Don’t let it be a disaster. Short and sweet, from iLibrarian:
What Happens if Your Library Systems Go Down?
For full-fledged disasters (floods, fire, earthquakes, hurricanes, shooters, bomb threats, bombs, building collapse, etc.) check with your managers, your organization, and your local librarian community for specific and recommended disaster planning checklists. (And if they don’t help, use The Google! Don’t let others’ failure to prepare become your disaster.)
Jim Calloway (Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program) poses (and channels) the question:
“What if the clients decided to provide the templates for their legal work?”
Link to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) for more, e.g.:
“Cell phone book clubs: A new way for libraries to promote literacy, technology, family and community,” by David H. Rothman, published on July 27, 2014, LLRX (Law and technology resources for legal professionals).
Hat tip to BeSpacific.
“Free Exercise of Religion by Closely Held Corporations: Implications of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,” by Cynthia Brougher, Legislative Attorney
July 23, 2014.
Hat tip to BeSpacific.
KGW story: Seven measures certified for Oregon 2014 ballot
“Measure numbers for the November 4, 2014, general election ballot will be released August 1,” according to the Secretary of State’s website. But it looks as if you can see those numbers, and other information, from this PDF, which I linked to from that website.
From the Secretary of State’s “Make or Change State Law website“, as of today:
“The number of valid signatures required to qualify an initiative for the ballot is based on a percentage of the total votes cast for governor at the last election:
Blog posts on the topic:
“The Lillian Goldman Law Library has released an android app of our Pronouncing Dictionary of the United States Supreme Court.”
Link directly to their web document version: “Pronouncing Dictionary of the Supreme Court of the United States“
Hat tip to Yale Law Library blog post: “Blackstone Goes Hollywood” – and we’re the studio,” June 5, by Mike Widener
Excerpt from Worlds of Law Blackstone Goes Hollywood post:
“I’ve made a new video—about Blackstone’s Commentaries. It’s also about storytelling form in legal history. My sister-in-law once named a fish Blackstone, which I thought was a very nice sign of respect to the great eighteenth-century explicator of the common law, but the fish plays no part in this video. But Humphrey Bogart does. And so does Orson Welles….” [Link to full blog post and video.]
Hat tip to Law for Real People blog: Why You Need to Call the Police if Your Caregiver or Employee Steals From You
Excerpt: “I just had a call from a very nice person who needs caregivers around-the-clock, 365 days a year. One of these caregivers recently stole money from from my friend. My friend said it happened about six weeks ago, and that the person was no longer serving as a caregiver, so she was just going to let it go.
I had to explain to her why it was so important that she call the police:
Oregon Legal Research Blog