Remember to RSVP

Barbara has already posted the information about the November meeting. Don't forget to RSVP via our web form. If it does not work for some reason, please RSVP to Barbara at the program chair email .

Federal district courts accepting electronic filings

I saw this over at BeSpacific.com today. There's a list of federal district courts accepting electronic filings at http://www.uscourts.gov/cmecf/cmecf_court.html. It looks like most of Texas is represented.

Texas SLA Meeting

On Thursday, November 9th from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the Verizon Campus in Irving, the Dallas Fort Worth Area Planning Group will be hosting:

CAN WE TALK: NEW APPROACHES TO CLIENT COMMUNICATION

We will be looking at how Knowledge Management, Communities of Practice and Blogging are being utilized in the corporation of the early 21st century.

Speakers will include:

Kerry Crombie, Knowledge Specialist Team Leader, Bain & Company, Inc.
Margaret McClure, Supervising Associate, Ernst & Young
Ernestine Chipman, Senior Business Associate Researcher
Mike Munroe, Non Profit Practice, McKinsey Consulting

Refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP by November 7th to Denise Chochrek at Frito Lay if you are planning to attend so we can plan the refreshments accordingly. Her email is Denise.Chochrek@fritolay.com

Mike Zimmerman
Bain

Daylights Saving Time

Remember to turn your clocks back one hour on Saturday night!!!

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html

DALL's November Meeting

Date: TUESDAY, NOV. 14th
Place: Munsch Hardt
3800 Lincoln Plaza, 500 N. Akard Street
Time: Noon.-1:30 p.m.

TOPIC:
Trends & Business Strategies in the Legal Industry
The Law Firm Perspective

"This program examines trends in the legal industry and reviews 2005/2006 statistics on law firm activity. It will address the following questions: (1) What are the most recent business trends in the legal industry? (2) What are the hiring trends within law firms today? (3) What are the merger trends within the law firm community? (4) What primary factors impact law firm profitability and how is it measured? (5) How can recovery of information expenses impact the financial well being of a firm? (6) What are the business and economic strategies that law firms are employing to boost their business?

Learn the answers the these questions and more on the trends and business strategies in today’s law firm industry. "

Speaker: Blythe McCoy
Librarian Relations Manager, Thomson-West

Lunch will be provided!

Please RSVP by Thursday, Nov. 9th at 5 p.m. by using our new RSVP Form at http://www.dallnet.org/rsvp.asp.

Barbara Fullerton
DALL Program Chair
214-800-4576
Dallas Association of Law Librarians
Web: www.dallnet.org
Blog: http://dallnet.blogspot.com/

Holiday gifts and the workplace

Article from Business Week with some do's and don'ts to consider in giving or not giving holiday gifts.

OCTOBER 25, 2006
BusinessWeek online
Smart Answers
By Karen E. Klein

Holiday Time at the Office? Call the LawyerSnowflakes, peace on earth,
and sexual harassment lawsuits: how to walk the gift-giving line with clients
and employees alike
Article with some do's and don'ts to consider in giving
or not giving holiday gifts.

The Men of Texas Libraries Calendar

To support the TXLA Library Disaster Relief Fund, the male librarians in Texas got together and created this 18 month calendar!

Take a look at
http://www.txla.org/temp/TLAmen.html

The calendar will be mailed in early November so invest in your colleagues! The calendar is printed in full color on glossy stock (pages are 8.5 high by 11 wide) and will prove a prized office accessory or coveted gift. The calendar sells for $20.

Order form
http://www.txla.org/conference/forms/TLA%20Store%20Order.doc

Shop-Till-You-Drop Gala

The 2nd Annual Dallas Court Reporters Association Shop-Till-You-Drop Gala

This event is on Monday, November 13th at the Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Avenue (corner of Ross and Olive). The evening begins at 5:00 p.m. and will carry on through 7:30 p.m.

Please stop by and take advantage of the many products of local vendors and home-based businesses as the holiday season is fast approaching!Bring a friend or two and shop, shop, shop!

Parking is available at the Belo.

Stephanie Moses
Immediate Past-President
Dallas Court Reporters Association

New Blog Name!

The Board ran a contest for a new blog name and the winner is Amanda Lefebvre who submitted the winning name of Lex Scripta: The Dallas Association of Law Librarians Blog.

