August 2008 Archives

Here are recent new or updated legal resources to note:

New PSLaw website
A new version of PSLawNet launched in July. It contains several upgrades for public interest law job seekers, including enhanced search functionalities and the ability to flag and store job postings. The new PSLawNet also contains a greatly expanded career resource library with sample resumes/cover letters, information on an array of public interest career paths, and much more. Visit the new site at : http://www.pslawnet.org/.

Westlaw's New Election Law Feature
A new Elections tab has been added to Westlaw. Free during the year's election season, users can customize their Westlaw interface to access information like voter identification, campaign financing laws, and election-related news. "Election-2008"″ content within the Elections tab provides researchers with state and federal court filings relevant to election law, including court motions, memoranda, pleadings, trial briefs, non-expert depositions, discovery and non-expert affidavits, proposed court orders, agreements, verdicts, and settlements.

Another option: Election Law (at) Moritz, a OSU Moritz College of Law - Moritz Law Library joint project, a great resource for election law information and analysis.

State Laws Subject Compilations
Nyberg and Boast's Subject Compilations of State Laws is now on HeinOnline. Subscription options, quick reference guide and video demonstration are available at: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2008/08/nyberg-and-boas.html

IDEA to Replace EDGAR for Company Filings
The Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman recently announced that EDGAR will be replaced with a new system called IDEA offering "investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds." Read more at: http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/2008/08/idea_to_replace_edgar_for_comp.html

New Book: Importance of Being Honest
Steven Lubet has written The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hyposcrisy Collide with the Trust in Law. Lubet is a law professor at Northwestern. Lubet’s book provides short chapters that deal with the issue of honesty in the practice of law. The book is a provacative read for struggling with the ethics of being a legal professional.

The Law Library is pleased to announce that remote access to all Law Library databases is easier than ever before!

Law faculty, students, and staff may now access nearly all of the library’s subscription electronic resources from outside Mondale Hall by selecting the resource from the library’s Directory of Electronic Resources and simply logging in with your U of M Internet username and password.

For a full listing of all the Law Library’s electronic resources, consult the Directory of Electronic Resources at: http://local.law.umn.edu/library/ERDirectory.html. If you have questions or need assistance please contact the Reference desk at 625-4309 or email: law-ref@umn.edu.

Upcoming changes to Law Library hours:

Monday Sept. 1 CLOSED

Beginning Tuesday Sept. 2:

Monday-Thursday OPEN 8 am-10 pm (Reference Office open 9-8)

Friday OPEN 8 am-6 pm (Reference Office open 9-5)

Saturday OPEN 9 am-6 pm (Reference Office open 11-5)

Sunday OPEN Noon-6 pm (Reference Office open 1-5)

The U Libraries have licensed a new accounting standards database, Accounting Research Manager -Audit Public (from CCH), for the U community. http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/accountingresearchmanager
The link is on the Libraries A-Z list on the home page and is also listed on the left side of the Business Library page: http://busref.lib.umn.edu/
At this time, our subscription is for up to 5 simultaneous users.

CCH describes the database as follows:

CCH's Accounting Research Manager® is the most timely and comprehensive online database of expert-written analytical accounting, auditing, governmental, internal controls and SEC information as well as primary source data. Updated daily, it provides current, complete and objective resource for your financial reporting needs.

To keep current, subscribers receive our Weekly Summary, a newsletter highlighting the key developments of the week. It provides links to FASB, AICPA, SEC, EITF, IASB, PCAOB, IIA, COSO, GASB, GAO, and OMB authoritative and proposal-stage literature, plus insightful guidance from financial reporting experts. Get the latest on the changes to GAAP, GAAS and SEC rules. Minimize your research time, while enhancing your results.

If a tab or line on the search form is shaded in gray, it is not part of our subscription licensing agreement with CCH / Wolters Kluwer --and it requires an additional fee. Let us know if there are portions of the database that appear in gray that are needed for your research or teaching.

Source: Judy Wells, Collection Coordinator, Social Sciences and Professional Programs; Business and Government Librarian via Connie Lenz

Photo by nichole45 via flickr

An occasional feature, "Law Library Staff Recommend..." highlights books that Law Library staff members have read for enjoyment and now recommend that others consider for inclusion on their own reading lists. If you have any comments or questions about any of the titles presented in this feature, feel free to email lawlib@umn.edu or stop by the library. Today we highlight Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein's Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes. (Penguin, 2008).

