Photo courtesy of Pat Roncevich. L. to R.: George and Louise Beswick, Barbara Alexander-Klein, Melanie Cline, Karen Eriksen, Cindy Cicco, Karen Shephard, Ann Unger, Rita Young, Joel Fishman, Tsegayue Beru, Frank Liu, Paul Recht, and Marc Silverman. In November, WPLLA Members joined others from the Pittsburgh legal community to see the ACLL’s recent upgrades and renovations inContinue reading “ACLL 150th Anniversary Celebration”
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Green Revolution in libraries?
If asked how libraries – public or academic – contribute to society, every librarian likely has a mental list available at the ready: libraries stimulate our children; libraries provide valuable public services, like resume-building or ESL classes; libraries bring people together, by hosting poetry readings or ex-pat societies or after-school clubs; libraries, by the natureContinue reading “Green Revolution in libraries?”
Protecting Net Neutrality – AALL Advocacy Alert
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Advocacy Alert – November 2017 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to vote on December 14 to rescind its 2015 Open Internet Order to implement and enforce net neutrality. Under the leadership of the FCC’s new chairman, Ajit Pai, the new proposal would repeal rules that bar internet serviceContinue reading “Protecting Net Neutrality – AALL Advocacy Alert”
WPLLA Holiday Party – December 14th
YOU ARE INVITED TO WPLLA’S HOLIDAY PARTY! R.S.V.P. TO MELANIE CLINE by Monday December 4th. WHAT: WPLLA HOLIDAY COCKTAIL PARTY (graciously subsidized by Thomson Reuters) WHEN: Thursday, December 14 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm WHERE: LE LYONNAIS RESTAURANT (formerly Sonoma Grille) – 947 Penn Ave. (MAP) COST: $20 / PERSON (payable before or at the event. Cash bar) CocktailContinue reading “WPLLA Holiday Party – December 14th”
Detecting Fake News
The American Association of Law Libraries provides a down’n’dirty description of what a law librarian does, not the least of which is “… researching, analyzing, and evaluating the quality, accuracy, and validity of sources.” In a world where it seems like even people who should know better are screaming #fakenews, it seems fairly intuitive thatContinue reading “Detecting Fake News”
Link Roundup – November
Select Demographic and Other Characteristics of Recent U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominees This document provides information related to select demographic and other characteristics of U.S. circuit and district court nominees whose nominations were submitted to the Senate by President Trump prior to August 1, 2017 (of the 26 total nominations submitted). The stats areContinue reading “Link Roundup – November”
WPLLA Donation to HALL
Our WPLLA Executive Board donated $200 to the Houston Area Law Library Association to assist its members with monetary needs as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Joel Fishman received a thank you letter from Chris Dykes, HALL President, in response to our donation: If you’d like to view the full letter, click HALL Thank You Letter.
Will a Robot Take My Job? Study Predicts Increased Demand for Lawyers and Librarians Through 2030 | Dewey B Strategic
I am an optimist by nature and I have remained skeptical of dark forecasts which predict the future based on one dominant trend (AI comes to mind) while ignoring multiple factors that are likely to moderate or change an expected trajectory. Imagine my surprise and delight to read about a recent study on the future ofContinue reading “Will a Robot Take My Job? Study Predicts Increased Demand for Lawyers and Librarians Through 2030 | Dewey B Strategic”
Will Bots Disrupt the Legal System?
Think the practice of law is insulated from economic disruption by artificial intelligence? Check out the DoNotPay chatbot and – gulp! – think again. A few years ago, a teenager in London racked up over 30 parking tickets. Rather than simply pay the tickets, Joshua Browder sat down, hammered out some programming code, and invented what manyContinue reading “Will Bots Disrupt the Legal System?”
Link Roundup – October
Bulk Downloads of Congressional Data Now Available At the ProPublica Data Store, users can download information on all of the bills introduced during each Congressional session in a single file. Twice a day, ProPublica generates this zip file containing metadata for every bill introduced in the current congress, including the sponsors and cosponsors the bill,Continue reading “Link Roundup – October”
Western Pennsylvania Law Library Association 