Finding vital records

Another researcher recently told me that About.com has a good section on finding vital records by state in their Geneology topic. If you go to http://genealogy.about.com/od/statebystate/, you can check to see what types of birth, death, marriage, divorce, etc. records may or may not be available by state.

Thomson is Selling Learning Division

From today's Wall Street Journal

Thomson (West) is getting ready to put its Learning Division on the auction block, in a deal that could fetch more than $5 billion.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, see: http://wsj.com/article/0,,SB116174891737203083,00.html?mod=djemalert
(Registration required to view article)

Supreme Court and grammar rules

Gimme an 'S': The High Court's Grammatical Divide
Jonathan Starble
Legal Times
October 17, 2006

As one of its final acts last term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued Kansas v. Marsh, a case involving the constitutionality of a state death-penalty statute. The 5-4 decision exposed the deep divide that exists among the nation's intellectual elite regarding one of society's most troubling issues -- namely, whether the possessive form of a singular noun ending with the letter "s" requires an additional "s" after the apostrophe.

So, would any possessive be Stephens' or Stephens's? How about the Dallas Association of Law Librarians' or Librarians's? Any nitpicky grammarians out there?

Creating Toolbars

If you need to create a toolbar for your library catalog or online databases, check this application at http://www.conduit.com/WizardSelection.aspx.

This is a free software that can help you create a toolbar to place on your browser for quick access to your library information.

Lawsuits over global warming

BusinessWeek Online

Global Warming: Here Come The Lawyers

It's the next wave of litigation -- after tobacco, guns, and junk food.
Why Detroit, Big Oil, and utilities should worry.

Business Week article examining the next wave of class action suits: lawsuits over global warming, with theories that it is caused by pollution, big oil, big cars, and the EPA not passing enough regulation. The article says there are currently 16 suits pending in state or federal courts.

Onelog for law librarians

Move over Lookup, Trackit, Research Agent...

There's a new software in town that enables users to connect to online resources that is password authenticated! The name is Onelog and the company is from UK. Their product records user activity and provides extensive usage stats for all your databases. It even captures databases that have a forced client/matter id.

I was talking to a law librarian who is very impressed with the system and highly recommended that librarians take a look at it. The bells and whistles on it make it easy to use. Also, another big plus it is inexpensive.

I understand there is a rep in CT and he might travel to Texas if we have a group meeting.

So, DALL Tech Committee, could this be a possible program?

Onelog is created by info technology supply ltd. Website is http://www.itslduk.com

Internet Librarian: Creating Online Tutorials

The last few days I have been attending Internet Librarian and attending some sessions on teaching web searching and creating online tutorials.

I learned that many librarians and researchers were interested in this subject, mainly, because, they needed a different tool to push out their training ideas.

Greg Notess, reference librarian, for Montana State University, shared some excellent examples of online tutorials on what worked and what did not work for institutions, depending on the learning environment. He has created a list of tutorial software posted on his blog.

Training Tutorial Tours & Tips
http://www.notess.com/screencasting

Some notes from the session:

SOFTWARE NOTES
Wink is a free software but people reported having problems with the audio (even in the 2.0 version and there is a rumor of a patent case against Wink)

Demo Builder has problems catching anything that has java scripting on a website

Microphones. Don’t go overboard in buying expensive microphones. USB microphones are inexpensive and work well

Audio clicks are okay

Don’t be afraid of using your voice on the audio

LET YOUR VOICE BE OUT THERE!

OTHER NOTES
When creating a video, use a small resolution (631x500)

Frame rate should be around 1-5

Duration of simple videos should be under 3 minutes

I also met with some other law librarians and they were creating 10-minute tutorials that they were posting to their Intranet. Their sessions included general information on the library to how to find something in the online catalog.

Other examples: How to fill out a form, how to play a DVD, asking a reference question.

HINT: if you are a solo librarian or working in a small library and do not have the broadband to publish your videos/audios, you can publish them on YouTube.com and create a link to them on your site. Now, there might be a security issue. If so, you might think of tagging the tutorials by giving them a unique tag that no one could bring them up in a search. For example, when you create a session and post it to YouTube, tag it with a name like Go123BB or 1288ABC. Maybe someone can get created and use a mixture of KF scheme!