This little book is a fun, quick read. The authors explain basic philosophical concepts, such as epistemology, and then illustrate them with jokes. Unfortunately, the explanations lack enough depth to most readers; they work better as a reminders to those who have already learned the concepts elsewhere.

Although some of the links between the jokes and the concepts are tenuous, most of the jokes themselves are excellent. For instance:

A Buddhist walks up to a hot-dog stand and says, "Make me one with everything."
He then pays the vendor and asks for change.
The vendor responds, "Change comes from within."

You can find more information about this book at the website: http://www.platoandaplatypus.com/ or a YouTube video of a book talk at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMsQ04IXKok

Wheels of misfortune; bicycle thefts are rarely solved but UW-Madison campus police are trying a new deterrent
08/06/2008 | The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin)

University of Wisconsin-Madison police are taking extra steps to keep bikes safe from thieves. Under the new "Bait Bike" program, the police have equipped decoy bikes with GPS devices around campus. When the bike is stolen, police follow the GPS signal and try to catch the thief. Typically, bicycle thefts rarely lead to recoveries or arrests. However, under the new program, 18 people have taken the bait since May, leading to 18 recoveries and 16 arrests.

Read more at http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/111731.html

Register now for the Minnesota Coalition for Intellectual Freedom Annual Dinner featuring speaker Jane Kirtley.

Limited seating available Register Now at: http://mncif.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2008mcifinvitation.doc

More than seven years after 9/11, the government continues to curtail speech, assembly and access to information in the name of national security with hardly a complaint from the general public. Meanwhile, satire in "The New Yorker" and the film "Tropic Thunder" generates plenty of protests. Have Americans lost their sense of humor -- and their sense of outrage about attacks on our fundamental rights? Join us for this thought provoking Presentation!

Jane Kirtley has been the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (and Affiliated Law School Faculty) at the University of Minnesota since August 1999. Jane also is an attorney and a member of the New York, District of Columbia, and Virginia bars.

Source: MLA Updates blog

UMN Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian Mary Rumsey recently published an article in the Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce, entitled “Gauging the Impact of Online Legal Information on International Law: Two Tests.�

Spring, 2008 35 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com. 201
This article is currently available electronically through LexisNexis Academic.

From the Introduction:

This article examines two strands of legal work - decisions of human rights tribunals and legal scholarship - to test whether online legal information has affected them. I hypothesize that the availability of electronic sources has resulted in increased citations to documents from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in human rights jurisprudence1 and in increased citations to journals (vis-a-vis books) in scholarly articles on international law.

First, I will briefly summarize the advent of legal and human rights information on the Internet. Second, I will provide a citation analysis of two forms of human rights jurisprudence: United Nations Human Rights Committee "Views" and European Court of Human Rights decisions. Third, I will compare citations of scholarly literature over time in the American Journal of International Law. Last, I will briefly discuss the possible implications of my surveys.

Redeeming Law
In a cynical society suspicious of lawyers, Christian law schools are decidedly not.
Tim Stafford | posted 8/15/2008 08:44AM

Excerpt:
Until the 1970s, many Americans assumed that they shared a Christian culture, and nowhere was that attitude more pervasive or complacent than in law. Whether in church-related schools or not, law students studied the same basic elements of law set down by Harvard Law in the 1870s: property, contracts, criminal law, civil procedure, evidence, and torts. There was no distinctively Christian way to consider these; people assumed the law was fundamentally compatible with Christian thinking.

Roe v. Wade trashed that assumption, launching culture wars and struggles over religious liberty. Groups like the American Center for Law and Justice sprang up in response, going to court in defense of Christian causes. Gradually, Christian lawyers expanded their thinking beyond controversial court cases. They began to wonder what had become of their profession.

Sam Casey, executive director of the Christian Legal Society (cls), says he was typical when he started law school at the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit institution, in the '60s: "I wanted to make it in America." Law offered money, influence, and a membership at the country club. If some entered law school with higher ideals, the intensely competitive grind tended to wear them down. It seemed that success in the law could be measured in billable hours.

Today, Casey sees a "big change in the type of law students. They are coming to law school with a serious faith." Such students form the core of cls chapters at many law schools; they also feed distinctively Christian law schools.

