen-eighties. New York : P. Lang, 1987.

E185.61.P40 1987 Regenstein

Perea, Juan F. and Richard Delgado, Angela P. Harris, and Stephanie M. Wildman. Race and races : cases and resources for a diverse America. St. Paul, Minn. : West, 2000.

XXKF4755.A7P47 2000 D'Angelo Law Library

Pillsbury, Samuel H. “Creating freedom : Birmingham, 1963, a legal sermon in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, January 15, 1999.” Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. 33 (2000) : 747-774.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/lla33&collection=journals&id=773

Reflections of the dream : 1975-1994, twenty years of celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Clarence G. Williams, ed. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1996.

E185.97.K5R44 1996 Regenstein

Smith, Beverly McQueary. “Ethics, the legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and the movement toward environmental justice.” Environmental Law Journal. 1 (1994) : 1-14.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/envtc1&collection=journals&id=7

Sunstein, Cass R. "What the Civil Rights Movement Was and Wasn't (with Notes on Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X)." University of Illinois Law Review. 1995 : 191-209.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/unilllr1995&size=2&rot=0&collection=journals&id=205

“Symposium in Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Columbia Law Review. 68 (1968) : 1011-1048.

(articles by David L. Bazelon, Charles L. Black, Jr., Stanley H. Fuld, William T. Gossett, Earl Johnson, Jr., Louis Lusky, William D. Rogers, Albert J. Rosenthal, and J. Skelly Wright).

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clr68&id=1039&collection=journals

"Symposium : Thirtieth Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act." University of San Francisco Law Review. 29 (1995) : 631-740, 875-910.

(articles by Quang D. Nguyen, John Minor Wisdom, Roger K. Newman, David Benjamin Oppenheimer, Llewellyn E. Thompson, II, Mary C. Dunlap, Jack W. Londen, Pedro A. Noguera, Robert F. Drinan, and John A. Powell; also called "Thirty Years Later . . . Civil Rights in America : Dreams vs. Reality")

http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/usflr29&id=647&collection=journals

Turner, Ronald. "The Dangers of Misappropriation : Misusing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy to Prove the Colorblind Thesis." Michigan Journal of Race & Law. 2 (1996) : 101-130.

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/mjrl2&collection=journals&id=107

Weisbrot, Robert. Freedom bound : a history of America's Civil Rights Movement. New York : Norton, c1990.

E185.61.W3940 1990 Regenstein, Harper

Westin, Alan F. and Barry Mahoney. The trial of Martin Luther King. New York : Crowell, [1974].

KA653.Z9K38W3 D'Angelo Law Library

E185.97.K5W4 Regenstein, Harper

Whalen, Charles W. and Barbara Whalen. The longest debate : a legislative history of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Washington, D.C. : Seven Locks Press, 1985.

XXKF4756.A315A1680 1985 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Williams, Juan. Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years, 1954-1965. New York, NY: Viking, 1987.

XXKF4757.W520 1987 D'Angelo Law Library, Regenstein

Other Books and Articles:

"A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." (Long Island University)

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm

"The American Civil Rights Movement" (The British Library)

http://www.bl.uk/pdf/americancivilrights.pdf

Library Catalog Subject Headings on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,1929-1968 (also specific subdivisions such as –Influence, --Political and social views, --Views on law, etc.)

African American civil rights workers.

African-Americans—Civil rights.

African Americans—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States.

Afro-Americans—Civil rights.

Birmingham (Ala.)—Race relations.

Civil rights movements—Alabama—Birmingham—History--20th century.

Civil rights movements—Alabama—Montgomery—History--20th century.

Civil rights movements—Alabama—Selma—History--20th century.

Civil rights movements—United States.

Civil rights workers—United States.

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963.

Memphis (Tenn.) —Race relations.

Montgomery (Ala.)—Race relations.

Race discrimination—United States.

Race discrimination—Law and legislation—United States.

Racism—United States.

Segregation in transportation—Alabama—Montgomery (use for the Montgomery Bus Boycott)

Selma (Ala.)—Race relations.

United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964.

United States—Race relations.

Primary Source Documents

Act of November 2, 1983, P.L. 98-144, 5 U.S.C. §6103(a)

"To amend title 5, United States Code, to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday."