I can see this topic as a DALL session in the future!

The World of Sesame Street

It's Friday and I'm traveling down memory lane.

The year was 1969 and a new educational show for children appeared on television: Sesame Street! oh...can you tell me how to get...how to get to Sesame Street?

It is still going strong and in 2009 the program will be 40 years old! PBS has created a wonderful website honoring this show. The website, The World According to Sesame Street, is worth a look!

"Sesame Street is aired in more than 120 countries around the world, and Sesame Workshop is developing co-productions in India, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Northern Ireland and Brazil."--from the website

More on Survey Tools

From yesterday's DALL meeting...

A question was asked on how to suppress the IP addresses in SurveyMonkey so the suvey is totally anonymous. To do this, contact support@surveymonkey.com and ask them to suppress the IP addresses on your surveys. SurveyMonkey can do this on an each survey or on all your surveys.

I also wanted to share a few things on how to select a good survey tool. Some items to consider when looking for survey software is:

• Ease of Use
• Question Formats
• Distribution Options
• Automating the Data Collection
• Reporting
• Customer Support and Training

Pearson NCS has a great handout on this subject. Check it out at http://www.pearsonncs.com/survey/download/top-10.pdf

Last week I attended the HALL Fall Seminar and found out it is possible to create a survey on Adobe Pro 7.0 (full version). "Create a Word document, save it to Adobe then add radio buttons, text boxes, check boxes, etc. You can add a mailto: feature at the end and there's some way to command it to tally the data so that you can pull and print reports." --Catherine Whitney, TKLaw in Houston

Attorneys now have their own comic book...

From Today's Robert Ambrogi's LawSites...

Can attorneys be better salespeople? Help is on the way!
A new comic book, Attorney Man, is designed to teach lawyers how to be better salespeople.

The book, created by Karen Katz, a consultant with Boston's Law Practice Consultants, and Raul Gonzalez, a Somerville, Mass., artist, tells the tale of Tim Silver, lawyer at the law firm Cha Chingi Changa LLP.

According to The Boston Globe, the book is "an action-packed, amusingly written, elaborately illustrated tale."

You can purchase the book for $10 at the Attorney Man Web site.

Update on Enron

From Tuesday's Findlaw's Breaking Legal Documents

Ex-Enron CEO's Conviction Tossed, Restitution To Lays' Crime Victims Denied

U.S. V. KENNETH L. LAY
October 17, 2006

A federal judge in Houston set aside the criminal conviction of deceased former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, and denied requests to have Lay’s estate pay restitution to victims of his crimes, citing the fact that he died "before sentencing, before a final judgment could be entered, and before a notice of appeal could be filed."

http://news.lp.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/enron/uslay101706opn.html

Library Article in Spirit Magazine

If you get a chance to travel on Southwest this month, you may notice an article in their Spirit magazine titled "Why I (Still) Love the Library". It's a great article on public libraries including our own Dallas Public Library. The author is a senior editor at D Magazine. It's too bad the article is not available online.

http://www.spiritmag.com/

Internet searching for charity

From Law-lib:

Hi, I volunteer for a bird rescue organization which is chronically short of funds, and have discovered a search engine site that uses the Yahoo engine but donates .10 per search to the charity of the user's choice. Since librarians are online all the time, I thought I'd let the group know about this opportunity to do good and do good work at the same time. And if you decided to donate your "search money" to Mickaboo Cockatiel Rescue in Pacifica California, I and about 140 little birds would be very grateful!

http://goodsearch.com/

Can you say the word Pod?

I saw this in today's SLA Connections newsletter:

"Apple Cracks Down on Use of the Word 'pod' Trouble ahead for podcasts? Apple has stepped up its legal crackdown on businesses using the word 'pod' in product and company names. Read more in Information World Review. "

Wow...what will happen to the "Pod" People from the old sci-fi movies...

Library Support Staff Resource Center

From Today's Internet Scout:

Library Support Staff Resource Center: ALA

"Librarian professionals and support staff are more important than ever, and there are a number of helpful websites that bring together web-based materials designed for just such persons. One such site is the online Library Support Staff Resource Center, created and maintained by the American Library Association."