Read the entire article at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/august/24.34.html

The University of Minnesota Law School has a chapter of the Christian Legal Society (CLS):
The University of Minnesota Christian Legal Society (CLS) is a non-denominational group of Christian law students seeking to integrate the Christian faith with their studies and careers. It is affiliated with the national Christian Legal Society, an Illinois-based, non-profit corporation with its principal offices in Annandale, Va. Although CLS is a Christian organization, it welcomes all religious denominations and traditions.

CLS engages in a variety of on-campus activities. It hosts events each semester where experts on various issues of faith and law come to the law school to discuss or debate their views. Several Bible studies occur on a weekly basis and are tailored to the needs of law students. This organization provides invaluable networking opportunities with local Christian attorneys, including volunteer opportunities with local legal aid groups. It also helps new students find churches to call home. Throughout the semester, it also sponsors social events where Christian law students have a chance to take a break from the demands of school and connect with each other. All of these events are open to the entire law school community.

Photo by nichole45 via flickr

An occasional feature, "Law Library Staff Recommend..." highlights books that Law Library staff members have read for enjoyment and now recommend that others consider for inclusion on their own reading lists. If you have any comments or questions about any of the titles presented in this feature, feel free to email lawlib@umn.edu or stop by the library. Today we highlight Bottlemania: How water went on sale and why we bought it by Elizabeth Boyte (Bloomsbury, 2008).

I admit that I began to read this book looking for compelling reasons to ditch my bottled water habit, and be a little more informed in recommending the same to others. What I found instead was a well-rounded investigation into the state of America's drinking water, both in bottles and from the tap, not to mention drinking fountains and toilets! The book conveys disturbing facts (In 2007, the recycling rate of water bottles was barely 15%) and introduced me to other factors I hadn't even considered (Brita water filters generally aren't recycled in the US, and really don't filter out some of the worst contaminants).

Boyte is an environmental writer, but isn't preachy when she traces the history of some of the bottled water companies' histories and practices. She provides humorous examples from her own life, like trying to devise a test to make sure her daughter is truly drinking enough water during the day, that a lot of people can relate to. The book comes with a companion website, with excerpts, reviews, and the links to more resources that are included in the book. See http://www.bottlemania.net/ for more information on this eye-opening and surprisingly entertaining book.

Mondale knows firsthand the unique ups and downs Obama and McCain will soon experience
By Doug Grow, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008

The former vice president is one of only 10 men alive today who know the pressures of being the standard-bearer of one of the nation's two major parties. Walter Mondale recalls that when he gave his acceptance speech in 1984, he was confident of his big moment, but anxious, too, knowing from experience that just about anything could go wrong.

You can read the full story at Minnpost.com

Source: Kenny Ronnan, Minnpost - Staff Member
kronnan@minnpost.com

The Center on Law and Globalization has started a Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) Law Research Centers Paper Series.

Center on Law and Globalization
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Center-Law-Globalization.html
Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Center-Law-Globalization

The Center on Law and Globalization Research Papers Series is a project of the Center on Law and Globalization established by the American Bar Foundation and the University of Illinois College of Law. The series features important and up-to-date perspectives on the impact of globalization on law produced by its directors and associated faculty. The center's work is interdisciplinary and will draw on cases from human rights, development, and health to examine broad issues of norm formation, implementation, and global governance.

Source: SSRN email; Bernie Black, Director, Legal Scholarship Network

University of Minnesota hosts Associated Press photo exhibit of 'The American President"
Contacts: Jen Keavy, University of Minnesota, (612) 625-8095
Mark Cassutt, University News Service, (612) 624-8038

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 8/8/2008 ) -- "The American President," an exhibit of compelling news photos from the Associated Press, will be on view in the Humphrey Museum and Forum at the Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication and the Humphrey Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.

The display will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Aug. 13 through Sept. 19. Admission is free. More information about the exhibit is available on the Associated Press Web site at http://www.ap.org/americanpresident/

The exhibit shows American presidents at war and at ease, in victory and in defeat, confronting national crises and facing personal scandals, running for office and leading the country on the world stage.

Amid the extraordinary voter interest in the 2008 race for the White House, the new exhibit helps illustrate one constant in the ever-shifting media landscape. The coverage of the White House by AP reporters and photographers has been the dominant source of presidential news across the United States and around the world.

