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I thought some of my readers might be interested in this recent post on AALL’s Washington Blawg about Saturday’s New York Times article on the loss of federal online information:

In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion, by Robert Pear, published: September 12, 2008

“Robert Pear of The New York Times succinctly describes the enormous challenges of preserving the vast array of federal online government information in an article published on September 13, 2008, entitled, “In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip into Oblivion.” The article captures a key concern raised by AALL in a letter to members of Congress last April about the short-sighted and disappointing decision of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) not to harvest agency Web sites at the end of this administration….”(full blog post, linking to NYT article).

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***Update: See the 4/2/12 post on recent Court of Appeals cases related to the statute of limitations for debt collection in Oregon***

We’ve been getting a run of questions from people who want to know the statute of limitations on their consumer debts, but the length of this blog post got away from me once I realized how interesting (and relevant!) this subject is in these tumultuous days of “lendor industry meltdown,” though the little guy, once again, may be getting short shrift.

If you are contacted about a debt (paid or unpaid), our recommendations:

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My blog post about How to Beat Your Ticket has been very popular and now, with the generous help of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin editors, writers, and lawyer contributors, I am sure to surpass that value with this new post.

The OSB Bulletin’s Aug/Sept 2008 issue has an, I dare say phenomenal, article on traffic law: Traffic School: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know, by Janine Robben. It even includes one of those beloved Checklists – hurrah! (My law library patrons and I do love our checklists.)

So, if you have a traffic ticket you want to challenge and don’t read this article in addition to the quick-pick resources from my blog post, then I have nothing else to say to you.

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Public law librarian bloggers just have to love Nolo Press, especially Nolo Blogs. They do so much of our work for us! (But not all of it, I may say – and a good thing too 🙂

Check out the latest info at the Nolo Blog, on Estate Planning (especially the blawg post on cleaning out the clutter (which may be another person’s treasure!), and on Real Estate Tips (especially the post on, wait, they are all interesting!)).

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A complete answer to this question depends on where you live. IF you are in a city with a federal court library or, lucky you, in a city where a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Library is located, you may have a few other options.

You may also have access to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (official name) briefs that are available on Westlaw or Lexis.

In time the briefs may appear on PACER (and a few may be there now, but I’ve not ever seen one there myself).

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I posted here with information about people wanting to know if there were laws prohibiting utilities from turning off power or water (Power to Children and the Poor). In the post and in the comments I made it clear that we sometimes have to become quite assertive when seeking assistance. In addition to the resources in your local community, the ones I listed in the post, there is a statewide clearinghouse to help you locate additional services.

Oregon Safenet (800-723-3638), which is provided by 211Info (just dial 211 on your telephone).

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In the good old days (uh, maybe not so good), this statement meant something very different from what it means today. In fact, it could be a test of how reference desk-qualified you are. Those library staffers who don’t see both meanings need some retraining.

“I can’t remotely use x law journal?”

Speaking of seeing “both (all!) meanings,” don’t forget these classics: Old Woman or Young Woman or the Vase or Face.

And Mona, from the Exploratorium online collection.

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On Wednesday, September 17th, 2008: Get your free pocket U.S. Constitution (3 different selection to choose from!) at Laura the Law Librarian’s Constitution Day celebration. (Yes, once again I’ll be handing out pocket U.S. Constitutions at the Washington County Courthouse, from Noon to 1 p.m.)

(Bring a friend and stay in Hillsboro for lunch. If you haven’t visited downtown Hillsboro recently, you’re in for a treat. Great food, beautiful walks (see more Metro Walks here), great Law Library (!), and much more.)

Once again, I stand [never] alone up against the forces of, uh, Constitution-less anarchy maybe? But as you’ve probably noticed, it’s not enough to HAVE a Constitution, one must be governed by it (not unlike that Seinfeld car rental reservation, here and here, where it wasn’t enough to HAVE the reservation; one had to HOLD the reservation …. 🙂

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