Intellectual Property and Chefs

Here's an article by Pete Wells at Food and Wine discussing the concept of copyrighting food. Wells discusses some of the legal implications of copyrighting recipes, meal presentation, and patenting new foods. I first saw a reference to it over at Ed Foster's Gripe Log.

To RSVP for the upcoming meeting

Please fill out the form at http://www.dallnet.org/rsvp.asp. If your firewall blocks this (not sure what the problem is), send an email to rsvp at dallnet dot org and provide the following information: (deadline: 5:00, Oct. 13)

Name
Email address
Title
Organization
Phone
Vegetarian or Regular Meal
Member, Nonmember, or Guest of Member

If you have any further question, please contact Barbara Fullerton (our program chair).

Update: the rsvp form has been fixed.

Some posts on being descriptive with titles

From Search Engine Watch: Danny Sullivan vents:

Google Blog: Please Get Descriptive With Your Headlines!

A public rant, and I'm sorry -- but I've had it with the Official Google Blog
having post headlines that give people no idea what the post is about. First
some recent examples, then why this is bad in general. (Note: Be sure to see my
postscript below)

Also by Danny Sullivan

Full Feeds - copyright infringement?

On Danny Sullivan's personal blog, Daggle, he discusses pros and cons of full RSS feeds vs. partial feeds. The DALL blog currently uses partial feeds for RSS - which I'll discuss in a separate entry some time. anyway, food for thought.

Preview of Microsoft Office 2007

Computerworld.com offers a preview look at Microsoft Office 2007, including a picture gallery of 24 slides. I admit that I've heard about this new ribbon look for a long time but kept wondering how it might improve our workflow. Now that I've seen ample screenshots, I think the the look and feel of Office might possibly be an improvement. One improvement is a tabbed look for menus, which seems to be more intuitive.

For a fuller look, check their article at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003994.

White House RSS Feeds and Podcasts

If you need to be up to date on what's happening in the Executive Branch...

"RSS Feeds and Podcasts

The White House RSS feed for President George W. Bush delivers headlines and links to White House news releases on www.whitehouse.gov/news, including events, speeches, statements, and press briefings from administration officials. In addition to the RSS feed, audio files of the President's Weekly Radio Address and selected remarks are available via Podcast."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/rss/

Seen on Librarian in Black

Holiday Party

Mark Your Calendar and Reserve

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

From 5:30 - 8:30 Pm

For

2006 Holiday Party

&

Dallas Association Of Law Librarians 30th Anniversary Celebration

Details to be announced.

Blogs for Companies: Disclose Financials?

On Friday, Jonathan Schwartz, chief executive of Sun Microsystems asked SEC to allow companies to disclosure financial information via blogs. Currently, SEC allows companies to post news releases, regulatory filings, web sites and webcasts on blogs.

Over forty Fortune 500 companies publish corporate blogs, cited by the Fortune 500 Blogging Wiki. http://www.socialtext.net/bizblogs/index.cgi

The article, published Friday on the Associated Press Financial Wire, commented that this would allow CEOs to bypass the public relations department, journalists and industry analysts and speak directly to their investors.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8KJBIJ00.htm

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/53530.html

ConvergeSouth: A Blogger's Conference

Last year a huge conference called ConvergeSouth for bloggers began in Greensboro, NC. From my understanding, this is a conference where the 'top' technogeek bloggers and podcasters get together for a a two day conference. It is Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13th-14th in Greensboro, NC. The line-up for speakers look great! Check it out at www.ConvergeSouth.com .

Schedule:
http://www.convergesouth.com/schedule.html

It looks like registration is at no charge. (I could not find a registration fee.)

Legislative History

Stephanie Ball, Head Legal Librarian at Hatch Parent, has a good two page article in this month's AALL Spectrum on the pieces of state legislative history. Pretty general, but gives a good overview.

Stephanie Ball, Telling a State Statute's Story: Crafting a legislative history is a challenging but important request. 11 AALL Spectrum 12 (Sept/Oct 2006)

Available at http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_sp0609/pub_sp0609_ProDev.pdf.

PACER

New PACER Functionality Available
October 4, 2006

BeSpacific entry on new PACER function: mandetory client code field.

Tip of the hat to my Houston counterpart (Riva Laughlin) who pointed this out to our department.

Wal-Mart journey - real or not?