"The American President" features a number of the AP's Pulitzer Prize-winning images, including Paul Vathis' view of John F. Kennedy conferring gravely with his predecessor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Camp David after the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961; Ron Edmonds' rapid sequence documenting the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, and White House photos taken by J. Scott Applewhite and others during Bill Clinton's 1998 impeachment battle.

The more than 80 photos in the exhibit underscore the need for the AP photojournalists assigned to cover the White House to always keep their eyes on the president, so they won't miss those revealing, unexpected moments that could easily dominate thousands of front pages and Web sites around the world.

"The American President" includes memorable shots from the AP Images photo library, which contains more than 10 million film and digital images, and pictures taken in this year's run for the White House by Senators Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama.

For further information, visitors may call the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication at (612) 625-9824 or email mnjrnctr@umn.edu.

As previously indicated, the Law Library photocopiers have transitioned to a new debiting system. The Law Library no longer sells copy cards.

To make copies:
Users must either have a UCard (a University Identification Card with value added to it) or buy and add value to a Gopher Gold card (available for purchase with cash only at the Library).

To add value:
For cash transactions, use the Value Port in the 1st floor copier area. The Library does not give change.
For check transactions, go to the UCard Office (basement, Coffman Union) from 8-4:30 M-F.
For credit card transactions (coming soon), users will go to the UCard Office website: http://www1.umn.edu/ucard/

For users with value left on the old library copy cards that no longer work: Go to the UCard Office (Basement, Coffman Union) 8-4:30 M-F to have the value transferred to a card that will work in the photocopiers.

Thank you for your patience during this transition. Questions? Contact the Library or the UCard Office.

Two Excellent Resources for International LL.M Students

As I'm starting to prepare my career services orientation materials for a new incoming class of LL.M students this Fall, I've been combing through helpful resources. If you haven't already, take a look at the following:

Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams, 2nd Ed., Kimm Walton (2008) [Law Library has older 1995 edition: call number KF297 .W35x 1995]
In her long-awaited second edition, now expanded to a whopping 1,300 pages, Kimm Walton has included a new chapter for International LL.M students. Chapter 20, entitled, "Coming to America: Job Search Advice for International LL.Ms" covers topics including how to target employers who are most likely to hire international LL.Ms, how to draft an effective cover letter, and navigating cultural issues. I recommend this resource both to LL.M students and career service professionals who counsel them.

The Official Guide to Legal Specialties: an insider's guide to every major practice area, Abrams (2000) [Law Library call number: KF297 .A7512x 2000]
Lisa Abrams describes the basics of 30 practice areas, details what students need to know to practice in that area, and incorporates advice from attorneys who describe their career paths and provide insight into their daily work. This is an essential resource for international LL.M students converting their CVs into a US legal resume. It provides clear cut US legal terminology, and useful insights for students seeking to translate their former experiences in a way that a US employer can easily understand. It offers a comprehensive overview of the skill set that students should emphasize in their resumes. I also encourage students to review this guide before they embark on informational interviews and as they prepare for interviews.

--Claudia Melo, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Source: Career & Professional Development Blog

Here are several events sponsored through the Humphrey Center. To sign up for events/news updates from the Humphrey Center, visit http://www.hhh.umn.edu/news/events/index.html

August 19 "The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference"
7 p.m., Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church, 170 Virginia Street, St.Paul

The Common Good bookstore will host a lecture with Senior Fellow Harry Boyte at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, at the Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church, 170 Virginia Street in St. Paul (about two blocks east of Common Good books). Boyte will talk about his new book, The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference.

August 29 Washington Week will broadcast from University of Minnesota
3:15-5:15 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2106 4th Street South, Minneapolis

*You are invited to attend a special taping of Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. on Friday, August 29, at Ted Mann Concert Hall on the University of Minnesota's West Bank campus. Washington Week, the longest-running public affairs program on PBS, will visit Minneapolis as part of a 10-city tour during the 2008 campaign season, sponsored nationally by AARP. Host and moderator Gwen Ifill will be joined in discussion by Michele Norris, co-host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate Magazine, and Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of TIME Magazine. Following a live taping of its classic program to air nationwide on PBS, an additional special half-hour program, Washington Week EXTRA: Minnesota Edition, will be taped with Ifill and her panel that will include questions from the audience. Click here for more information about this free event or call (612) 624-2345. Please note, by attending this taping you agree to have your image broadcast on television.

