…to create an online library of public domain musical scores. Within a matter of months, the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) featured more than 1,000 musical scores for which…
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Farewell to the U.S. Statistical Abstract (on the budget chopping block)
The U.S. Statistical Abstract, an official and astonishingly time-saving research tool for researchers, public administrators, land use planners, and the business community world-wide, is slated for the budget chopping…
Multnomah County 2009 District Attorney Audit
OregonLive, and other news outlets, reported on the recent Multnomah County District Attorney 2009 audit: Audit: Multnomah County DA’s Office could communicate better with public, by Anne Saker, The…
Digital Rights Management, End Users, and the FTC
…about them from the public. (Librarians are always agonzing over them, law abiding souls that we are.) Also, Ars Technica has this interesting post about real-people reactions to DRM: Some…
Does Your Lawyer Know What Metadata Is?
…than “I don’t need no stinkin’ email.” As a public librarian, I’m in favor of self-help and I know my way around a law library, but I’m also smart enough…
Pedestrians: Learn Your Rights at Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Clinic
…being ignored (though their fatality rates are far greater than bicyclist fatality rates), but in all the heated (!) public conversations (on blogs, in public meetings, etc.), all I hear…
Teen Parents and the Law
It’s tough to find reliable information on this topic, and public librarians are asked these teen parenting questions more than law librarians generally are. But I was looking…
Consumer Protection and Blogging: A Match Made in Heaven?
I post not infrequently* about consumer protection issues, which are a big part of public law library (and regular public library) business from both attorneys and non-attorneys: From Portlander…
Blawgers as (real) Writers
…legal profession have come to rely on to help us do our own jobs should not taken for granted. They should be recognized for their talent, persistence, devotion, public service,…
Professional, and Ethical, Duty to Perform Adequate Legal Research
…on the Web,” Ellie Margolis, 10 YALE J. L. & TECH. 82 (2007): “INTRODUCTION No lawyer wants to be the subject of public ridicule in a judicial opinion, especially for…
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