CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: Voting in Congress
Paul Jenks discusses sources of Congressional voting data and methods of analysis.
Librarianship – Promoting Public Service and Philanthropy
Kara Phillips shares examples of diverse personal volunteer efforts within the law library community, gleaned from an informal survey, that include service on the local, national and international level.
Criminal Justice Resources – Criminal Justice Blogs
Ken Strutin’s guide includes blogs that provide news and analysis of current developments in criminal justice. The blogs are authored by lawyers, law professors, law librarians, public defenders, criminal justice professionals and observers and commentators on the justice system.
Deep Web Research 2007
Marcus P. Zillman’s bibliographic guide highlights resources that focus on the history of deep web research, as well as dozens of topical sources that will contribute to your search and research efforts, through a range of respositories of valuable data, reports and scholarly literature.
Deal or No Deal Licensing and Acquiring Digital Resources: License Negotiations
Kara Phillips describes how to apply the techniques and theories that are the foundation of a classic book on negotiation to the process of developing electronic licensing agreements that satisfy the requirements of all parties involved.
Extras – Commentary: Mountaintop Removal Sites – “Strip Mining on Steroids”
Beth Wellington’s commentary delves into the complex history of this controversial mining operation, with background that highlights corporate and public interest positions, as well as relevant legislative history.
Developments in Legal Outsourcing and Offshoring
Ron Friedmann and Joy London have been tracking legal market outsourcing and offshoring since 2005, and offer their insights into how this market will expand in the future.
Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets!
Barbara Fullerton, Sabrina I. Pacifici and Aaron Schmidt‘s gadgets’ presentation from Internet Librarian 2006 runs the gamet from the whimsical to cutting edge applications that facilitate accessibility, assist military personnel in Iraq, enhance training and presentations, and offer excellent holiday gift giving ideas as well.
Leveraging Blogs, RSS, News Alerts and Different Search Engines to Expand Your Research
Sabrina I. Pacifici outlines the techniques of a successful strategy and identifies a range of reliable resources that will contribute to the task of customizing your research objectives and maximizing results and services.
The Directorate of Legal Research at the Library of Congress: A Treasure Hidden Under a Bushel Basket
Michael Ravnitzky pulls back the curtain on a little known but extensive (his findings date back to 1915) and continuously updated source of topical comparative and international law reports, on subjects of public interest, produced each year by experts within the Library of Congress.