iLibrarian alerts us to this gem of a post from a Syracuse School of Information Studies:
61 Non-librarian Jobs for LIS grads
For a bonus point, #62, read about how librarian skills translate into city management skills at Will Manley’s blog post, Shooting Bullets:
Update on Honda Civic Hybrid Lawsuit: Small Claims Court vs. Class Action Settlement:
“No ruling as Civic hybrid owner takes Honda to Small Claims Court,” LA Times, by Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2012.
You can follow the plaintiff’s Twitter feed for updates.
Reading minutes from meetings can be a snooze, but they can also be very funny – and they can make a great lawyer out of you (or at least contribute to your greatness).
Funny meeting minutes examples (though I will admit that maybe you needed to be there):
1) From Oregon State Bar board meeting minutes several years ago:
3 Geeks and a Law Blog alerts us to the death of Fred Milano:
“Fred Milano – From Doo-Wop to Doo-ing Legal Research”
Excerpt: “Fred Milano passed away on Sunday at the age of 72, just three weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Milano is best known for his place in Rock and Roll history as being in the doo-wop band, Dion and the Belmonts. However, Milano had a second career later in life as a Legal Coordinator at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City….” [Link to full 3 Geeks and a Law Blog post.]
From Law in the News:
Excerpt: “According to a recently released opinion from the Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Committee, it is professionally unethical for a practicing attorney to ask a law student to use her free Lexis or Westlaw account for firm work. The big commercial legal research companies provide law students with free access to their services to help in the development of student legal research skills. Typically, students sign an agreement with the provider stating that they will use their free access only for educational and non-profit purposes….” [Link to full Legal Skills Prof blog post.]
Please note:
Oregon Circuit Court Filing Fee Changes Effective October 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012
You can also reach this OJD webpage by clicking on the OJD News webpage and selecting What’s New from the dropdown menu.
Researchers, scholars, and librarians have always had to evaluate the quality of information sources, including books, journals, speeches, and all other “information.”
We have to apply the same evaluations skills to online information sources – and so do you.
Here is a listing of evaluation tools and articles that may be useful if not interesting: “Information Quality Resources on the Internet,” by Marcus P. Zillman, Published on December 2, 2011:
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission’s Commission on Public Safety issued its December 30, 2011 “Final Report to Governor Kitzhaber” (also known as the De Muniz Commission Report).
Oregon Legal Research Blog