Author Archives: WPLLA

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Libraries as Student Success Hubs A link to an Inside Higher Education article identifying the library as the top destination for university students seeking a wide variety of services.   Unhappy at Work? Persuade Your Boss to Redefine Your Job. Learn strategies that can help you make a “. . . compelling case for change”Continue reading “October Link Roundup”

U.S. Government Information: Weekly Roundup Editors of this particular LibGuide anticipate weekly updates on the activities of the U.S. federal government, particularly reports and activities. There will be “. . . links to important, news-worthy, or interesting material published during the previous week.”   The Constitution Annotated Is Now Easier to Search and Browse TheContinue reading “September Link Roundup”

Millions of Books Are Secretly in the Public Domain. You Can Download Them Free For the book-loving members of WPLLA (LOL! That’s all of us!) – a beSpacific link to a Vice article lauding the efforts of the New York Public Library, which has made hundreds, if not thousands of public domain books available forContinue reading “August Link Roundup”

  A thoughtful email from Cindy Cicco to all WPLLA members: A hearty CONGRATULATIONS to Lori Hagen for being appointed as Reference Librarian at the Allegheny County Law Library!     An equally thoughtful email from Lori Hagen describing changes to the Allegheny County Law Library’s website, including: – a redesigned site available at http://www.acllib.orgContinue reading “July Link Roundup”

The benefits of 21st-century word processing tools for lawyers As author Nicole Black emphatically states, “[l]awyers create documents—a lot of them.” Read through this post for a curated list of updated, contemporary word processing software.     Rita Young forwarded an invite from Thomson Reuters: for those attending AALL, check out the Customer Appreciation EventContinue reading “June Link Roundup”

Updated reminder from Rita Young re: the WPLLA cruise! ResearchGate Granted U.S. Patent 10,282,424: “Linking Documents Using Citations” The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent 10,282,424 “Linking Documents Using Citations” to ResearchGate. As the abstract states, “[a]spects of the present disclosure relate to linking documents using citations.” For a visual representation of theContinue reading “March Link Roundup”

Our Search for the Best OCR Tool, and What We Found Many of us have come to expect that all documents are searchable, but some technologies that allow for digitization don’t possess that feature. Now there are web-based tools that use optical character recognition (“OCR”), which can “. . . transform a scan or photographContinue reading “April Link Roundup”

WHEN: May 17th, 2019, boarding commences at 5:45 PM WHERE: Station Square, Gateway Clipper Entrance (far (west) side of the Sheraton Hotel) Tickets: $20/person. Thanks to Lexis, we can offset the costs of the cruise a bit. As this is coming up fast, I would like RSVPs as soon as possible. WE are in open diningContinue reading “EVENT: Closing Banquet, May 17th, 5:45 pm, Gateway Clipper Cruise”

Rita Young announced an upcoming event by email: featuring Krista Ford, as well as Kristin Delwo (President & CEO of Stacks) and Leif Johnson (EBSCO Sales Executive), this program will present and demonstrate the new STACKS platform for EBSCO. It will be hosted at Pepper Hamilton at noon on March 21, 2019. Joel Fishman sentContinue reading “March Link Roundup”