Oregon Legal Research BlogAs if parents didn’t have enough to worry about:
A beSpacific post: WSJ Investigates Extensive Web Tracking of Children Online:
September 17, 2010, Children Face Intensive Tracking, by Steve Stecklow:
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For Librarians: Digital Reference: What is Your Reference Librarian “Coffee-Name?”
Librarians and Libraries may look peaceful, but underneath all that quiet and deceptive-calm is a seething mass of email, chat, IM, and other reference Question-Answer activity that keeps us mighty busy.
But the big question, at least for some of us who participate in a lot of Digital Reference service (also called e-Reference), is how to identify oneself, that is, how to answer that dreaded question from utter strangers:
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
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Social Security Death Index
It’s hard to believe, but there are still working people out there who need but don’t know about the Social Security Death Index.
So I’m doing my bit to spread the word one reader at a time.
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Oregon History Nights: Beavers v. Ducks Sports Rivalries and Monroe Sweetland
I bet you don’t see those two subjects in the same sentence very often!
The Oregon Encyclopedia (The OE), an online resource of Oregon history and culture, is partnering with McMenamins on a series of History Nights.
1) Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 7:00 pm, Kerry Eggers presents “It’s War! Beavers vs. Ducks: The History of the Longest-and Greatest-Sports Rivalry in Oregon.”
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Oregon Librarians: Eat their Own Dog Food and Adopt the Open-Source Kittens
Present and Future Librarians: The most recent OLA Quarterly has some excellent articles well-worth reading including, but not limited to these:
OLA (Oregon Library Association) Quarterly, Fall 2010, Vol. 16, no. 3
1) ‘What “Open to the Public” Really Means,” by Jane Salisbury and Carolee Hirsch
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“Where to Find Lost Loot” (Money, Savings Bonds, Insurance Policies, Refunds)
The October 2010 Consumer Reports magazine had a useful article on “Where to Find Lost Loot” (and we thank them for posting it free, online).
More on consumer protection from the Federal Trade Commission and the soon to be activated (we hope) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Oregon Classroom Law Project, and Baseball “Law”
Constitution Day 2010 has passed with nary a whimper, but thoughts of the inimitable Classroom Law Project stay front and center.
Did you know you can volunteer with the Classroom Law Project? They are super-friendly, fun, and oh so smart. And they are willing to pass all that goodness on to you, free of charge. You just need to volunteer. (I’m volunteering so I can learn how to bring all that goodness out to my law library’s county.)
Learn and teach about civics, courts, and law making. You don’t need to be a lawyer to volunteer – really!
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Oregon Food Handlers Manual, Not Just for Food Servers
The Oregon Food Handlers Manual is not just for food-handlers. It’s for people who eat or buy food. Could this mean you?
1) If you eat in restaurants or at grocery stores, farmers’ markets, food carts, hospitals, country fairs, lemonade stands, fund-raising events, or just about anywhere else you buy food, you might be interested in how Oregonians are protected from food-borne illnesses.
2) Even if you don’t sell or serve food, if you EAT food, you might find the Food Handlers Manual interesting, along with the Oregon Food Safety website. (And for extra credit, you can read about Alcohol Server Education.)
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Oregon Supreme Court: What is a “Roof” for Insurance Purposes?
Dewsnup v. Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon, (SC 057895), decided September 16, 2010:
“…Today, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that, based on plaintiffs’ expert’s affidavit, the question whether a roof, after a homeowner has begun to disassemble and repair it, remained a “roof” for the purposes of a homeowners’ insurance policy, was a question of fact that must be decided by a jury rather than being determined by a judge on summary judgment….” (Read full 9/16/10, Media Release or full opinion.)
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How Do I Ban an Oregon Public Library Book? Let Me Count the Ways.
The upcoming Banned Book Week, September 25 – October 2, 2010, gives us an excuse to wax poetically, briefly, with dignity, and without matches, on how to object, also with dignity and without matches, to a book in your public library. It’s quite easy:
Call, or
Visit, or
Connect to your library’s website.
Express your displeasure, with principled reasons,
And, simply, ask that your complaint about a book be heard (and responded to)
By the Library Director, Library Board and Library Managers.
For example, the Multnomah County Library offers many opportunities for you to communicate with the library’s Director and managers. Or, you can find your library at one of these Oregon library directories.
For more information on banned books: