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Press release from the American Library Association (ALA) here:

“This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was ordered by Congress to re-open many of its libraries that had been closed over the course of the past year, as written into the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill sent to President Bush this week.

If you ever wondered what lawyers do off-hours (no, they do not eat their young – do they?), visit f/ka and get yourself a free, printable copy of the Giacalone Haiga Calendar 2008 calendars (2 choices!) – perfect for ringing in the New Year, peacefully, gracefully, a little wistfully, and with much hope.

What is haiga? One definition here (scroll down to last page) and another, more detailed, one here.

The Oregon Legislature has posted a press release of Top Bills Going into Effect January 1, including but not limited to new laws on health care, civil rights, ID theft protections, meth, veterans benefits, and consumer protection.

Other Legislative press releases can be found here.

The City of Gresham has posted information about the Gresham Rental Inspection program, including a copy of the Council Bill 14-07.

The Oregonian ran a story about the new program, “Landlords: the checks are in the code,” by Robin Franzen, on 12/20/07.

On Wed, 12/19/07, Governor Kulongoski named appointed a new Washington County Circuit Court Judge. From the Governor’s press release:

“Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced his appointment of Keith Rogers to the Washington County Circuit Court. Judge Rogers will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Tim Alexander, effective December 31, 2007. …”

This is an excellent research tool from the staff at the University of Oregon Document Center for those who need to search across all Oregon local government web sites.

From Tom Stave of the U of O:

“Open the UO Libraries’ “Planning” research guide and click on the Web Resources jump link.

The 2007 Oregon Family Fairness Act * is a good excuse to give you a mini-primer on how to find Oregon laws, when the new statutes are about to be published, even though everyone thinks they should already be out and can’t figure out why they can’t be found. (I could explain the lengthy and laborious process of codification to you, but you’d fall asleep, so I won’t.)

As you try and follow the links below, remember that direct links to certain legislative pages just aren’t always possible. You have to go to a “home” page and then drill down. (Yes, very sad, but you have to take that up with your State Senators and Representatives.)

Full speed ahead:

PI Buzz has a post about searching old U.S. Passport databases:

Excerpt from the PI Buzz post:

“U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925 have been collected together into one database that can be searched by name or date and other criteria. Ancestry.com has assembled this from U.S. government sources The images of original applications may include photographs, physical descriptions, country of origin, place of residence, travel companions, marriage status and affidavits of relatives.
Search the FamilySearch.org index of international birth, death and marriage records collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ProGenealogists collect links to international vital records that are searchable in online databases.”

Excerpt from the Law Librarian blog post:

“LawCrossing features the largest collection of active legal jobs in the world, including more than 70,000 positions at top law firms, corporations, public interest organizations, and government offices throughout the U.S. A free job search function is provided on the website’s front page as is legal news and other useful information resources.

Launched in July 2003, LawCrossing is a brainchild of CEO A. Harrison Barnes, who also founded the hugely successful parent company of LawCrossing, Juriscape, in 2000. The very popular JD2B is another website published by the Company and one I have frequently recommended to law students….”

There was a time when you had to beg, borrow, or steal (I didn’t say that) titles like this, Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges (5th edition, 2007). Now, it’s an open source new world.

Thanks to the excellent Law Librarian Blog for the tip.