Law Librarian Blog

Zimmerman's Research Guide Adds Library Management Resources

Andy Zimmerman has started a section on Library Management under the Law Librarianship entry in Zimmerman's Research Guide. [JH]

Green Resources on the Internet

LLRX has compiled a current list of green resources and sites on the Internet.  Many of them have a practical application in reducing energy consumption and environmental awareness.  Hat tip to the Pace Law Library Blog for the links .  [MG]

AALL Day on the Hill: Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training 2009

From the announcement:

On Friday, July 24, 2009 from 8:30am – 5:00pm, a group of your colleagues and peers will meet in Washington, D.C. for AALL Day on the Hill: Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training 2009. We want you to join in the action! The AALL Government Relations Office and the Government Relations Committee are pleased to offer you a unique opportunity to spend a day in Washington, D.C. to learn advocacy skills, network with colleagues, and meet with your Congressional delegation on Capitol Hill. With the 111th Congress gearing up to tackle new issues and a new president coming into office with a message of change, we need YOU to help get law library issues on the minds of your legislators!

By attending this year’s Advocacy Training, you’ll hear from the Government Relations Office staff and Government Relations Committee Chair Steve Mirsky, network with colleagues, and learn about our legislative agenda and new advocacy skills from Washington, D.C.’s own “Advocacy Guru,” Stephanie Vance. Ms. Vance has more than 15 years of experience as a lobbyist and a congressional aide and she will impress you with her knowledge and wonderful enthusiasm for advocacy. After spending the morning learning the skills you need to successfully advocate for law libraries on the federal, state, and local levels and in the workplace, you’ll be able to jump right in and meet with your congressional delegation in the afternoon. Following the tremendous success of the full-day training in 1999, we know this event will be educational, exciting and fun.

Our goal is to have participants from each chapter and every state so that we can develop chapter leadership, broaden support for our legislative work and train a larger number of highly skilled advocates. Please consider joining us in Washington, D.C. Building relationships is key to becoming a successful advocate, and what better place to learn how to build relationships with your lawmakers than in our Nation’s capital? Please register by contacting Emily Feldman at ejf33@law.georgetown.edu.

USLaw Launches Blog Directory and Search Engine

USLaw.com tracks 1,000-plus law blogs including over 40 that cover law libraries and legal research. Check out the Law Blog Directory. [JH]

Bookmark LLSDC's Legislative Source Book New URL

The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC)  has transitioned its website to a new server and nearly all parts of its very useful Legislative Source Book have been assigned new URLs. The temporary site at http://www.llsdc.net/sourcebook/  will be taken off line. Here's the link to the Table of Contents for LLSDC's Legislative Source Book and here's a sampling of some of the great resources you will find in the Source Book:

Resources

• Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents With Years/Congresses Available (pdf)
• Quick Links to House and Senate Committee Hearings and Other Publications
• Internet and Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information (pdf)
• Laws and Links Related to General Federal Agency Operations

Research Guides

• Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide
• Questions and Answers in Legislative and Regulatory Research
• A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations

Directories

• Selected Telephone Numbers and Web Sites with Useful Legislative Information
• State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Web Site Links and Telephone Numbers

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Legal Research Guides

• Cornell Law Library's Legal Research Engine
• LC Guide to Law Online
• Harvard Law Library's Research Guides
• Univ. of Michigan Law Library's Research Guides
• Univ. of Michigan Law Library's Subject Bibliographies
• Univ of Washington Law Library's Legal Research Guides
• Univ of Washington Law Library's Internet Legal Resources Guide
• DePaul Law Library's Research Guides
• Wikipedia on Law
• Internet Scout's Compilation of Legal Research Guides (Akron)

Ready Reference Tools

• Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
• Law.com Dictionary
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• Bartleby's Reference Collection
• How Much Is That?

Law Blog Directories & Lists

• Ian Best's Taxonomy of Legal Blogs
• Bonnie Schucha's Law Library Blog List
• Blawg
• Blawg Republic

Search Services & Resources

• Findlaw (free)
• JURIST (Pittsburgh, free)
• LII / Legal Information Institute (Cornell, free)
• Lexis (fee)
• Loislaw (fee)
• VersusLaw (fee)
• National Law Library (fee)
• Westlaw (fee)
Foreign & International
• CISG (Pace, free)
• EISIL (free)
• GlobaLex (free)
• LC Multinational Collections Database (free)
• Global Legal Information Network (free)
Secondary Literature
• Hein Online (fee)
• IndexMaster (fee)
• W&L Law Journal RSS Feeds (free)
• W&L Law Journal Finder (free)

US Primary Sources

Federal
• Executive
• Statutes & Codes
• Legislative
• Congressional Materials, 1774-1875 (LC American Memory Project)
• Documents of the Continental Congress & the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 (LC American Memory Project)
• Judiciary
• Court Rules, Form & Dockets, Federal & State
States, Territories, Municipalities
• States & Territories
• LLSD's State Legislative Sourcebook
• MuniCode.com Library
• Amer Legal Pub. Municipal Code Library
• LexisNexis Muni Codes

Federal Government

• FirstGov Portal
• Regulations.gov
• President
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Supreme Court of the US
• Cong Budget Office
• GAO
• GPO Access
• GPO Listserv
• Library of Congress
• Law Library of Congress

Library Literature

Individual Titles (Online Content)
• AALL Spectrum
• The Acquisitions Librarian
• Ariadne
• American Libraries Online
• ARL Report
• ASIS Bulletin
• b/ITe (SLA)
• Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
• CLIR Issues
• Collection Management
• D-Lib Magazine
• IFLA Journal
• Int'l J Legal Information
• Internet Reference Services Quarterly
• Journal of Access Services
• Journal of Digital & Electronic Acquisitions
• Journal of E-Government
• Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve
• Journal of Internet Cataloging
• Journal of Library Administration
• Law Library Journal
• Library and Archival Security
• Legal Reference Services Quarterly
• Library Journal
• The Reference Librarian
• Resource Sharing and Information Networks
• RLG DigiNews
• The Serials Librarian
• ShelfLife (RLN)
• Technical Services Law Librarian
• Technical Services Quarterly
Lists of Serials
• Library Journals, Newsletters & Zines
LIS Lists & Blogs Directories
• Law-Lib Archives
• Blogging Libraries Wiki
• DMOZ List of LIS Weblogs
• Library Weblogs (Int'l)

LIS Graduate Programs

• AALL Accredited Programs
• LJ Directory of Library Schools

Careers & Professional Development

• AALL Job Hotline
• SLA Career Center
• Meetings and Workshops (UNC)

LIS Organizations

• American Assn of Law Libraries
• AALL Recruitment Committee
• AALL Chapter Profiles
• Int'l Assn of Law Libraries
• British and Irish Assn of Law Librarians
• Canadian Assn of Law Libraries
• Special Libraries Assn
• Assn of Research Libraries
• Int'l Federation of Library Associations
• CALI
• Librarians Without Borders