Oregon Legal Research Blog…Age, how come nobody knows anything?” Few non-librarians know about the hundreds (thousands, probably) of hidden document treasure troves, which go by many names: libraries, archives, repositories, databases, among others….
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October 2021 is Archives Month in Oregon
Visit the Portland Archives news and events page for info on and links to Archives Month 2021 events around the state. Visit their Local Heritage Organizations page for…
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Copyright Tools for Libraries and Librarians (ALA)
…Do not be penny wise and pound foolish. Your library employer has, or should have, a lawyer who is paid for making these decisions that will keep you and the…
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Prisons and Libraries
“Prisoners’ Right to Read: A New Interpretation to the Library Bill of Rights,” posted on July 12th, 2010 by Nanette Perez There is also a Prison Law blog (thank…
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Prison Libraries: “A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer”
A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer, Adam Liptak, New York Times, February 8, 2010 ‘… Mr. [Shon] Hopwood spent much of that time in the prison law…
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Wireless in Libraries: a how-to (cookbook) manual
…learning, especially when they are written by people who understand what libraries are and what librarians do. Thanks to Nicole Engard for the link from her What I learned today…
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“Dude, how did you do that so fast?” – Libraries at Warp Speed
“Better than Google: Libraries offer online databases with quality information – for free,” by Dan Giancaterino, from “Philadelphia Lawyer,” courtesy of Jenkins Law Library. Article here. “One evening,…
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Small Business Information in the Portland Metro Area
Public libraries can be an excellent starting place for researching small business matters and we have two in the metro area with not only excellent business book collections and…
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Legal Services Corporation Highlights Library Initiative White Paper
See The Untapped Potential of Public Libraries to Help Close the Justice Gap for the full article and a link to the white paper. Oregon’s public county law libraries already provide…
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A Human Book, not an eBook: What if You Could Borrow a Legal Scholar (from your library) for an Hour?
…I live in a region of the country that is rich in great people and excellent public libraries, but every community has fascinating people and maybe even a small library…