Wal-Mart's Jim and Laura: The Real Story
The bloggers backing the big retailer are not fake people, but real fans. However, Wal-Mart is paying plenty for their support.
By Pallavi Gogoi
OCTOBER 8, 2006
BusinessWeek.com - Top News

A couple takes an RV across multiple states and takes advantage of free parking in Wal-Mart lots. Interesting article that digs into the question of whether or not they were paid to blog for the retailer.

Google to Buy YouTube?

There is a lot of buzz today on the blogs and news about Google talking about buying YouTube for $1.6B.

YouTube is a website of videos and clips posted by professionals and your everyday people.

http://www.youtube.com

State and country information via NationMaster

From the Scout Report:
NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
With endorsements from such respectable institutions as the New York Times and the BBC, NationMaster presents a formidable amount of data for the general public in a way that is both accessible and at times, downright addictive. The website brings together data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, as well as other such organizations. On the left-hand side of the page, visitors can peruse areas such as "Top Stats", "What’s New" and "Stats in the News". The "Top Stats" presents information on the countries with the greatest life expectancy, the highest median income, and so on. Journalists may find the "Stats in the News" area particularly helpful as it presents data on topical areas of interest such as statistics on bird flu infection rates and oil consumption.
Additionally, users can offer comments on some of the data sets, and at any given time, there tends to be a great deal of commentary on almost all of the items featured on the site.

Just Released...Worldcat Adds Advanced Searching

"The free Find in a Library® Web service at WorldCat.org has added an Advanced Search.
Advanced Search includes the general keyword search available from the WorldCat.org home page, but also provides the ability to search keywords in the title and author indices. You can combine any or all of these search fields for more precise results."

Just in time...this is a great lead in to our October Meeting. Just a reminder we will have a guest speaker from Amigos who will talk about the "new" Worldcat.

If You Are Planning to Attend Internet Librarian

Internet Librarian is Oct. 23rd-Oct. 25th in Monterey, CA. If you are a member of SLA, there is a special discount to attend this meeting: $245. Regular price is $409. You will need to register via SLA's website thru the Members Only Site.

This is a great meeting with a variety of sessions! About 1,200 librarians from a variety of disciplines are present. If you get a chance, check it out at http://www.infotoday.com/il2006/default.shtml

An extra plug...
Sabrina Pacifici, Aaron Schmidt and I will be presenting our Gadgets' program on Monday, Oct. 23rd.

And what can you say about the weather...it is beautiful this time of year!

Update on Wright Amendment

Dallas will move quickly to destroy Love Field gates
That's one of the headlines from today's Dallas Business Journal

With the passing of the Wright Amendment, Mayor Laura Miller is using "eminent domain to demolish a privately owned passenger terminal at Love Field."

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/10/02/daily20.html?from_rss=1

NOTE: There is an eight-year phase out of the Wright Amendment restrictions.

Google Has Done It Again...

Another Search Tool by Google

"Google Code Search (http://www.google.com/codesearch) allows you to search billions of lines of source code, and provides advanced tools (search by programming language, license, package and more) to help improve the results."

Could this be a valuable tool for many programmers? Stay tuned...

Columbus Day is Oct. 9th: Courts Closed

Just a reminder that Columbus Day is Monday, Oct. 9th. The Post Office, banks and some courts will be closed.

Congressional intent

I saw this article on LLRX.com recently.

CongressLine, by GalleryWatch.com
Congressional Intent
By Paul Jenks
Published September 17, 2006

My comments: Interesting essay on congressional intent, which librarians and attorneys can both read and have a good chuckle. My favorite line in the essay: "Congress is not very good at being precise."

Hummingbird Bought by Open Text

I just read where the Canadian software maker Open Text Corp. closed its $489 million acquisition of Hummingbird Ltd. Will this have an effect on anyone that has PC Docs?

The article is on law.com.
http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1159792527379&rss=ltn

Mark your calendar: SLA November meeting

What: The DFW group [of SLA] will be hosting an event: "Can We Talk?: New Approaches to Client Communications"
When: November 9, 2006, 7:00 PM
Where: Verizon Campus off of East/West 114 in Irving

Further details will be available as the event draws nearer.