(see "M.L.K.: Living the Legacy" The University of Chicago Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Commemoration (January 10-January 17, 2005), at <http://mlk.uchicago.edu/index.html>, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Committee at <http://www.king-raleigh.org/>, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service page at http://www.mlkday.org)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

July 2, 1964, P.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, 42 U.S.C. §2000a note

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/civil_rights_1964.htm

http://library.cqpress.com/scc/lmkusc-0004829855

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

August 6, 1965, P.L. 89-110, 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C. §1971, 1973 et seq.

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/voting_rights_1965.htm

http://library.cqpress.com/scc/catn65-0000762725

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Walker v. City of Birmingham, 388 U.S. 307 (1967)

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.usreports/usrep388&id=343&collection=usreports

(violation of temporary injunction to prevent Martin Luther King, Jr. and others from protesting in Birmingham)

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" (April 16, 1963; reproduced by Stanford University)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

(Martin Luther King, Jr. responding to a letter from eight Alabama clergymen, "An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense," April 12, 1963, at

http://www.bplonline.org/Archives/faqs/letterrespondedtobymartinlutherking.asp)

"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" (April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. speech)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/Beyond_Vietnam.pdf

"The Quest for Peace and Justice" (December 11, 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture)

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html

Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts: Subject: Martin Luther King, Jr. (FBI files)

http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/king.htm

(see also FBI security investigation of Stanley Levison, an advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr. at <http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/levison.htm>)

Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, June 2000)

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/mlk/part1.htm

King Assassination Conspiracy Trial (CourtTV)

http://www.courttv.com/archive/trials/mlk-civil/120899_verdict_ctv.html

Websites

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

http://www.bcri.org/index.html

Black Studies (City College of New York; includes civil rights links)

http://origin.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/library/blacks.html

"Citizen King" (PBS' American Experience two-hour documentary film)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/

Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice)

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/

Civil Rights Documentation Project (University of Southern Mississippi)

http://www.usm.edu/crdp/index.html

(includes oral history transcripts and audio clips)

Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/resources.htm

Civil Rights (Cornell University)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/civil_rights.html

Civil Rights Movement Veterans

http://www.crmvet.org/

The Civil Rights Project (Harvard University)

http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/

Civil Rights Resources

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/society/crlinks.htm

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

http://www.core-online.org/

Internet Resources: "The Civil Rights Movement" (C&RL News, September 2004)

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2004/september04/civilrights.htm

The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change

http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

http://www.lawyerscomm.org/

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

http://www.civilrights.org/

Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project (Stanford)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

(includes links to selected full texts of the multi-volume series, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., at http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/papers/index.htm;

also biographical information, texts of documents, speeches, and audio clips, a "King Encyclopedia", an interactive timeline, chronologies of major events, classroom resources, etc.)

Multicultural/Civil Rights Links

http://www.willamette.edu/org/mlsa/web_links.htm

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

http://www.naacpldf.org/

National Association for the Advanced of Colored People (NAACP)

http://www.naacp.org/

"Racial Justice" (American Civil Liberties Union)

http://www.aclu.org/RacialEquality/RacialEqualityMain.cfm

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

http://sclcnational.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center (Civil Rights Memorial Online)

http://www.splcenter.org/crm/crmc.jsp

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

http://www.usccr.gov

We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

How One Bit of Stupidity Could Have Brought Down a Multi-Million Dollar Media Company

2012-01-13T09:35:00.001-06:00

Peter Shankman shares his experience on an airplane when he was sitting next to a gentleman who was viewing confidential company information. Shankman. He provided tips on how to avoid having private information from being hacked. Here's the article.

80 Great Twitter Feeds for Law Students

2012-01-13T09:27:00.002-06:00

These twitter feeds maybe geared toward law students, but these resources are useful to other legal professionals too.

http://www.onlinecollege.org/80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students

Webinar: Beyond Newsletters

2012-01-12T17:58:00.001-06:00

Beyond Newsletters: Better Ways to Inform Your Users

Tuesday, January 24th, 9 am CST

Register: http://web.freepint.com/5bfhgc

No Charge!

Whether you use newsletters in your mix today or are considering them for tomorrow, there are innovative new ways to simplify the internal newsletter creation process. Also, there are a few newsletter alternatives that you may want to consider when deciding how best to accomplish the goal of keeping users informed. In this webinar, you'll learn some tips and tricks you can apply today to give your newsletters the lift they are looking for.

January Meeting: HeinOnline

2012-01-12T13:02:00.001-06:00

Dallas Association of Law Librarians
Event Details
January Vendor Meeting: HeinOnline , which is the world's largest image-based legal research database.

