Author Archives: WPLLA

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”

Gavelytics: AI-powered algorithm to determine how a judge may treat your client’s case though -motion analysis, workload analysis, and a ruling database, along with biographical Information and A summary of a judge’s tendencies all in one place. http://www.gavelytics.com WHERE: Eckert Seamans, USX building, 600 Grant Street WHEN: April 25, 2019, noon – 1:30 pm ComeContinue reading “EVENT: Final Lunch & Learn Presentation: Gavelytics – April 25th, 2019 noon – 1:30”

  Info from current WPLLA Vice President about the upcoming 02/18/2019 Brown Bag lunch, featuring info on Dorothy, “. . . an Artificial Intelligence searching platform which simplifies Patent searching.”     Karen Shephard sent out a lovely, thoughtful email to the entire WPLLA distribution list, informing members that Rita Young recently published a thought-provokingContinue reading “February Link Roundup”

A Comprehensive Guide to the Entertainment Industry Michael C. Donaldson gives an A+ in his review of Entertainment Law: Fundamentals and Practice, a 400-some-odd page textbook by Corey Field of “. . . the most common questions you might have regarding the entertainment industry.” Field distills a complex area of law into “. . .Continue reading “January Link Roundup”

On April 2nd please join us at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (One Oxford Center) For join us for lunch with LexisNexis Librarian Relations Consultant, Gayle Lynn-Nelson, for an overview of the latest and greatest on Lexis Advance.  Session to include a demo of Context! This will also be from noon to 1:30. RSVP by noon April 1st (no fooling!) with Melanie.Cline@bipc.com

Our very own Krista Ford, along with •       Kristin Delwo, President & CEO of Stacks •       Leif Johnson, EBSCO Sales Executive Will present and demonstrate the new STACKS platform for EBSCO. Krista designed her firm’s  library Knowledge Management tool in STACKS and I found it to be a very effective solution for aggregating the firm’sContinue reading “EVENT: STACKS platform for EBSCO”

Three10 Solutions has built Dorothy. An Artificial Intelligence searching platform which simplifies Patent searching. Dorothy was developed to improve an attorney’s practice by making relevant prior art easily accessible, reducing the time necessary to perform an adequate search and giving them time to focus on what’s really important:  The Clients. Developed by local attorney CurtisContinue reading “EVENT: Brown Bag presentation: Meet Dorothy”

This is just an informal gathering for librarians to talk about what they do or ask what TO DO to build a succession plan. Additionally we can segue in what library orientation is done to on-ramp new staff (library) And we will leave time open for an open floor discussion of new tools, discoveries, tips,Continue reading “EVENT: JAN 29, 2019 Roundtable Discussion on Succession Planning and New Employee Orientation”

GPO Makes Documents Easy to Download and Repurpose in New XML Format A press release for the U.S. Government Printing Office (“GPO”) explains that a “. . . subset of enrolled bills, public and private laws, and the Statutes at Large” are now available in “. . . Beta United States Legislative Markup (USLM) XML,Continue reading “December Link Roundup”