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State Public Records Databases
Here is an easy to use, nicely laid out, compilation of state public records databases, from BRB Publications, which has lots of free stuff. It’s not free for them…
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Willy-Nilly is Not a Legal Research Strategy: Public Law Librarians and Advice to Unpublished Children’s Book Authors
…quickly that Willy-Nilly is not a research strategy. Others never figure it out and public law librarians hear a lot of “I just need a yes or no answer to…
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East Multnomah County Justice Center and Public Law Libraries
…expertise) to those who can’t make it to our “county seat” public law libraries. My plan is simple, but it’s the execution that’s tricky. For the East County…
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Oregon Public Records Laws
The Multnomah County Auditor has released its public records law report on eliminating barriers to public access. Today’s Oregonian had an editorial about the report, here….
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Public Comment on Doctrine of Digital First Sale
Do you have something to say about the Doctrine of Digital First Sale? “…. request for public comments on five issues critical to economic growth, job creation, and cultural…
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Follow the Money: Participatory Budgeting (Oregon and beyond)
There are many ways to serve a community: voting, working, volunteering, learning, parenting, etc. If your public service-bliss is to geek out on government operations, there is nothing more…
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Which Version of Dred Scott, Plessy, or Bush v. Gore Do You Want?: U.S. Supreme Court Rewrites (ur, edits) Past Opinions
…HARV. L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2014)). See also, Victor Li article, “Who owns the law? Technology reignites the war over just how public documents should be,” ABA Journal, June 1,…
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White Space, Public Space, and Air and Space
When technology, public access, and control issues surface … can lawyers be far behind? White Space Devices & The Battle Over Innovation: Public Access vs. Industry Control of the…
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Oregon and Public Records: OMB Watch and OpenUpOregon
…my post, Oregon Public Records Law Disclosure and Email: about how the DOJ website can be less than helpful, though I am optimistic that 2009 will bring improvements. The Commenter’s…