New online catalog functionality
October 12, 2009 at 12:06 pm | In Library Business, Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: card catalog, catalog records, library catalog, online catalog
You can now email yourself a list of titles from the Library’s online catalog. After conducting a catalog search, click the Keep button next to the records you want to save. When finished, click the Kept button located in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Type your email address into the blank box and click the email button. The online catalog will send you an email with the subject line “Schaffer Library catalog records.”
Lawbooks on Kindle
October 12, 2009 at 10:29 am | In Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: electronic resources, Kindle, law books, legal research
According to the Legal Blog Watch: “The legal publisher West said that it is releasing e-book editions of 29 of its most popular law books. The releases include the book co-authored by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia legal wordsmith Bryan Garner, Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.” The e-books can be downloaded and read on Amazon’s Kindle.
Google’s MP3 search
September 8, 2009 at 9:59 am | In Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: google, mp3
Google now has a page dedicated to searching for MP3’s. Click here for more information.
PACER for free?
August 18, 2009 at 10:36 am | In Tech Side of Things, US Government | Leave a CommentTags: electronic records, electronic resources, PACER, public access
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) has received a lot of press lately for not providing free public access to federal court docket information. In response to these concerns, Courtport, LLC has launched its free federal court docket retrieval site. You can read the press release here.
New technologies for legal practice
August 14, 2009 at 8:59 am | In Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: law technology, legal research, technology
Ken Strutin wrote a great article on new technologies that apply to legal research and law practice. You can read the article here.
New Twitter friend to add: John Quincy Adams
August 6, 2009 at 9:30 am | In General Interest, Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts Historical Society, tweets, twitter, twitter feeds
John Quincy Adams, our nation’s 6th President, now has his own Twitter account. How so? The Massachusetts Historical Society has started tweeting his diary entries via the social networking site. See what the Boston Globe has to say about it!
Distance learning
July 14, 2009 at 10:35 am | In Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: accredidation, distance learning, law school, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development
Above the Law had a great post on the status of distance education for law schools. At this time, the American Bar Association does not accredit online only law schools. This might be changing though…
Paperless business cards
June 18, 2009 at 9:53 am | In Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, Tech Side of Things | Leave a CommentTags: Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, networking, professional conduct
Forget actual cards. Here are 8 new ways to create paperless business cards for potential clients and employers to remember you by.
Thanks to ALA Direct.
US Government on YouTube
June 4, 2009 at 9:28 am | In Tech Side of Things, US Government | Leave a CommentTags: U.S. Government, YouTube
The US Government now has a YouTube channel. You can see the YouTube videos here.
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