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LawLibrarianBloghttp://feedburner.google.comBigLaw Associate Pay Should Return to 1998 Levels According to Altman Weil Experttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a660b006970b2009-11-07T15:37:49-05:002009-11-07T20:43:43Z2009-11-07T20:37:49ZAltman Weil legal consultant James Cotterman thinks associate pay levels should be set back to 1998 levels. Associate pay at large law firms has dropped from $160,000 to $145,000, but that was only "about half of what was needed," Cotterman...Joe HodnickiLaw Firm News and Viewshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/biglaw-associate-pay-should-return-to-1998-levels-expert-says.htmlRound-Up of State Practitioner Blogstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64409e8970b2009-11-07T03:55:00-05:002009-11-07T08:55:00Z2009-11-07T08:55:00ZCalifornia Divorce Lawyer Blog http://www.californiadivorcelawyerblog.com http://www.californiadivorcelawyerblog.com/index.xml Discusses divorce law opinions, matters and news in California. Published by Gary D. Sparks. California Employment Lawyers Blog http://www.californiaemploymentlawyersblog.com http://www.californiaemploymentlawyersblog.com/index.xml Provides opinion on employment law news, cases and reports in California. Published by Howard...Joe HodnickiWeb Communicationshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/roundup-of-state-practitioner-blogs.htmlPutting Out Westlaw OnePass Fires: The West Way to Customer Service -- Better Late Than Never But Not as Good as a Timely Heads-Uptag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a65c73f7970b2009-11-06T11:19:21-05:002009-11-06T17:47:45Z2009-11-06T16:19:21ZSo do you think sometime last week West's Lori Hedstrom (Marketing Manager, Librarian Relations) was planning to submit a message about the OnePass rollout to the pll-sis and law-lib listsersv yesterday afternoon? Or did it take Greg Lambert's Nov. 4th...Joe HodnickiProducts & Serviceshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/putting-out-onepass-fires-the-west-way-to-customer-service-better-late-than-never-but-not-as-good-as.htmlFriday Fun: League of Librarians Trading Cardstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5637e6f970b2009-11-06T03:55:00-05:002009-11-06T12:39:09Z2009-11-06T08:55:00ZLibrarians at the University of Rochester River Campus credit Carleton College for giving them the inspiration for their League of Librarians Trading Cards including political science and law librarian Ann Marshall's card, click to enlarge, left. View the Flickr slideshow....Joe HodnickiFriday Funhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/friday-fun-league-of-librarians-trading-cards.htmlThe 2009 Am Law Tech Surveytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6ab9bd7970c2009-11-06T03:48:00-05:002009-11-06T08:48:00Z2009-11-06T08:48:00ZThe American Lawyer's Alan Cohen reports that one-third of the 110 Am Law 200 law firms participating in the Am Law Tech Survey for 2009 reported that their capital budgets were down more than 10 percent this year. Staffing levels...Joe HodnickiInformation Technologyhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/the-2009-am-law-tech-survey.htmlReminder: Today's Law Librarian Talk Show to Feature Carl Malamudtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a7a622970c2009-11-06T03:45:00-05:002009-11-06T08:45:00Z2009-11-06T08:45:00ZToday's Law Librarian Blog Talk Radio program will feature Carl Malamud, of Public.Resource.org. Malamud will be discussing Law.Gov and other digital preservation and open access issues at 3:00 PM ET. Should be very interesting. See LLB's It's Time for Law.Gov....Joe HodnickiGov Docshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/reminder-todays-law-librarian-talk-show-to-feature-carl-malamud.htmlSome Oldies but Goodies in the Government Domaintag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a3bdb6970c2009-11-06T03:35:00-05:002009-11-06T08:35:00Z2009-11-06T08:35:00Z"Over my six-plus years of tracking the federal web developments for [e-Government and Web Directory: U.S. Federal Government Online] -- through the post-9/11 scrubbing of numerous dotmil sites, the continuing conversion of government's printed publications to online-only, the massive Homeland...Joe HodnickiGov DocsLegal ResearchWeb Communicationshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/some-oldies-but-goodies-in-the-government-domain.htmlSome Thoughts on the Bob Berring Video Commentstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6af6c25970c2009-11-05T21:33:37-05:002009-11-06T02:33:37Z2009-11-06T02:33:37ZBob Berring’s statement about Lexis and Westlaw being a better alternative to legal research than volunteer Internet sites is pretty accurate. Both databases offer depth of resources, organization, precise search language and tools that simply can’t be matched by the...Joe HodnickiPublishing Industryhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/some-thoughts-on-the-bob-berring-video-comments.htmlThe OnePass Rollout Scramble for Westlaw Users: An Ounce of Communication Can Prevent a Pound of Complaintstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6ab91ac970c2009-11-05T07:10:00-05:002009-11-05T12:10:00Z2009-11-05T12:10:00ZIn Westlaw's OnePass Fiasco: A Study In How NOT To Roll Out A Change, Greg Lambert writes that West sent out a mass email last Thursday about rolling out it's new OnePass login system two days later. One librarian, Cindy,...Joe HodnickiLegal ResearchProducts & Serviceshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/the-onepass-rollout-scramble-for-westlaw-users-an-ounce-of-communication-can-prevent-a-pound-of-comp.htmlThe Information Age: Finding Needles and Haystackstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a3b6ec970c2009-11-05T03:46:00-05:002009-11-05T12:19:01Z2009-11-05T08:46:00ZCreated by Jessica Hagy, author of Index, this simple graphic may be a great illustration for legal research instructors when a student asks, "why can't I just use Google?" [JH]Joe HodnickiLegal Research Instructionhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/the-information-age-finding-needles-and-haystacks.htmlThe Five Sacred Cows of Library Technologists tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64e3fd8970b2009-11-05T03:44:00-05:002009-11-05T08:44:00Z2009-11-05T08:44:00ZAccording to Cindi Trainor: Our users haven't asked for that. Library technology=Windows or Mac. Cutting-edge is better; bleeding-edge is best. is the only way to go. Technology is the domain of the few. See Trainor's ALA TechSource post for details....Joe Hodnickihttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/the-five-sacred-cows-of-library-technologists-.htmlWhen is a Library not a Library?