Entries from June 2009

June 22, 2009

Vendor News & New Resources

Reed Elsevier

Satori Group Announces Expanded Partnership with LexisNexis

Thomson West

Update to the “pocket part” case: Law Professors Clear Hurdle in Suit Against West Publishing
New edition of Fundamentals of Legal Research available
Black’s Law Dictionary, 9th coming in July
Thomson Reuters Site to Track Bailout Money

Other

CCH issues new White Paper: The Obama Administration’s Proposal to Reform the U.S. Financial [...]

June 19, 2009

Friday Fun: Even Han Solo Spends A Lot on Legal Research

Check out this Courtoon…hopefully Boba Fett was sympathetic.

June 16, 2009

A Softer Side: The End?

Work/life balance. It used to be a topic that filled this blog, but I’ve barely written about in the past few months. Of course we all know the reason why, however, the question now becomes: what will happen to the debate. Jordan Furlong has written a great post on his blog, Law21, concerning the legacy [...]

June 12, 2009

Friday Fun: World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

These libraries take my breath away. Enjoy browsing these stunning pictures.
Hat tip to iBraryGuy (also known as John Digilio)

June 8, 2009

Get Out Your Paddle and Start Rowing

Paul Lomio and the librarians at Stanford have an excellent blog, and a recent post titled, Happy Days No More, caught my eye. The post concerns the library’s unenviable task of dealing with the “sea change in library collections…forced by changing budgets.” In ordinary times vendor price increase can have a big effect, but in [...]

June 4, 2009

Friday Fun: Pop Quiz!

Ever wondered if librarianship is the right profession for you? Wonder no more, sharpen your pencil and take this quiz for the definitive answer.
I have definitely:

Asked someone to ‘Shhhhh!
Kept a collection of McDonalds toys on my computer at work (Teenie [...]

June 2, 2009

Yoga and the Practice of Law

It’s been awhile since we’ve had a post about the work/life balance at law firms (except about the removal of said perks), but a firm in Memphis is bucking the trend. Burch Porter & Johnson offer on-site yoga every Wednesday during the lunch hour. Other exercise classes are offered on Mondays and Fridays. The cost [...]