Please join Roxanne Marmian from HeinOnline, who will discuss new and existing HeinOnline libraries, new enhancements, and new HeinOnline features. Lunch will be provided by Hein.

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 12:00n - 1:00pm
Location: Winstead
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75270

Please respond to Charles Woodard by January 13, 2012 so that we will have time to order lunch.

Mobile Ethics

2012-01-12T09:52:00.002-06:00

The New York Bar Association has a mobile app to locate legal ethical opinions is now available. Mobile Ethics is free and available on Apple iOS, Google's Android and Blackberry. There two other application that are in being developed.

Federal Agencies Using Social Media

2012-01-12T09:35:00.002-06:00

Here is a list of Federal Agencies using Social Media. These include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, RSS feeds, Flickr and etc.

Jerome Rubin Dies at Age 86

2012-01-12T09:28:00.003-06:00

Jerome Rubin, an attorney and physicist who help launched the online research company LexisNexis into the market died in New York at the age of 86 on Monday. Rubin was hired by the Ohio based company in the 1970s to promote the novel product a computer based retrieval system or database of case law.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/jerome-rubin-death-lexis-nexis_n_1201420.html

http://www.librarystuff.net/2012/01/12/jerome-rubin-helped-forge-lexisnexis-dies-at-86/

ABA Free Legal Research Training Session in New Orleans, LA

2012-01-11T11:53:00.003-06:00

ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress Offers Free Training Session on How to Conduct Free Legal Research Online in NOLA Next Month

Hat tip to Amy E. Horton-Newell, Director, ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress for calling this interesting education and professional development opportunity to my attention.

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress will host a free training program on how to conduct free legal research online at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans on Friday, February 3, 2012. Librarians, lawyers, law students and researchers are encouraged to attend.

Program Details

How to Conduct FREE Legal Research Online
Friday, February 3, 2012
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Fleur de Lis A, Lobby Level

This program will focus on the legal research services and resources available from the Law Library of Congress and other free online collections. Following a general overview of the Law Library and its services, there will be an explanation of the organization, structure and content of the two leading websites maintained by the Law Library—THOMAS, covering federal legislative information beginning with the 104th Congress (1995) with full texts of bills, resolutions, the Congressional Record, legislative calendars, committee information, treaties plus much more! Learn about the Law Library's global research services, vast collections in 195 languages from over 220 jurisdictions worldwide, and expert legal staff from Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. Expert legal researchers will also highlight other free online collections and search engines to equip participants with reliable sources for legal research.

Learning Outcomes:

Familiarity with the specialized services, websites, collections and expert legal research staff available from the Law Library of Congress free to all including solos, practicing lawyers, librarians, researchers and those new to the profession;
Understanding of the organization, structure, content, and search strategies to perform time‐saving legal research in THOMAS and other free legal databases from your own computer wherever you are in the world; and
Interactive research demonstrations and explanations of websites and other research products produced and maintained by the Law Library of Congress as well as other authoritative Web‐based collections and useful search engines.

Speaker: Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Download the Program Announcement.

Librarian recommended apps

2012-01-10T12:53:00.000-06:00

Camille Reynolds, Director of Knowledge Management at Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP, posted "...a brief column on Librarian Recommended Apps for Lawyers (no subscription req'd) as part of the NOCALL's "Beyond the Shelves" series in the local publication The Recorder an ALM publication." - quote from her email to PLL-SIS listserv dated 1/10/2012.

Reuters News Pro App

2012-01-09T12:22:00.003-06:00

Thomson Reuters has an app called Reuters News Pro for iPad. The app features access to breaking news from around the globe, provided detailed company profiles that includes business descriptions and director profiles, customize a list to monitor stocks and business, video coverage of news, easy to install application and more.

Barnes & Noble considering selling Nook Unit

2012-01-05T15:13:00.001-06:00

Barnes & Noble is considering selling their Nook ebook reader unit, according to the New York Times. This could be good news for the company, although -

... a spinoff of the unit would raise questions about Barnes & Noble’s ultimate fate. While holiday sales tied to the Nook, including both devices and digital content, rose 43 percent from the period a year earlier, the company’s brick-and-mortar sales rose just 2.5 percent.

