The Legal Research is Easy blog post, Hone Those Research Skills, is California-based, but the lessons it teaches apply to law students in every state where public law libraries…
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Guide to Image Collections with Millions of Free, Hi-Res Images
iLibrarian post: A Guide to Little-Known Image Collections with Millions of Free, Hi-Res Images “…. There have been several new image collections that have opened up to the public…
How to Address a Former Speaker of the House, the President, and other Public Officials
…as, President, not Mr. x. Do not assume other public officials, candidates for public office, radio or TV news hosts, newspaper reporters, or others know correct forms of address. Look it…
Oregon Legislative Hearing Minutes: A Reminder
…one of these days: Public records laws, open secrets policies, public meetings laws are all well and good – and you can see Oregon’s Public Records and Public Meetings Manuals…
Oregon Public Affairs Forums
There are a number of public affairs forums across the state, dozens, maybe hundreds, if you include all the “speaker” series offered by local nonprofits, libraries, political, and educational…
April 21st Update: Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Copyright Dispute
…here. There is a long history to these disputes. If you want to read the history of legal publishing, public access, and law librarian and indendent publisher efforts to…
Public Law Librarians Consulted by Supreme Court Nominee on Eve of Judiciary Committee Hearings
…(judicial hearing) handlers are mere amateurs when compared to public law librarians who are masters at Answering a Question without Answering the Question. This is a skill we practice every…
Public Domain and those “Can I Copyright a ‘PowerPoint’ Presentation?’ Questions
Public Domain: Just when you think you figured out when a document was in the public domain, and no longer copyrighted, your instincts tell you to keep searching….
Traffic Week: Public Transit in Oregon (Mostly Portland-Metro)
A few of the on and off-the-grid Portland-metro, Trimet, and traffic blogs for more than you might want to know about public transit in the Portland-metro area: 1) Trimet…
Public Library of Law
You may have heard about the groundbreaking Public Library of Science (PLOS) … but have you heard about the Public Library of Law (PLOL)? These are all works in…
Oregon Legal Research Blog