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6444eac970b2009-11-05T03:34:00-05:002009-11-05T08:34:00Z2009-11-05T08:34:00ZAccording to the YouTube description, "this Flashmob was organised as a part of Open House: Irish Architecture 2009. The piece is entitled "When is a Library not a Library?" and was designed to challenge your perceptions of what happens in...Joe HodnickiNewshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/when-is-a-library-not-a-library.htmlOpening: Harvard Law Library, Web Developertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a7a4a7970c2009-11-05T03:24:00-05:002009-11-05T08:24:00Z2009-11-05T08:24:00ZDuties And Responsibilities: The Harvard Law Library is seeking an energetic and creative web developer to join our newly created Digital Lab team. The Digital Lab is the Library's focal point for a wide range of activities including developing internet...Joe HodnickiEmployment Opportuntieshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/opening-harvard-law-library-web-developer.htmlACTA Copyright Provisions Becoming Clearertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a93e36970c2009-11-04T15:22:22-05:002009-11-04T20:23:00Z2009-11-04T20:22:22ZThe secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement treaty provisions are starting to leak out in spite of the "national security" status granted to it by the Bush and Obama administrations. The government let several groups (including public advocacy groups) see draft text...Joe HodnickiCurrent AffairsInternational LawWeb/Techhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/acta-copyright-provisions-becoming-clearer.htmlDon't Waste Your Time Trying to Do Better Than WEXIS: Responses to Berring on Open Access Law tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a7efd0970c2009-11-04T08:49:01-05:002009-11-04T13:50:15Z2009-11-04T13:49:01ZBy now, I expect many law librarians have viewed West's video of Bob Berring's opinion on the open access to legal information movement. If not, see below. In a nutshell, Berring advises legal information consumers that they should not bother...Joe HodnickiPublishing Industryhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/dont-bother-trying-to-do-better-than-wexis-responses-to-berring-on-open-access-law-.htmlNow that is a door prizetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a7ea83970c2009-11-04T08:41:14-05:002009-11-04T13:41:14Z2009-11-04T13:41:14ZQuiet a few law librarians are also attorneys, and some of that group even keep up their CLE hours like they are required to do for maintaining an active license. That being said I wanted to pass along an email...LawLibrarian BloggerSportshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/now-that-is-a-door-prize.htmlAALL Elections Now Underwaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64e4732970b2009-11-04T03:46:00-05:002009-11-04T08:46:00Z2009-11-04T08:46:00ZCheck out the candidate biographies and vote online here. The deadline to submit ballots is 11:59 p.m. Central Time, Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Here's the slate of candidates: Candidates for Vice President/President-Elect Darcy Kirk Associate Dean for Library and Technology...Joe HodnickiLibrary Associationshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/aall-elections-now-underway.htmlChech Out FDsys Video Tutorialstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a699bb2f970c2009-11-04T03:45:00-05:002009-11-04T08:45:00Z2009-11-04T08:45:00ZThe GPO has produced the following four FDsys how-to video tutorials: FDsys Overview: a brief overview on the background of FDsys. FDsys Simple Search: how to perform simple searches within the system and filter your results. FDsys Advanced Search: how...Joe HodnickiGov DocsLegal Research Instructionhttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/chech-out-fdsys-video-tutorials.htmlSo Many Law Review Articles, So Little Time: Jotwell to the Rescuetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a3b25a970c2009-11-04T03:38:00-05:002009-11-04T08:38:00Z2009-11-04T08:38:00ZEdited by Michael Froomkin (Miami) the mission of Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots) is to bring to readers’ attention recent legal scholarship by providing short reviews. "Here you will find leading academics and practitioners providing short reviews...Joe HodnickiNew Publicationshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/so-many-law-review-articles-so-little-time-jotwell-to-the-rescue.htmlChicago Tribune to Go AP-less for a Weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a650b784970b2009-11-03T18:02:38-05:002009-11-03T23:02:38Z2009-11-03T23:02:38ZHow bad is it getting for the newspaper industry? The Chicago Tribune is dropping AP content for a week beginning November 8. The experiment is designed to see if news coverage suffers. Content will be drawn from Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg...Joe HodnickiCurrent Affairshttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/11/chicago-tribune-to-go-apless-for-a-week.html