TabuLaw

2012-01-05T10:57:00.002-06:00

TabuLaw is a new website that makes legal research and writing simple for users. When conducting a search, TabuLaw uses Google Scholar to locate cases. You are able to find the case, read it, and highlight passages. With those highlighted passages, the text can be saved automatically with the citation. In regards to legal writing, the website Google Docs to create and edit a document, can upload documents from your computer and have other features.

My Personal Year End Review of 2011

2012-01-05T07:16:00.031-06:00

2011 is gone and we are in 2012. Though we made it into the new year without any hurt, harm or danger, I have to reflection on my personal and professional experiences of last year. After a lot thought, my year was based on this theme: Enlightenment, Independence and Creativity.

Enlightenment- When I lost my Library Specialist job over 3 years ago, I thought about giving up being a law librarian based on my experience working at that law firm. Having mixed feelings of self-doubt and questioning my abilities as a librarian, I applied for numerous positions. I accepted a position at a community college library. At that time, I believe it would be an opportunity to step away from the legal field and venture out to academic libraries. However, after attending a DALL luncheon last year, I really missed being in the legal field. I enjoyed the everyday challenges research and resources because information professionals have the opportunity to learn something new and share it with their fellow peers. Overall, I missed the camaraderie among members in the organization.

Independence- 2011 was a year of independence in our society. In the news and other media outlets, we saw international tyrants, dictators and most wanted fugitives fell from grace while the oppressed citizens of their country celebrated with joy. Later in the year, a small group of people began to protest in New York City expressing their disgust of our current economic times. They called their movement Occupy Wall Street because of the bail out money corporations and executives received from our government. The protesters represented the "99%" who were considered the middle class while the 1% were seen as the wealthy. Shortly, the movement not only spread across the country, but international cities joined OWS. Throughout this year, I declared independence (not protesting) in my own way by participating more into the social media realm. I began to interact and connect with people from the information profession via LinkedIn. I created a Twitter Account so I can follow the latest trends of social media, libraries, legal and business research, KM, news, apps and etc. In addition, I had the opportunity to blog for the Dallas Association of Law Librarians, providing fellow members information on technology, sharing legal resources that can be useful within the industry and posting some of my personal/professional viewpoints.

Creativity- During the holidays, I read this article from USA Today about millennials surviving the tough economy. Suddenly, a light bulb turned on in my head and it told me that I need to get creative and innovative in the job market. The irony was after I graduated in May 2010 with my MLS degree from UNT, I spoke with a recruiter who told me those exact words. Little did I know, I would be struggling looking for a professional librarian position 18 months later. I know that my current position at the community college does not provide me a sufficient livable wage to make ends meet. Somehow, like the millennials in the newspaper article, I may have put my library ambitions to the side and pursue other opportunities for survival purposes.

I do not know what the future will hold for me in 2012. Like everyone who made it to the new year, I hope and pray that things will get better for all of us seeking new opportunities, striving to better themselves for this year. I wish members of DALL, AALL, SWALL, SLA and other sister organizations a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Handheld Librarian: Online Conference

2012-01-03T15:48:00.004-06:00

HANDHELD LIBRARIAN VI ONLINE CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 1-2, 2012

Mobile solutions for libraries that work!

Register at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/.

Individuals: $65 for both days; Group: $95 for both days
The conference will feature professional development for librarians by librarians. This is the grass-roots nature of our highly successful program. Handheld Librarian VI will build on the success of prior conferences in which an array of presenters share their experiences and insights on topics addressing themes such as ebooks, location-based social networking, lending devices, reference and mobile technologies impacting society. You can see the quality of the content by looking through our past archives.

Our exciting one day conference, February 1, will feature presentations from your peers, along with two keynotes from respected thought leaders in the library world.

Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, will address the conference in the morning. His research focuses on use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes the monthly column “Office Hours” in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in five countries, including a 2009 speaking/research tour of Australia. Our afternoon keynote features Stephen Abram. Stephen has over 30 years in libraries as a practicing librarian and in the information industry. He has visited hundreds of libraries in many different countries and is uniquely positioned to spark ideas and insights. Stephen is currently Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Markets at Gale Cengage in Toronto, Canada. He has been Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix and the Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute, VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia

Apple poised to bring important changes to its iBook platform

2012-01-03T13:05:00.000-06:00

Apple poised to bring important changes to its iBook platform

Ars Technica reports that Apple is announcing eBook changes that may impact textbook buyers and publishers.

