| New Way to Browse the Federal Courts Web Archive | The Law Library and the Library of Congress Web Archiving team have new methods for users to browse the Federal Courts Web Archive. When a user heads to the browse page, the Federal courts are now arranged in a list; by clicking on a court in the table of contents at the top of the screen, the user will be taken to a link for the archive for that court.
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| 26th Annual RIPS-SIS Legal Research Teach-In Kit | From an email forwarded by Joel Fishman on 12/08/2017: The RIPS-SIS Legal Research Teach-In Kit Committee is now accepting submissions for the 26th Annual Teach-In Kit. We have an outrageous goal to have EVERY law library and information professional community (academic, firm, government) who is involved in providing any kind of legal research instruction to contribute to the Teach-In Kit. We have set this goal because the Teach-In Kit and the instruction and information our members provide is so valuable to our profession and the diverse communities we serve. Submissions should be sent to Gail Mathapo at “gmathapo@law.ufl.edu” by January 22, 2018.
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| New on LLRX – Virtual Chat Reference Services | Research librarians would receive more reference questions from library patrons if the library linked to a virtual chat service; see this article for chatbot service recommendations.
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| University of Pennsylvania: Online Books Page | The University of Pennsylvania maintains an Online Books page, which detailed a list of titles freely readable over the Internet.
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| POGO – Revealing the Lost World of Government Reports | Recently introduced to Congress, a new bill would require a one-stop, easy-to-use, online location for all congressionally mandated reports. This may put an end to the world of lost and hidden government reports.
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| Congress’ Impeachment Power and the Case of Presidential Obstruction | In multiple posts available as links through beSpacific, experts have developed rationale that a president firing an FBI director or other senior law enforcement official may not subject to impeachment for obstruction of justice.
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| Historical Versions of the United States Code Now Online | After being acquired by the Library of Congress, the U.S. Code from 1925 through 1988 is available to the public online for free, in a searchable format.
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| KnowItAALL: Readers’ Picks 2017 | In an email forwarded by Joel Fishman on 12/22/2017, AALL’s KnowItAALL e-newsletter details the Readers’ Picks for 2017.
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| New on LLRX – Legislation Alert: Worrisome Changes to Government Publications Are Possible | In a thought-provoking post, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett writes about an issue that is significant to law librarians, federal documents librarians, and to the public: a proposed bill that proposes “to amend title 44, United States Code, to reform the organization, authorities, and programs relating to public printing and documents, including the Federal Depository Program.” Changes could alter the publication and distribution of official print and digital government information.
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| Paper – Failure, Risk, and the Entrepreneurial Library | A blog post by Tom Wall (a University Librarian at Boston College) addresses the inspiring belief that “without a culture that accepts the inevitability of failure, and learns from it, innovation will remain elusive and/or nonexistent.”
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| Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress | Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the Library of Congress will acquire tweets on a selective basis—similar to its collections of web sites. This is a change from its previous endeavor to document all tweets from 2006 through 2010, and continuing with all public tweet text going forward.
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| Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals | This paper, covering 203 different law reviews and last updated in July 2017, contains information about submitting articles to law reviews and journals, including the methods for submitting an article, any special formatting requirements, how to contact them to request an expedited review, and how to contact them to withdraw an article from consideration.
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