September 17: The Humphrey Institute will host a program and reception with Governor Al Quie to celebrate the release of Riding into the Sunrise: Al Quie: A Life of Faith, Service, and Civility Written by Mitch Pearlstein, the biography features the broad career of one of Minnesota's most beloved public servants. All are invited to attend the event from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17, at the Humphrey Institute. For more information: http://www.pogopress.com/alquie.htm

September 18: The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance will host a discussion about faith and politics on Thursday, September 18, with John DiIulio, former director of the White House office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Watch CSPG's website for more information.

September 18 or 19: James M. Goldgeier , a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, will address foreign policy issues raised in his new book America Between the Wars, in which he looks at the 12 years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the start of the War on Terror. Watch www.hhh.umn.edu for more information. This free program is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.

October 15: The State and Local Policy Program will co-sponsor the 24th annual Conference on Policy Analysis, "Trouble in Lake Wobegon: Is Minnesota Becoming Average," on Wednesday, October 15, at the Continuing Education and Conference Center in St. Paul.

Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs is located at the University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Here are three items related to the Olympics that may be of interest to you.

Photo by Denis Collette via Flickr

University of Minnesota Libraries Exhibit explores development of the Olympic Dream in China
What: University of Minnesota Libraries Exhibit on the YMCA and the Olympic Movement in China from 1895 to 1920
When: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; August 4 through Sept 29 after Labor Day, Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S., Minneapolis
Contacts: Marlo Welshons, University of Minnesota Libraries, welsh066@umn.edu, (612) 625-9148
Ryan Mathre, University News Service, mathre@umn.edu, (612) 625-0552

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (8/6/2008) -- The University of Minnesota Libraries will display materials from the Kautz Family YMCA Archives that chronicle the origins and development of the Olympic dream in the Far East by examining the YMCA’s introduction and promotion of athleticism in China. “Reaching for Gold: The YMCA and the Olympic Movement in China from 1895-1920� is free and open to the public from Aug. 4 through Sept. 29 at the Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery, 222 21st Ave S., Minneapolis.

Read more about this exhibit and find more links to resources at: http://www.ur.umn.edu/uns-archive/view.php?id=4938

Olympics Justice
While millions of spectators enjoy the 2008 Olympic Games, lawyers are ready in the host city to handle the sports-related disputes that always arise. This is the domain of the Tribunal for the Olympic Games in Beijing, which will operate as an ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) through August 24. Disputes involving doping, eligibility and other matters brought by athletes and sports organizations are heard by 3-member panels selected from the twelve arbitrators on the Tribunal--all lawyers, judges and professors with expertise in arbitration and sports law. The panels work fast to provide a hearing and an impartial result, usually within 24 hours. David Rivkin, a litigation partner in the firm of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, is the Tribunal member from the United States. Check out the CAS web site for news and press releases about the disputes, and for answers to "20 Questions about the CAS."
Source: Virtual Library Cat's Eye View blog

The 5 Best Books on the Olympics
One person's opinion of the five best books about the Olympics: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121823855609625841.html
Source: Execupundit blog

CivicFest: August 29 - September 4
Minneapolis Convention Center
http://www.civicfest.org/home.html

From the Press Release:
As Minnesota takes center stage this summer for the Republican National Convention, citizens have the opportunity to experience and be a part of history in the making. CivicFest, a non-partisan celebration of American and Minnesota political and statehood history will transform the Minneapolis Convention Center into an entertaining and informative showcase of American history Aug. 29 – Sept. 4. Never again will all of these exhibits, artifacts and memorabilia be found under one roof.

More than 30 exhibits, including a 60- by 20-foot model White House, a full-scale Air Force One replica, former first ladies’ gowns, presidential limos and a life-size Oval office will be on display. In addition, a 60,000-square-foot, 300-vendor Marketplace focusing on Minnesota goods will sell everything from tshirts to Minnesota wild rice.

Volunteers Needed. More than 1,000 volunteers are needed to act as exhibit guides, assistant curators, docents and information hosts during CivicFest. Volunteers must be 18 or older (or volunteering with an adult), be available for at least three shifts and have an avid interest in history that they feel comfortable sharing with CivicFest visitors. Visit www.civicfest.org/volunteer.html for more details.

The 1000 Voices Archive is a new online teaching resource for law educators. On Elder Law Prof Blog, Kim Dayton (William Mitchell) writes that this recently launched national collection of video stories was created by filmmakers and communities across the country to put a human face on the policy issues. Could be useful for classroom presentations.

