Year archives: 1998

Features – Guide to International Trade Resources on the Internet

Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet By Marci Hoffman Editor’s Note: Please refer to the updated version of this article at //www.llrx.com/features/trade3.htm. You will be automatically redirected to that page shortly.

Marci Hoffman , is the Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota Law Library. In addition to her reference and research expertise, Marci also teaches a seminar on foreign and international legal research. She often lectures on international and foreign legal research and Anglo-American legal research; is one of the Faculty Advisors for the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade; and works closely with the students on International Moot Court. Marci is the author of an extensive Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law, 6 Minn. J. Global Trade 200 (1996), along with Prof. David Weissbrodt. Marci and Prof. Weissbrodt also designed and maintain the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library on the Web. She is also the editor and an author of the ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law.

Subjects: Features, Trade Law

Latest Links – Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, etc….

(Posted December 1, 1998; Archived December 15, 1998)

mb.gifBiographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present http://bioguide.congress.gov/

This site provides biographies of members of the U.S. Congress and the Continental Congress since 1774. Delegates who served in Congress from the territories are also listed. There are also links to a wealth of information about the U.S. Congress in general.

Subjects: Internet Resources - Web Links, Latest Links

Notes from the Technology Trenches – November, 1998

Notes from the Technology Trenches By Elizabeth H. Klampert

Elizabeth H. Klampert is the Director of Library Services for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Ms. Klampert was formerly a litigator for five years, specializing in professional liability litigation. Before attending law school, she was a corporate librarian for twelve years, holding management positions in libraries in a number of large organizations, including Rainier National Bank in Seattle, Deloitte & Touche, and Merrill Lynch, both in New York. She received both her BA in English and MLS from the University of Washington in Seattle. She received her JD at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.

Subjects: Notes from the Technology Trenches, Technology Trends

Extras – The Library of the New Millennium – The Virtual Possibilities

The Library of the New Millennium – The Virtual Possibilities By Cindy L. Chick Presentation at the Orange County Bar Assn./Association of Legal Administrators’ OC Tech 8: Legal Technology Symposium and Trade Show October 23, 1998, Costa Mesa Click here for Powerpoint Presentation

(Posted November 18, 1998; Archived December 15, 1998)

Subjects: Extras, Law Library Management, Virtual Library