LawStack App

2011-12-30T10:16:00.004-06:00

LawStack is an app designed for iPhone and iPad and is a legal library in your pocket that contains preloaded federal rules. The following rules are:

-U.S. Constitution
-Federal Rules of Federal of Civil Procedure
-Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
-Federal Rules of Evidences

Features include bookmarks, full-text search, header search only option, search highlighting, saved search term history, and complete offline access for download titles.

A Few Tweets I'd Rather Not See in 2012

2011-12-30T10:02:00.000-06:00

A Few Tweets I'd Rather Not See in 2012

Greg Lambert at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog details a few tweets and hash tags he'd rather not see in the coming year.

Happy New Year!

2011-12-30T09:46:00.002-06:00

I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy new year.

PLL-SIS Webinar February 2012

2011-12-29T09:29:00.004-06:00

The Private Law Librarian-SIS of the AALL is having a webinar on February 16, 2012 about Libraries & Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster. The speakers are Camille Reynolds, MLS Director of Knowledge Management, Nossaman LLP & Jaye Lapachet, MLIS, Manager of Library Services, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP. They will discuss the following topics:

1: Participants will learn how librarian expertise can be applied to KM projects within Law Firms & other organizations

2: Participants will learn how to scale KM projects and utilize existing tools to add value to their organizations via KM projects

This webinar is for librarians or information professionals who interested in knowledge management and adding it to your law firm or organization. You will learn how librarians are using their expertise to develop connections within their organizations that deliver value by meeting the needs of internal and external customers. Discover how you can implement KM initiatives in your organization using existing tools and creative problem solving. Internal knowledge sharing, information silos and developing products that integrate internal and external data which vendors can't duplicate create added value for attorneys, managers, directors, and other professionals. The first talk provides tips on how to start small, market your successes, and build on those successes for larger-scale initiatives, discusses how to define KM in a way that fits your organizational culture and mission, which, in turn, sets realistic expectations of what KM can and cannot achieve.

More details for registration will come later sometime after the holidays.

Duedil

2011-12-27T09:29:00.011-06:00

For those who are conducting business research on international companies, Duedil (short for due diligence) is a database launched in April by Damian Kimmelman and funded by Passion Capital. The database contains a plethora of information such as financial records, litigation, director search, people search, company credit check, stock information and much more. Features include, website previews, keyword search, location search, and company name or address on businesses and companies in the United Kingdom. This is source can be use by analysts, research librarians, business development, marketing and competitive intelligence departments.

Holiday cheer, LSU style

2011-12-23T08:51:00.000-06:00

Friday Fun: Santa visits LSU Middleton Library during finals week.
Law Librarian Blog
12/23/2011

Happy Holidays from DALL

2011-12-23T08:40:00.003-06:00

The Dallas Association of Law Librarians wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday.

FedCtRecords App

2011-12-19T13:18:00.006-06:00

FedCtRecords is a mobile app for users to access their PACER accounts and locate federal court records and search the following information:

-Attorney Information
-Party Information
-Deadlines and Hearings
-Case Summary
-Dockets

The app is free to download for a limited time only.

Universal Music Group and takedown notices

2011-12-16T08:36:00.000-06:00

Judge gives Universal Music 24 hours to explain takedown spree
By Timothy B. Lee
12/15/2011
Ars Technica

UMG claims "right to block or remove" YouTube videos it doesn't own
By Timothy B. Lee
12/16/2011
Ars Technica

Universal Music Group is issuing take down orders for videos posted on YouTube, and claiming private licensing agreements instead of DMCA takedowns.

SLA Leadership Summit 2012

2011-12-15T12:12:00.006-06:00

Join SLA leaders from around the globe for the 2012 Leadership Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, 25 - 28 January. 2012 President Brent Mai will launch the Summit with the association's vision for 2012-2014. Learn not only how the association's initiatives and priorities will affect your chapter or division, but also learn how to develop a strategic plan for your chapter or division; a skill-set which translates to what employers are seeking in today's information professional. For registration and schedule information of the conference, please view here.

Future Now: Operation Agility

25 - 28 January 2012
InterContinental Buckhead Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia USA

2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting Dallas, TX

2011-12-14T14:55:00.003-06:00

The 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits offers librarians and library supporters the opportunity to participate in discussion groups and meetings that constantly re-examine libraries, librarianship and the communities that are served by members and non-members across the US and around the world. The meeting will be in Dallas, TX at the Dallas Convention Center, January 20-24 2012. For a list of activities, guest speakers and registration information, please click the link below.

http://www.alamidwinter.org/