I was sitting at home reading the bios on my twitter followers when one of them caught my eye and made me want to learn more about her and the story she is trying to tell via twitter and blogging. Her story isn’t all that novel … she has an altercation with a neighbor, is assaulted, asks
I read a great quote that explained the difference between a Librarian and an Archivist while reading Marilyn Johnson’s book This Book is Overdue.
Q: How can you tell the Archivists from the Librarians?
A: Different Gang Colors.
So, with that little joke aside, I have to tell you that my heart warmed a
I just finished reading Jason Wilson’s one act screenplay “parody” called “Two Sisters” that he posted on his blog (now titled “rethinc.k“. I give it “two thumbs up… waaaay up!!”
The story follows Westie and her little sister Lexi as Lexi finds herself out on the town after a few too
Many of us have repetitive tasks that we do each day. Whether it is entering standard cataloging data, research collection language, or updating client records data, many times the information has to be typed in by hand. I’ve been using a product called Macro Express for over ten years now to help with those projects
Who knew attorneys could be so self-effacing? Very funny, clever and effective take on the Texas Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars.
It just says so many things … 🙂
Yesterday, I relayed a message from Tamara Acevedo from Moore & VanAllen where she was told by a Thomson Reuters representative that the June 1st roll out of the OnePassID system would mean her attorneys would automatically have access to WestlawNext (even without a contract). However, it seems that perhaps there was some “misinformation” about
This past week-end, the Houston Chronicle released its Chronicle 100–a list of the top 100 businesses in the city.
Apart from the Chron 100 list, there are news items that feature various industries. One of them included “the law”.
Well, I am pleased to inform you that little old me was featured in the story,
Tamara Acevedo from Moore & VanAllen alerted the law-lib listserv about a new ‘feature’ that will be available to everyone with a OnePassID starting June 1, 2010.
Good morning,
I am writing this message to give a heads up for those who may not be aware of what Thomson Reuters is now doing with WestlawNext.
Wolters Kluwer’s (WK) product IntelliConnect is one in which they are really wanting to have a second chance to give you a good first impression. When the product was initially launched in the Fall of 2009, many law librarians and legal researchers gave it negative reviews and found a number of problems with the interface.
Seems that the Spokane County Law Library (SCLL) has found itself in a bit of financial difficulties in paying its Westlaw (Thomson Reuters Legal) bills on time. According to an article by John Craig of the Spokesman-Review, SCLL “has $75,129 in past-due bills on a contract for legal research materials that officials say is too