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Stop on by today (Wed Oct 31) for treats!

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 11:34 AM | Permalink

From "Search Engine Showdown" comes this valuable and useful article on finding info on web pages that no longer exist (or exist in a different location, format, etc. from when you last searched). An excerpt:
"The Web changes constantly, and sometimes that page that had just the information you needed yesterday (or last month or two years ago) is not available today. At other times you may want to see how a page's content or design has changed. There are several sources for finding Web pages as they used to exist.

While Google's cache is probably the best known, the others are important alternatives that may have pages not available at Google or the Wayback Machine plus they may have an archived page from a different date. The table below notes the name of the service, the way to find the archived page, and some notes that should give some idea as to how old a page the archive may contain."

Includes a useful comparison table of sources for finding archived and older web pages.
Direct Link: http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/others/archive.shtml

Thanks to Suzanne Thorpe for sending along this information.

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 08:26 AM | Permalink

Swing by the Law Library Lobby on Wednesday October 31 for treats! (No tricks!)

We'll have muffins and coffee starting at 9 am, cookies and lemonade in the afternoon, and candy and other treats all day!

Costumes encouraged

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 11:20 AM | Permalink

Public lecture series on I-35W bridge
The U is hosting a lecture series to examine the aftermath of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in 100 Rapson Hall on the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. Topics are "The Mississippi as a (National) Park" (October 16); "Where Does the Water Actually Go?" (October 23); "Between Prairie and Sea: The Mississippi River as a Continental Transportation System" (October 30); "A Vital Cog in the Regional Network: The New Bridge as a Transportation Link" (November 6); "The Design of a New Bridge" (November 13); and "Integrated Design: Sustainable Community" (November 20). All events are free. For speaker details, see "Telling River Stories."

Source: U of M eNews

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 04:15 PM | Permalink

Kumar Percy Jayasuriya, Georgetown Law Library, and Frances M. Brillantine, Catholic University of America, Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library, have deposited Student Services in the 21st Century: Evolution and Innovation in Discovering Student Needs, Teaching Information Literacy, and Designing Library 2.0-Based Services, Legal Reference Services Q. (forthcoming), in NELLCO. Here's the abstract:

The authors discuss the changing library needs of law students as computers, technology and legal publishing evolve. In order to track the evolving needs of students, the authors discuss ways that librarians can survey students and explain how focus groups and usability tests can provide further insights regarding students’ research skills and information needs. The article examines the literature regarding information literacy and suggests minimum standards for legal information literacy upon graduation, and the authors suggest new services that law librarians could create for law students. Next the authors examine the recent literature about Library 2.0 services, and offer suggestions on incorporating Library 2.0 principles into law library services.

Source: Law Librarian Blog

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 04:46 PM | Permalink

These photos are from the Alex M. Johnson Portrait Hanging/Reception held October 8 in the law library. Enjoy!

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 04:30 PM | Permalink

From the Government Innovators Network (JFK School of Government at Harvard) comes news of at least two innovative legal programs. You can read more at http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/

Grant will fund 'new life' court
09/20/2007 | The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina)

In North Carolina, the Durham County District Court has received federal funding to begin "The New Life Court," an 18-month project that works with previous low-level offenders, such as child support delinquents, trying to reenter the work force. The program will work with 25-30 clients at a time, using social services to help parents having trouble paying child support or people released from jail to avoid the further punishment of unemployment or underemployment.

Free legal help will be available to veterans
09/06/2007 | Chicago Daily Herald

The Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, the John Marshall Law School, and several other entities are partnering to ensure that veterans obtain free legal services to file claims for the health and education benefits they deserve. The project will recruit and train attorneys to represent disabled veterans at hearings on appeals related to their claims.

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 08:59 AM | Permalink

Interested in terrorism resources or facts on Operation Iraqi Freedom? The Government Publications Library at University of Colorado at Boulder held a drop-in session to talk about these resources and introduce some new sources. Luckily, they created a handout for those of us who couldn't make this session.

Direct link to handout: http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/handouts/Sept11toIraq.pdf

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 08:33 AM | Permalink

LSI: Library Scene Investigation: Veterinary Medical Library Open House
What: Open House
Where: Veterinary Medical Science Building - 4th floor
When: October 30, 2007, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public

Investigate the evidence at two Open House events sponsored by the Health Sciences Libraries

* Investigate library resources
* Talk to library staff
* Enjoy refreshments and giveaways
* Win prizes

More information: 612-624-4281 or vetlib@umn.edu.

LSI: Library Scene Investigation: Bio-Medical Library Open House
What: Open House
Where: 555 Diehl Hall
When: October 23, 2007, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public

Investigate the evidence at two Open House events sponsored by the Health Sciences Libraries

* Investigate library resources
* Talk to library staff
* Enjoy refreshments and giveaways
* Win prizes

More information: 612-626-3260 or medref@umn.edu

Source: University Library Events Blog

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 02:09 PM | Permalink

Here are some new or updated legal resources that have recently been announced:

Cell Phone Driving Laws: The Governors Highway Safety Association provides a chart of state cell phone driving laws. The chart indicates whether 1) the state collects crash data related to cell phone use, 2) there are restrictions on cell phone use for novice drivers, 3) there are other restrictions, and 4) there are preemption laws, or laws than ban municipalities from implementing restrictions. While the chart is a good place to start research on this topic, it does not provide the legal citation for referenced laws.

Electronic Discovery Law: The law firm, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, sponsors this blog on news and developments pertaining to electronic data discovery (EDD). Lawyers comment on newsworthy events as well as important case law. A case law database lets you search for state or federal cases by keyword. (The search box appears on the left in the middle of the page.) Additional features include amendments to federal rules, annotated resources and an RSS feed.

EDD Update: Law.com sponsors this blog on electronic data discovery (EDD). It provides brief commentary on legal news and events.

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has new web address:
"The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is relocating its Internet Web page to its own in-house servers. As part of this process, the court's Web page address and domain name will be changed to www.cafc.uscourts.gov on October 1, 2007. The former Web page address and domain name, www.fedcir.gov, will continue to be kept active through December 31, 2007, in order to redirect users to the new address. The new domain name brings the Federal Circuit into conformance with the Web site naming convention used by the other United States Courts of Appeals. Web site authors and others who have created links to pages inside the www.fedcir.gov Web page should change the URL of those links to the new URL on October 1, 2007. Please direct any questions to the CAFC Webmaster at webmaster@cafc.uscourts.gov. We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience during this transition."

Sources: TVC Alert and Robert Ambrogi's LawSites.

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 10:05 AM | Permalink

Here is the list of new titles the law library acquired in September 2007. The list is also on the library's home page.

September Acquisitions

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 11:26 AM | Permalink

In recognition of Alex M. Johnson Jr.'s four years (2002-2006) of leadership and dedication as the ninth Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School, his portrait will be hung in the Law School Library entrance hall, and the area will be named the "Alex M. Johnson Foyer."

Please join us for unveiling of the portrait and a reception honoring Dean Johnson:
Monday October 8, 2007
3:30-5:00 p.m.
in the Alex M. Johnson Foyer
University of Minnesota Law School Library
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota

For more information, contact (612) 625-4554 or lawevent@umn.edu.

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 08:33 AM | Permalink