Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: December 13, 2006

Read Widely and Carry a Big Book

By Laura Orr

…it linked to this, which got me thinking differently than before about my own plans for the future of my library. Way back in my East Coast academic law…

Published on: March 7, 2012

Oregon Legal Research Blog on Indefinite Hiatus

By Laura Orr

button or click on one of the subject labels (aka tags). If you are interested in guest blogging, please contact the Washington County Oregon Law Library at lawlibrary@co.washington.or.us…

Published on: November 12, 2014

Cite-Checking: A Thousand Points of Citator-Speak

By Laura Orr

…label for Shepardizing. When I’m speaking generically, I use “citator service.” To take the “Xerox” out of photocopy, or the “Kleenex” out of tissue, I would just refer to it…

Published on: April 7, 2020

Covid-19 Metaphors: Express Train, War, Black Box, Oh My

By Laura Orr

…that local arrives at its final destination, it may be wise to label all this research—preprints, peer-reviewed papers, and for goodness’ sake, pronouncements from Donald Trump— with a black-box warning:…

Published on: November 22, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving!

By Paula Simon

…and unusual punishment. Tofurkey Producer Sues Texas over Labeling Laws The makers of Tofurkey, Turtle Island Foods, is an Oregon company that produces plant-based products. They have filed a suit…

Published on: February 13, 2007

Babysitting and the Law

By Laura Orr

** Please see the June 2009 update (or click on the Babysitting label). ** This is the time of year when the babysitting questions appear with increasing…

Published on: September 5, 2006

By Laura Orr

…privacy breach news. It’s not hard. Stories about data theft are over the newspapers, blogs, and official web sites. Take basic steps to protect your clients’ data the same way…

Published on: September 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

…you’d do at work). Blorking is what I do here at Blogspot’s “Oregon Legal Research.” Blorkers have to be careful, which is not a bad thing. We have to watch…

Published on: October 13, 2006

By Laura Orr

FRIDAY THE 13TH ROUNDUP: RSS in Law Firms, Courtroom Animation, etc.: Not all of you check Boley Blogs, but it’s worth it. The past couple of weeks have…

Published on: January 19, 2007

FOIA Your Eyes Only

By Laura Orr

…is about FOIA in the law library. Law librarians (and other types of librarians for that matter) periodically get requests on how to file FOIA requests. In the old days…