Revised TSA guidelines

From the TSA:

"Effective Tuesday, September 26, TSA Is Adjusting The Ban On Liquids, Aerosols And Gels.
Travelers may now carry through security checkpoints travel-size toiletries (3 ounces or less) that fit comfortably in ONE, QUART-SIZE, clear plastic, zip-top bag.

After clearing security, travelers can now bring beverages and other items purchased in the secure boarding area on-board aircraft.

At the checkpoint travelers will be asked to remove the zip-top bag of liquids and place it in a bin or on the conveyor belt. X-raying separately will allow TSA security officers to more easily examine the declared items.

In addition, larger amounts of prescription liquid medications, baby formula and diabetic glucose treatments must be declared at the checkpoint for additional screening."

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

Follow the link for additional information.

PDAS AND SMART PHONES RETAIN DATA WHEN DISCARDED

On August 30th, security software company Trust Digital released the results of a sampling of data found on personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smart phones sold on eBay. By simply purchasing 10 mobile devices on eBay, Trust Digital retrieved nearly 27,000 pages of sensitive data. The users of these devices included the corporate counsel of a multibillion-dollar technology company that serves the legal market, a former employee of a publicly traded security software company, and an employee of a Web services company. The sensitive data was gleaned from the flash memory of the gadgets, because the users failed to "hard" wipe their devices, according to Trust Digital. The company advised mobile device users to enable the password function on their smart phone or PDAs and inquire about data security from their cellular carrier. Palm Treo 650s and BlackBerry handhelds from Research In Motion have a built-in hard wipe function. Commercial hard-wipe products are available to other mobile device users. Further information may be found at http://www.trustdigital.com/news/press/2006_0830.asp

From Bytes in Brief

Need a cheap ticket?

Farecast your way to a cheaper ticketCheck out Farecast -- just enter your departure and arrival cities, andFarecast will let you know whether you should buy now ('cause fares willrise), or wait a bit ('cause they're going to drop). There's also a mapwhere you can see where you can go next week within your budget. Cool stuff.http://www.farecast.com/

From Tom Mighell's Internet Legal Research Weekly

Update on E.Coli Investigation

The FDA released their findings from the E.Coli Spinach outbreak:
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01474.html

Wright Bill Approved by Congress

From today's Dallas Business Journal

"A bill that promises to lift Wright restrictions was approved by Congress Friday.
The bill, which has become known as the Wright compromise bill, provides immediate through-ticketing from Love Field Airport to anywhere in the country, as long as passengers first stop in one of the nine states where flights from Love Field are allowed under the Wright Amendment. In 2014, the 1979 federal law will be completely repealed. "

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/10/02/daily2.html?from_rss=1

Ask.com

Lately I have been seeing more and more commercials about Ask. com and many more bloggers are writing good things about the search engine. If you have not seen or used it lately, check it out at http://www.ask.com

A few features: I can save my results, create a list of saved results and print or email the results to another person. I can also preview a page by hovering over the binoculars icon that is provided on some of the hits.

PACER Guide

If you need help with PACER, there is a new PACER Online Guide, published by Groklaw.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060918230244973

Current Cites' New Issue

The new Current Cites has been posted and there are some great articles in this month's publication.
http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/2006/cc06.17.9.html

I especially like:
*Huwe, Terence K. "From Librarian to Digital Communicator" Online 30(5)(September/October 2006): 21-26. - "Digital Communicator" may not become the trademark name but what Terry Huwe describes here are librarians putting themselves at the forefront of emerging online information technologies and by doing this, making themselves indispensable to their institutions in ways that then open up opportunities for the delivery of more traditional library services.

*Crawford, Walt. "Open Access Perspective Part I: Pioneer Journals: The Arc of Enthusiasm, Five Years Later" Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 6(12)(2006)(http://citesandinsights.info/v6i12a.htm). - In this article, Walt Crawford follows up on an earlier study about the long-term survival of free e-journals (see "Getting Past the Arc of Enthusiasm" and "Feedback and Following Up: Getting Past the Arc of Enthusiasm."

Law Librarian Susan Kendrick Honored

According to an article in U.S. States News, Baylor law librarian Susan Kendrick was surprised last Friday by members of the Baylor Law School "family" and was honored for her service dedication. Kendrick is in her 34th year as a librarian at the school.

http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=42171