Source: Law Librarian Blog

In Manhattan, defendants in criminal court have the right to be silent, to an attorney — and to be blogged about. At least, they do when New York Post photojournalist Steven Hirsch is there with his camera, snapping stylish pictures of defendants who submit to his questions and agree to be documented. The results are fascinating: an almost anthropological study of New York’s least-publicized denizens, in which they tell their own stories in their own words — and often leaving out the most incriminating bits (naturally).

For the stories and photos, see Courthouse Confessions at http://courthouseconfessions.blogspot.com/

Source: Mental Floss

In the Summer 2008 issue of Dttp: Documents to the People, Kris Kasianovitz has a thoughtful overview of copyright of state and local documents and how that interacts with efforts to digitize such documents.

The article:
Why Care About Copyright? by Chris Kasianovitz. Dttp, v.36, no. 2, Summer 2008, p. 12
Gives a history of state/local copyright and argues that for history's sake and on the principle of free access to government information, copyright law ought to be amended to give state and local gov't documents the same public domain status as federal documents.

The article is not yet freely available online (print copy available at UMN Libraries), but some of the history covered is also available on the government copyright page at http://freegovinfo.info/copyright

The whole Summer 2008 Dttp is well worth the read. There is also a freely available web supplement that you should check out at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/DttP_Supplements_v36_n2.

Source: FGI Blog

Web 2.0: The Future of Collaborative Government [Real Player, pdf]
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D208669,00.html?WT.mc_id=USRSS
Many units of government have their own websites, though their quality varies widely. With that state of affairs in mind, the Deloitte Consulting Group and the National Academy of Public Administration teamed up in June 2008 as part of a group conference in order to take a critical look at developing a "road map to help the next administration navigate the work force and organization changes that need to occur to move to a more collaborative model of government." During their group meeting, the participants (which included the global director of public sector at Deloitte Research and the assistant director of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence) engaged in a discussion about this timely topic, and some of their thoughts and ideas can be found on this site. Visitors can read profiles of those invited to the meeting and then scroll down the homepage to view webcasts from the event and also take a look at several documents which chart the potential future of collaborative government and how this plan might be implemented.

The Hague Justice Portal [pdf]
http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/
Initiated by The Hague Academic Coalition and launched by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands in 2006, The Hague Justice Portal serves as the online presence of the Hague organizations and their work on issues related to international peace, justice, and security. On the homepage, visitors can get acquainted with their work by perusing the "News" area and also looking over the list of legal events which appears along the
right-hand side of the page. The "International Justice Forum" section contains a series of interactive forums designed to facilitate discussion on topics related to international law, and it will be particularly helpful to legal scholars and journalists. Additionally, legal scholars will want to take a look at the current issues of the Hague Justice Journal, which contains articles on sovereignty, victim participation in the legal process, and other related matters. Visitors should also note that many of the materials on the site are available in French and Dutch.

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
http://content.lib.washington.edu/garweb/
Shortly after the conclusion of the Civil War, Union veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic, or the G.A.R. Through the Reconstruction era and the Gilded Age, the G.A.R. was a powerful organization that lobbied the federal government for federal and state Soldiers Homes for invalids, advocated for the creation of Memorial Day, and also provided support for soldier reunions. This digital collection created by the University of Washington Libraries peers into the faces of some of these veterans by offering up this photograph album originally created by the Stevens Post #1 of the G.A.R., based in Seattle. The album contains over 100 portraits, and visitors can browse through them at their leisure. Visitors can zoom in and out on each photograph and they can also use a number of other tools to get the best view of each photograph for their own purposes. Also, while many of the photographs have complete provenance information, some do not, and visitors are welcome to write in with any insights they might have.

If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit their Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.wisc.edu/About/criteria.php

What's the Scout Report?
Copyright Internet Scout, 1994-2008. Internet Scout (http://scout.wisc.edu/), located in the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides information about the Internet to the U.S. research and education community under a grant from the National Science Foundation, number NCR-9712163. The Government has certain rights in this material. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the entire Scout Report provided this paragraph, including the copyright notice, are preserved on all copies.
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2008. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Here is the list of new titles the Law Library acquired in July 2008. The list is on the library's home page.

July Acquisitions